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2021 Puerto Rico Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Puerto Rico customer went without power for about 27.3 hours (a territory, not ranked with the states) (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
27.3
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
40.5M
Peak customers out
295,011
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
100%
of PR customers
Regions reporting
6

Puerto Rico year over year

Puerto Rico: average hours without power per customer by year2015: no data; 2016: no data; 2017: no data; 2018: no data; 2019: no data; 2020: no data; 2021: 27.3h, coverage 100%; 2022: 198.8h, coverage 100%; 2023: 34.3h; 2024: 82.0h; 2025: 53.0h0501001502000%50%100%n/a2015n/a2016n/a2017n/a2018n/a2019n/a202027.3h2021198.8h202234.3h202382.0h202453.0h2025
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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 Puerto Rico; September was the worst.

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Puerto Rico customer-hours without power by month, 2021Jan 405K, Feb 1.9M, Mar 1.8M, Apr 1.3M, May 5.2M, Jun 3.1M, Jul 4.3M, Aug 4.7M, Sep 10.4M, Oct 3.3M, Nov 1.8M, Dec 2.2M05M10M15M405KJan1.9MFeb1.8MMar1.3MApr5.2MMay3.1MJun4.3MJul4.7MAug10.4MSep3.3MOct1.8MNov2.2MDec
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All 6 Puerto Rico regions, 2021

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

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#RegionHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Mayagüez Region37.37.8M209,20146,41646
2San Juan Region28.910.3M355,07291,69018
3Caguas Region26.26.8M257,62165,91819
4Ponce Region24.05.3M220,81365,30180
5Bayamón Region23.55.6M239,46945,04923
6Arecibo Region23.34.7M203,08661,52644

Biggest Puerto Rico outages of 2021

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

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#RegionStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1San Juan Region, PRSeptember 24, 2021 04:15October 21, 2021 02:0026d 21h91,6903.0M
2Caguas Region, PRSeptember 24, 2021 04:15October 21, 2021 02:0026d 21h65,9181.9M
3Ponce Region, PRSeptember 24, 2021 04:15October 9, 2021 23:1515d 19h65,3011.5M
4Arecibo Region, PRSeptember 24, 2021 04:15October 21, 2021 02:0026d 21h61,5261.3M
5Caguas Region, PRMay 3, 2021 13:00June 2, 2021 22:4530d 9h60,544683K
6San Juan Region, PRJune 21, 2021 13:30September 23, 2021 20:3094d 7h55,3983.0M
7Mayagüez Region, PRSeptember 24, 2021 04:15October 21, 2021 02:0026d 21h46,4161.4M
8Bayamón Region, PRSeptember 24, 2021 04:15October 21, 2021 02:0026d 21h45,0491.3M
9San Juan Region, PRFebruary 10, 2021 12:00March 16, 2021 14:4534d 2h44,200531K
10San Juan Region, PRMay 3, 2021 13:00June 2, 2021 22:4530d 9h39,3341.6M
11Ponce Region, PRAugust 1, 2021 21:45August 21, 2021 23:3020d 1h34,458414K
12Bayamón Region, PRJune 21, 2021 13:30September 23, 2021 20:3094d 7h33,9492.1M
13Caguas Region, PRFebruary 10, 2021 12:00March 16, 2021 14:4534d 2h33,921328K
14Ponce Region, PRAugust 22, 2021 01:15September 2, 2021 22:4511d 21h32,184445K
15Caguas Region, PROctober 21, 2021 05:16December 26, 2021 19:4566d 14h31,775828K
16Caguas Region, PRAugust 29, 2021 21:30September 23, 2021 20:3024d 23h30,634720K
17Mayagüez Region, PRJune 16, 2021 17:00September 23, 2021 20:3099d 3h29,8782.9M
18Ponce Region, PRJune 16, 2021 17:00August 1, 2021 20:3046d 3h27,323719K
19Mayagüez Region, PROctober 21, 2021 05:16December 30, 2021 08:1570d 2h27,202894K
20Mayagüez Region, PRMay 3, 2021 13:00June 2, 2021 22:4530d 9h25,6071.4M
21Ponce Region, PRNovember 28, 2021 23:15December 21, 2021 22:0022d 22h24,661289K
22San Juan Region, PROctober 21, 2021 05:16November 27, 2021 23:0037d 17h24,045585K
23Arecibo Region, PRJuly 16, 2021 01:15September 23, 2021 20:3069d 19h23,9091.1M
24Arecibo Region, PRFebruary 10, 2021 12:00March 9, 2021 02:1526d 14h23,905395K
25Bayamón Region, PRMay 3, 2021 13:00June 2, 2021 22:4530d 9h23,871919K
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of Puerto Rico'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.
Puerto Rico by year:2025202420232022202020192018201720162015
Other territories in 2021:VI

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

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