2021 Indiana Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Indiana customer went without power for about 4.4 hours, the 24th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

4.4

vs prior year

▲ 12%

vs 2020

Customer-hours out

14.3M

Peak customers out

68,842

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

86%

of IN customers

Counties reporting

Indiana year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2021

Customer-hours without power across Indiana; June was the worst.

CSV JSON

All 92 Indiana counties, 2021

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Elkhart County	22.5	1.6M	70,799	23,112	677
2	Brown County	20.7	149K	7,184	6,554	616
3	St. Joseph County	17.6	1.7M	94,899	22,952	778
4	LaPorte County	16.0	931K	58,242	17,383	613
5	Fountain County	14.6	82K	5,608	2,964	308
6	Starke County	12.3	123K	10,009	3,415	341
7	Kosciusko County	11.5	464K	40,395	5,931	467
8	Newton County	9.4	61K	6,445	3,601	244
9	Benton County	9.3	38K	4,132	2,240	133
10	Jefferson County	8.7	139K	15,913	4,131	550
11	Lawrence County	8.5	180K	21,226	6,213	916
12	Owen County	7.8	104K	13,310	1,592	618
13	Marshall County	7.8	164K	20,986	3,895	455
14	Porter County	7.8	653K	84,000	20,747	818
15	Crawford County	6.9	31K	4,537	2,154	244
16	Switzerland County	6.6	31K	4,722	2,363	332
17	Hendricks County	6.4	485K	75,181	5,660	791
18	Putnam County	6.4	110K	17,139	2,678	656
19	Steuben County	6.4	111K	17,431	4,584	386
20	Vigo County	6.3	325K	51,609	13,723	762
21	Dearborn County	5.8	114K	19,563	5,347	553
22	Harrison County	5.8	86K	14,809	2,862	706
23	Monroe County	5.6	422K	75,424	9,662	804
24	Franklin County	5.3	46K	8,579	1,733	377
25	Morgan County	5.3	168K	31,873	7,780	884
26	White County	4.9	63K	12,759	2,637	358
27	Randolph County	4.9	56K	11,481	2,359	435
28	LaGrange County	4.9	62K	12,796	1,600	285
29	Bartholomew County	4.7	150K	32,212	4,348	720
30	Ripley County	4.4	71K	16,107	1,885	486
31	Pulaski County	3.6	22K	6,086	1,159	177
32	Tipton County	3.5	23K	6,604	2,378	193
33	Shelby County	3.5	66K	18,909	6,323	315
34	Lake County	3.5	877K	252,565	14,306	652
35	Sullivan County	3.4	27K	7,823	1,162	225
36	Marion County	3.3	1.6M	493,304	28,735	316
37	Tippecanoe County	3.3	235K	71,067	7,375	914
38	Floyd County	3.3	110K	33,246	6,875	739
39	Warrick County	3.1	46K	15,215	1,739	376
40	Jennings County	2.9	38K	13,393	1,673	386
41	Ohio County	2.9	8,178	2,860	733	138
42	Vermillion County	2.8	20K	6,886	4,305	264
43	Carroll County	2.8	28K	9,746	1,189	201
44	Howard County	2.7	110K	41,367	4,151	659
45	Allen County	2.6	413K	156,661	8,192	762
46	Posey County	2.6	30K	11,687	2,770	339
47	Clay County	2.5	32K	13,163	1,544	342
48	Knox County	2.4	38K	15,843	2,847	306
49	Clark County	2.4	136K	57,051	4,180	801
50	Madison County	2.3	178K	76,324	5,401	699
51	Fulton County	2.3	21K	9,014	1,545	197
52	Union County	2.3	5,069	2,229	1,104	227
53	Grant County	2.2	104K	47,771	2,517	680
54	Spencer County	2.1	21K	9,969	1,090	230
55	Fayette County	2.1	17K	8,302	2,975	305
56	Huntington County	2.0	28K	13,799	2,172	224
57	Johnson County	2.0	117K	57,420	4,342	589
58	Henry County	1.9	36K	18,806	3,063	316
59	Delaware County	1.9	152K	81,395	3,312	847
60	DeKalb County	1.9	56K	30,185	1,882	353
61	Jackson County	1.8	43K	23,340	1,842	279
62	Pike County	1.8	8,306	4,655	294	196
63	Montgomery County	1.8	40K	22,711	2,196	411
64	Hamilton County	1.7	277K	159,187	6,000	847
65	Wells County	1.7	30K	17,366	1,729	175
66	Blackford County	1.6	13K	7,872	807	255
67	Adams County	1.6	19K	12,012	1,222	283
68	Parke County	1.5	12K	7,700	411	79
69	Whitley County	1.5	46K	30,564	2,713	483
70	Hancock County	1.4	56K	40,256	3,583	260
71	Wabash County	1.3	15K	11,095	1,502	271
72	Vanderburgh County	1.3	139K	106,036	4,975	577
73	Clinton County	1.3	25K	19,855	1,054	273
74	Rush County	1.2	9,563	7,695	2,151	164
75	Decatur County	1.2	16K	12,884	870	185
76	Jasper County	1.2	23K	19,212	1,059	163
77	Scott County	1.2	15K	12,851	1,399	236
78	Gibson County	1.1	17K	14,941	1,291	365
79	Washington County	1.1	13K	12,348	1,312	220
80	Noble County	1.0	26K	24,979	2,882	317
81	Jay County	0.9	8,741	9,495	2,097	242
82	Wayne County	0.7	30K	40,311	1,351	433
83	Warren County	0.7	2,598	3,591	246	77
84	Greene County	0.6	12K	18,602	854	174
85	Miami County	0.5	11K	21,325	634	99
86	Boone County	0.4	16K	40,708	1,091	196
87	Martin County	0.3	1,680	5,044	114	67
88	Orange County	0.3	4,006	12,173	1,750	95
89	Cass County	0.3	6,828	24,298	879	98
90	Daviess County	0.1	1,885	19,859	795	80
91	Perry County	0.0	3	10,469	3	3
92	Dubois County	0.0	1	31,718	1	1

