2022 Alaska Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Alaska customer went without power for about 13.2 hours, the 6th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
13.2
vs prior year
▲ 87%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
3.5M
Peak customers out
38,773
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
71%
of AK customers
Counties reporting
7
Alaska year over year
All 7 Alaska 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 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 26.7 | 55K | 2,069 | 2,069 | 170 |
| 2 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 25.6 | 1.5M | 59,763 | 25,042 | 677 |
| 3 | Denali Borough | 25.3 | 26K | 1,014 | 1,014 | 108 |
| 4 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 18.9 | 836K | 44,163 | 27,643 | 895 |
| 5 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 10.2 | 442K | 43,315 | 13,783 | 459 |
| 6 | Anchorage Municipality | 5.2 | 573K | 110,430 | 21,929 | 597 |
| 7 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 2.4 | 7,758 | 3,197 | 394 | 48 |
Biggest Alaska 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 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | July 26, 2022 00:00 | July 31, 2022 06:15 | 5d 6h | 27,643 | 426K |
| 2 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | January 1, 2022 13:30 | January 9, 2022 03:00 | 7d 13h | 25,042 | 957K |
| 3 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | October 21, 2022 07:00 | October 21, 2022 13:45 | 6h 45m | 21,929 | 61K |
| 4 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | February 19, 2022 13:30 | February 19, 2022 14:45 | 1h 15m | 20,259 | 23K |
| 5 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | December 23, 2022 07:30 | December 27, 2022 13:00 | 4d 5h | 18,365 | 200K |
| 6 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | June 9, 2022 14:15 | June 9, 2022 19:45 | 5h 30m | 13,783 | 46K |
| 7 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | July 21, 2022 15:45 | July 22, 2022 06:15 | 14h 30m | 12,932 | 4,558 |
| 8 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | July 21, 2022 14:15 | July 22, 2022 03:00 | 12h 45m | 12,783 | 21K |
| 9 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | February 22, 2022 12:30 | February 22, 2022 16:45 | 4h 15m | 11,736 | 12K |
| 10 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | April 5, 2022 23:00 | April 6, 2022 00:45 | 1h 45m | 10,637 | 4,599 |
| 11 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | December 29, 2022 10:00 | December 30, 2022 10:15 | 1d | 9,403 | 14K |
| 12 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | December 6, 2022 20:30 | December 8, 2022 23:30 | 2d 3h | 9,095 | 48K |
| 13 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | September 28, 2022 22:00 | September 29, 2022 12:45 | 14h 45m | 8,873 | 15K |
| 14 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | August 9, 2022 05:00 | August 11, 2022 06:30 | 2d 1h | 8,480 | 57K |
| 15 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | July 5, 2022 09:15 | July 5, 2022 12:15 | 3h | 8,141 | 22K |
| 16 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | December 23, 2022 11:15 | December 24, 2022 09:00 | 21h 45m | 7,852 | 36K |
| 17 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | June 17, 2022 16:45 | June 18, 2022 06:00 | 13h 15m | 7,723 | 2,360 |
| 18 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | September 17, 2022 18:00 | September 18, 2022 19:45 | 1d 1h | 7,717 | 15K |
| 19 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | March 28, 2022 05:15 | March 28, 2022 06:30 | 1h 15m | 7,634 | 4,080 |
| 20 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | December 15, 2022 14:00 | December 16, 2022 06:45 | 16h 45m | 7,541 | 34K |
| 21 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | December 14, 2022 15:30 | December 16, 2022 08:30 | 1d 17h | 7,230 | 14K |
| 22 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | July 21, 2022 22:45 | July 21, 2022 23:30 | 45m | 6,980 | 3,245 |
| 23 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | December 21, 2022 20:00 | December 22, 2022 17:00 | 21h | 6,472 | 4,537 |
| 24 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | December 7, 2022 23:30 | December 13, 2022 19:45 | 5d 20h | 6,186 | 77K |
| 25 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | August 3, 2022 13:15 | August 3, 2022 22:30 | 9h 15m | 6,046 | 3,043 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 71% of Alaska'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.