2022 Alabama Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 4.0 hours, the 25th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
4.0
vs prior year
▼ 13%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
10.2M
Peak customers out
97,023
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
81%
of AL customers
Counties reporting
65
Alabama year over year
All 65 Alabama counties, 2022
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coosa County | 18.7 | 78K | 4,170 | 3,224 | 555 |
| 2 | Cleburne County | 17.3 | 121K | 6,993 | 5,973 | 551 |
| 3 | Lamar County | 14.8 | 92K | 6,221 | 3,924 | 626 |
| 4 | Randolph County | 12.3 | 100K | 8,122 | 4,454 | 773 |
| 5 | Wilcox County | 11.1 | 66K | 5,917 | 5,917 | 554 |
| 6 | Bibb County | 10.6 | 117K | 11,037 | 4,281 | 702 |
| 7 | Perry County | 10.3 | 46K | 4,481 | 818 | 466 |
| 8 | Fayette County | 10.3 | 81K | 7,831 | 1,236 | 741 |
| 9 | Winston County | 9.8 | 130K | 13,268 | 2,258 | 781 |
| 10 | Sumter County | 9.4 | 64K | 6,825 | 2,598 | 507 |
| 11 | Lowndes County | 9.1 | 50K | 5,496 | 2,729 | 617 |
| 12 | Walker County | 9.0 | 297K | 32,987 | 5,008 | 1,067 |
| 13 | Pickens County | 8.5 | 74K | 8,654 | 3,075 | 750 |
| 14 | Hale County | 8.5 | 67K | 7,916 | 2,009 | 582 |
| 15 | Blount County | 8.1 | 218K | 27,074 | 4,580 | 938 |
| 16 | Butler County | 7.5 | 92K | 12,325 | 1,889 | 707 |
| 17 | Clay County | 7.3 | 41K | 5,554 | 1,150 | 491 |
| 18 | Chilton County | 7.3 | 142K | 19,414 | 3,114 | 928 |
| 19 | Marion County | 7.1 | 100K | 14,058 | 1,784 | 819 |
| 20 | Mobile County | 7.1 | 785K | 110,135 | 11,829 | 462 |
| 21 | Greene County | 7.0 | 30K | 4,217 | 882 | 282 |
| 22 | St. Clair County | 6.6 | 273K | 41,320 | 5,691 | 895 |
| 23 | Dallas County | 6.3 | 122K | 19,358 | 2,869 | 953 |
| 24 | Tallapoosa County | 6.3 | 139K | 22,039 | 2,216 | 839 |
| 25 | Calhoun County | 6.1 | 380K | 62,182 | 10,230 | 880 |
| 26 | Talladega County | 5.9 | 230K | 39,215 | 6,542 | 855 |
| 27 | Crenshaw County | 5.8 | 47K | 8,129 | 3,066 | 637 |
| 28 | Jefferson County | 5.6 | 2.1M | 372,757 | 32,424 | 124 |
| 29 | Lauderdale County | 5.3 | 261K | 49,361 | 9,862 | 779 |
| 30 | Barbour County | 5.2 | 64K | 12,400 | 1,681 | 651 |
| 31 | Henry County | 4.9 | 40K | 8,040 | 5,935 | 538 |
| 32 | Elmore County | 4.6 | 177K | 38,649 | 6,335 | 1,104 |
| 33 | Bullock County | 4.6 | 40K | 8,727 | 866 | 409 |
| 34 | Cullman County | 4.4 | 261K | 59,296 | 6,436 | 979 |
| 35 | Etowah County | 4.1 | 222K | 54,206 | 7,977 | 965 |
| 36 | Marengo County | 4.0 | 46K | 11,446 | 1,276 | 616 |
| 37 | Chambers County | 4.0 | 51K | 12,749 | 3,023 | 736 |
| 38 | Autauga County | 3.7 | 92K | 24,619 | 3,334 | 951 |
| 39 | Monroe County | 3.7 | 38K | 10,522 | 2,391 | 585 |
| 40 | Geneva County | 3.6 | 43K | 11,742 | 1,058 | 889 |
| 41 | Shelby County | 3.6 | 398K | 111,917 | 6,479 | 727 |
| 42 | Madison County | 3.3 | 649K | 198,793 | 71,413 | 1,118 |
| 43 | Tuscaloosa County | 3.2 | 399K | 126,125 | 6,406 | 826 |
| 44 | Choctaw County | 3.1 | 23K | 7,230 | 540 | 250 |
| 45 | Russell County | 3.0 | 64K | 21,728 | 1,711 | 959 |
| 46 | Escambia County | 2.9 | 53K | 18,593 | 2,868 | 651 |
| 47 | Montgomery County | 2.8 | 388K | 137,566 | 6,960 | 901 |
| 48 | Coffee County | 2.3 | 74K | 31,347 | 3,567 | 956 |
| 49 | Macon County | 2.0 | 30K | 15,032 | 2,538 | 340 |
| 50 | Lee County | 1.9 | 122K | 63,579 | 3,304 | 1,045 |
| 51 | Clarke County | 1.8 | 38K | 21,629 | 2,763 | 510 |
| 52 | Franklin County | 1.7 | 36K | 21,671 | 932 | 424 |