Biggest Indiana outages of 2021

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSV JSON

#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Marion County, IN	August 24, 2021 12:15	October 21, 2021 02:00	57d 13h	28,735	434K
2	Elkhart County, IN	August 6, 2021 16:45	August 17, 2021 14:00	10d 21h	23,112	697K
3	St. Joseph County, IN	January 1, 2021 15:00	January 6, 2021 06:45	4d 15h	22,952	768K
4	Porter County, IN	June 20, 2021 22:30	June 24, 2021 08:15	3d 9h	20,747	217K
5	LaPorte County, IN	January 1, 2021 16:15	January 10, 2021 22:00	9d 5h	17,383	519K
6	Lake County, IN	June 20, 2021 20:00	July 2, 2021 11:15	11d 15h	14,306	198K
7	Vigo County, IN	June 18, 2021 21:15	June 22, 2021 09:15	3d 12h	13,723	192K
8	Lake County, IN	September 18, 2021 08:00	September 18, 2021 12:00	4h	12,991	30K
9	Elkhart County, IN	January 1, 2021 18:45	January 6, 2021 17:45	4d 23h	12,750	458K
10	Marion County, IN	November 7, 2021 12:45	December 31, 2021 00:15	53d 11h	12,401	339K
11	Marion County, IN	June 11, 2021 06:45	June 20, 2021 07:45	9d 1h	11,429	145K
12	Marion County, IN	October 21, 2021 05:16	November 5, 2021 11:15	15d 5h	10,036	43K
13	Porter County, IN	December 10, 2021 15:15	December 13, 2021 10:00	2d 18h	10,035	61K
14	Monroe County, IN	June 18, 2021 21:45	June 22, 2021 04:30	3d 6h	9,662	216K
15	Marion County, IN	March 14, 2021 20:30	March 17, 2021 03:45	2d 7h	9,292	60K
16	St. Joseph County, IN	June 19, 2021 11:45	June 24, 2021 07:30	4d 19h	8,552	146K
17	Lake County, IN	August 24, 2021 11:30	August 27, 2021 10:15	2d 22h	8,229	53K
18	Allen County, IN	August 10, 2021 09:30	August 15, 2021 03:30	4d 18h	8,192	108K
19	Lake County, IN	March 17, 2021 13:30	March 18, 2021 00:45	11h 15m	7,951	16K
20	Morgan County, IN	October 21, 2021 05:00	October 21, 2021 16:30	11h 30m	7,780	12K
21	Morgan County, IN	March 14, 2021 23:45	March 15, 2021 04:15	4h 30m	7,759	25K
22	Tippecanoe County, IN	March 15, 2021 13:15	March 17, 2021 02:45	1d 13h	7,375	54K
23	Porter County, IN	January 1, 2021 17:15	January 4, 2021 06:30	2d 13h	7,256	111K
24	Elkhart County, IN	June 20, 2021 00:15	June 24, 2021 04:00	4d 3h	7,042	170K
25	Lake County, IN	January 1, 2021 00:00	January 4, 2021 06:15	3d 6h	6,977	103K

EAGLE-I tracked about 86% of Indiana's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Indiana by year:2025 2024 2023 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2021:LA MI WV OR TX MS KY NC

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.