2022 Arizona Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Arizona customer went without power for about 2.0 hours, the 43rd worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.0
vs prior year
▲ 7%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
6.5M
Peak customers out
96,030
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
91%
of AZ customers
Counties reporting
13
Arizona year over year
All 13 Arizona 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 | Santa Cruz County | 21.5 | 29K | 1,340 | 1,340 | 65 |
| 2 | Pinal County | 9.0 | 831K | 92,098 | 10,905 | 459 |
| 3 | La Paz County | 7.7 | 65K | 8,403 | 2,731 | 56 |
| 4 | Gila County | 6.5 | 191K | 29,489 | 3,978 | 207 |
| 5 | Navajo County | 3.2 | 271K | 84,388 | 10,781 | 566 |
| 6 | Maricopa County | 1.9 | 3.4M | 1,742,493 | 91,239 | 463 |
| 7 | Mohave County | 1.9 | 290K | 149,928 | 9,202 | 111 |
| 8 | Coconino County | 1.7 | 229K | 138,090 | 7,454 | 253 |
| 9 | Yavapai County | 1.6 | 385K | 246,408 | 9,615 | 450 |
| 10 | Pima County | 1.3 | 635K | 492,744 | 23,464 | 238 |
| 11 | Cochise County | 1.2 | 96K | 80,227 | 13,325 | 109 |
| 12 | Yuma County | 1.0 | 111K | 109,100 | 5,785 | 281 |
| 13 | Apache County | 0.4 | 12K | 29,549 | 1,247 | 360 |
Biggest Arizona 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 | Maricopa County, AZ | October 3, 2022 15:00 | October 5, 2022 13:45 | 1d 22h | 91,239 | 457K |
| 2 | Maricopa County, AZ | July 7, 2022 10:45 | July 28, 2022 05:00 | 20d 18h | 48,316 | 606K |
| 3 | Maricopa County, AZ | September 11, 2022 13:30 | September 13, 2022 22:30 | 2d 9h | 37,899 | 97K |
| 4 | Maricopa County, AZ | August 7, 2022 10:30 | August 16, 2022 22:30 | 9d 12h | 29,343 | 177K |
| 5 | Pima County, AZ | July 31, 2022 21:15 | August 1, 2022 20:15 | 23h | 23,464 | 39K |
| 6 | Maricopa County, AZ | August 4, 2022 10:45 | August 7, 2022 09:30 | 2d 22h | 19,423 | 51K |
| 7 | Maricopa County, AZ | August 16, 2022 23:15 | August 28, 2022 05:30 | 11d 6h | 17,521 | 266K |
| 8 | Pima County, AZ | August 23, 2022 15:30 | August 27, 2022 20:45 | 4d 5h | 15,805 | 68K |
| 9 | Maricopa County, AZ | October 15, 2022 01:30 | October 19, 2022 00:15 | 3d 22h | 15,016 | 107K |
| 10 | Cochise County, AZ | June 21, 2022 22:15 | June 22, 2022 03:45 | 5h 30m | 13,325 | 16K |
| 11 | Cochise County, AZ | March 13, 2022 22:45 | March 13, 2022 23:15 | 30m | 12,720 | 6,343 |
| 12 | Pima County, AZ | June 1, 2022 11:00 | June 29, 2022 23:30 | 28d 12h | 12,483 | 68K |
| 13 | Maricopa County, AZ | January 17, 2022 12:00 | January 18, 2022 00:15 | 12h 15m | 12,244 | 33K |
| 14 | Maricopa County, AZ | January 26, 2022 14:45 | January 27, 2022 09:15 | 18h 30m | 12,009 | 16K |
| 15 | Maricopa County, AZ | July 28, 2022 05:45 | August 1, 2022 23:00 | 4d 17h | 11,345 | 77K |
| 16 | Pinal County, AZ | July 16, 2022 00:00 | July 22, 2022 21:45 | 6d 21h | 10,905 | 466K |
| 17 | Navajo County, AZ | August 11, 2022 21:45 | August 12, 2022 04:00 | 6h 15m | 10,781 | 12K |
| 18 | Navajo County, AZ | August 3, 2022 15:15 | August 3, 2022 23:00 | 7h 45m | 10,551 | 2,673 |
| 19 | Pima County, AZ | March 29, 2022 02:00 | March 29, 2022 23:45 | 21h 45m | 10,107 | 18K |
| 20 | Pima County, AZ | March 2, 2022 20:15 | March 3, 2022 04:30 | 8h 15m | 9,843 | 2,476 |
| 21 | Yavapai County, AZ | August 24, 2022 16:15 | August 25, 2022 00:30 | 8h 15m | 9,615 | 7,511 |
| 22 | Maricopa County, AZ | February 25, 2022 05:00 | February 26, 2022 10:00 | 1d 5h | 9,517 | 13K |
| 23 | Mohave County, AZ | June 10, 2022 05:15 | June 10, 2022 06:30 | 1h 15m | 9,202 | 9,349 |
| 24 | Maricopa County, AZ | May 26, 2022 14:00 | May 28, 2022 19:45 | 2d 5h | 9,148 | 25K |
| 25 | Maricopa County, AZ | February 8, 2022 08:30 | February 8, 2022 22:30 | 14h | 8,868 | 26K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 91% of Arizona'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.