| 53 | Pike County | 1.4 | 38K | 27,989 | 1,820 | 886 |
| 54 | Baldwin County | 1.3 | 259K | 195,253 | 9,316 | 744 |
| 55 | Dale County | 1.2 | 31K | 25,013 | 2,617 | 765 |
| 56 | Houston County | 1.1 | 83K | 72,388 | 3,567 | 917 |
| 57 | Morgan County | 0.9 | 64K | 69,963 | 8,941 | 416 |
| 58 | Covington County | 0.6 | 19K | 30,321 | 747 | 606 |
| 59 | Washington County | 0.6 | 4,852 | 7,878 | 174 | 79 |
| 60 | Conecuh County | 0.6 | 3,563 | 5,906 | 253 | 112 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 0.3 | 8,925 | 29,336 | 828 | 12 |
| 62 | Marshall County | 0.1 | 4,099 | 52,022 | 464 | 48 |
| 63 | Limestone County | 0.1 | 2,807 | 52,376 | 276 | 61 |
| 64 | Lawrence County | 0.0 | 533 | 13,082 | 30 | 21 |
| 65 | Cherokee County | 0.0 | 824 | 24,534 | 41 | 11 |
Biggest Alabama outages of 2022
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County, AL | December 24, 2022 09:00 | December 25, 2022 02:45 | 17h 45m | 71,413 | 188K |
| 2 | Jefferson County, AL | July 21, 2022 10:00 | August 25, 2022 09:45 | 34d 23h | 32,424 | 412K |
| 3 | Madison County, AL | October 23, 2022 10:45 | October 23, 2022 18:00 | 7h 15m | 28,666 | 68K |
| 4 | Jefferson County, AL | November 29, 2022 12:45 | December 10, 2022 02:15 | 10d 13h | 19,083 | 158K |
| 5 | Jefferson County, AL | March 29, 2022 08:30 | April 7, 2022 08:15 | 8d 23h | 17,055 | 255K |
| 6 | Jefferson County, AL | December 19, 2022 12:15 | January 1, 2023 00:00 | 12d 11h | 15,282 | 59K |
| 7 | Jefferson County, AL | February 13, 2022 07:15 | February 21, 2022 03:45 | 7d 20h | 14,930 | 126K |
| 8 | Jefferson County, AL | July 3, 2022 09:30 | July 14, 2022 10:45 | 11d 1h | 14,531 | 146K |
| 9 | Mobile County, AL | April 16, 2022 11:00 | April 24, 2022 04:45 | 7d 17h | 11,829 | 63K |
| 10 | Mobile County, AL | March 29, 2022 12:30 | April 1, 2022 05:45 | 2d 17h | 11,707 | 74K |
| 11 | Jefferson County, AL | June 2, 2022 07:45 | June 27, 2022 07:45 | 25d | 11,380 | 296K |
| 12 | Jefferson County, AL | October 28, 2022 12:30 | November 3, 2022 09:15 | 5d 20h | 11,364 | 18K |
| 13 | Madison County, AL | February 25, 2022 08:00 | February 25, 2022 16:30 | 8h 30m | 10,649 | 2,705 |
| 14 | Calhoun County, AL | June 29, 2022 12:15 | June 30, 2022 22:00 | 1d 9h | 10,230 | 4,735 |
| 15 | Lauderdale County, AL | December 23, 2022 02:00 | December 25, 2022 04:15 | 2d 2h | 9,862 | 48K |
| 16 | Lauderdale County, AL | May 25, 2022 21:15 | May 27, 2022 04:45 | 1d 7h | 9,503 | 16K |
| 17 | Baldwin County, AL | March 30, 2022 08:00 | April 1, 2022 01:30 | 1d 17h | 9,316 | 11K |
| 18 | Morgan County, AL | December 24, 2022 12:15 | December 24, 2022 20:15 | 8h | 8,941 | 18K |
| 19 | Etowah County, AL | June 16, 2022 02:15 | June 18, 2022 06:45 | 2d 4h | 7,977 | 55K |
| 20 | Mobile County, AL | August 19, 2022 10:45 | September 1, 2022 08:15 | 12d 21h | 7,677 | 30K |
| 21 | Madison County, AL | July 13, 2022 04:45 | July 14, 2022 03:45 | 23h | 7,508 | 25K |
| 22 | Madison County, AL | February 17, 2022 14:30 | February 18, 2022 06:15 | 15h 45m | 7,287 | 6,163 |
| 23 | Montgomery County, AL | June 13, 2022 12:45 | June 18, 2022 20:45 | 5d 8h | 6,960 | 48K |
| 24 | Montgomery County, AL | July 21, 2022 22:15 | July 25, 2022 04:45 | 3d 6h | 6,793 | 38K |
| 25 | Talladega County, AL | July 19, 2022 08:45 | July 20, 2022 04:45 | 20h | 6,542 | 3,199 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 81% of Alabama's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.