2022 Arkansas Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Arkansas customer went without power for about 6.8 hours, the 15th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
6.8
vs prior year
▲ 27%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
11.3M
Peak customers out
47,477
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
86%
of AR customers
Counties reporting
75
Arkansas year over year
All 75 Arkansas 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 | Prairie County | 49.8 | 195K | 3,917 | 3,175 | 569 |
| 2 | St. Francis County | 47.0 | 597K | 12,694 | 11,814 | 769 |
| 3 | Monroe County | 41.6 | 155K | 3,733 | 2,825 | 627 |
| 4 | Cross County | 28.5 | 226K | 7,940 | 7,940 | 729 |
| 5 | Poinsett County | 27.4 | 278K | 10,154 | 9,165 | 735 |
| 6 | Woodruff County | 26.8 | 94K | 3,495 | 1,944 | 439 |
| 7 | Phillips County | 25.6 | 249K | 9,727 | 6,375 | 774 |
| 8 | Chicot County | 24.5 | 115K | 4,703 | 2,665 | 518 |
| 9 | Arkansas County | 21.5 | 202K | 9,409 | 2,524 | 386 |
| 10 | Lee County | 18.9 | 85K | 4,519 | 1,846 | 481 |
| 11 | Marion County | 17.8 | 147K | 8,270 | 3,801 | 698 |
| 12 | Desha County | 17.7 | 97K | 5,462 | 3,020 | 506 |
| 13 | Izard County | 16.6 | 142K | 8,572 | 3,525 | 605 |
| 14 | Crittenden County | 16.3 | 418K | 25,574 | 7,850 | 783 |
| 15 | Sevier County | 15.5 | 89K | 5,699 | 2,027 | 553 |
| 16 | Montgomery County | 15.4 | 64K | 4,130 | 1,897 | 506 |
| 17 | Stone County | 15.1 | 100K | 6,629 | 6,629 | 546 |
| 18 | Lafayette County | 15.1 | 42K | 2,776 | 2,140 | 285 |
| 19 | Carroll County | 14.9 | 262K | 17,602 | 5,859 | 504 |
| 20 | Sharp County | 14.6 | 157K | 10,758 | 4,401 | 722 |
| 21 | Little River County | 13.8 | 50K | 3,623 | 1,217 | 489 |
| 22 | Yell County | 13.3 | 129K | 9,728 | 2,976 | 610 |
| 23 | Nevada County | 13.1 | 53K | 4,020 | 1,026 | 298 |
| 24 | Mississippi County | 13.0 | 232K | 17,931 | 4,182 | 629 |
| 25 | Ashley County | 12.9 | 119K | 9,203 | 3,749 | 613 |
| 26 | Dallas County | 12.8 | 42K | 3,246 | 1,055 | 356 |
| 27 | Pike County | 12.0 | 62K | 5,133 | 767 | 335 |
| 28 | Grant County | 12.0 | 105K | 8,732 | 1,927 | 444 |
| 29 | Hot Spring County | 11.8 | 177K | 15,029 | 3,844 | 867 |
| 30 | Newton County | 11.5 | 44K | 3,813 | 3,813 | 226 |
| 31 | Drew County | 11.1 | 101K | 9,073 | 3,695 | 438 |
| 32 | Jefferson County | 10.9 | 371K | 33,927 | 3,146 | 681 |
| 33 | Cleveland County | 10.8 | 37K | 3,401 | 704 | 166 |
| 34 | Lawrence County | 10.4 | 78K | 7,466 | 4,367 | 546 |
| 35 | Garland County | 10.4 | 516K | 49,734 | 6,999 | 957 |
| 36 | Miller County | 10.1 | 156K | 15,516 | 3,274 | 881 |
| 37 | Union County | 9.6 | 191K | 19,892 | 2,334 | 734 |
| 38 | Scott County | 9.4 | 47K | 4,965 | 1,781 | 365 |
| 39 | Bradley County | 9.2 | 50K | 5,463 | 3,154 | 363 |
| 40 | Columbia County | 8.8 | 100K | 11,454 | 2,732 | 689 |
| 41 | Pope County | 7.7 | 249K | 32,152 | 3,253 | 915 |
| 42 | Howard County | 7.5 | 46K | 6,087 | 2,993 | 418 |
| 43 | Saline County | 7.4 | 369K | 49,735 | 7,539 | 884 |
| 44 | Hempstead County | 7.1 | 81K | 11,330 | 1,748 | 454 |
| 45 | Cleburne County | 7.0 | 126K | 17,946 | 9,261 | 690 |
| 46 | White County | 7.0 | 283K | 40,502 | 5,388 | 843 |
| 47 | Clay County | 6.9 | 44K | 6,466 | 1,565 | 168 |
| 48 | Boone County | 6.7 | 125K | 18,659 | 2,588 | 866 |
| 49 | Ouachita County | 6.4 | 86K | 13,315 | 1,739 | 587 |
| 50 | Logan County | 6.3 | 75K | 11,952 | 2,168 | 533 |
| 51 | Jackson County | 6.0 | 50K | 8,374 | 1,327 | 457 |
| 52 | Fulton County | 6.0 | 44K | 7,300 | 3,640 | 317 |
| 53 | Independence County | 5.9 | 114K | 19,306 | 2,768 | 913 |
| 54 | Randolph County | 5.8 | 52K | 8,928 | 1,301 | 231 |
| 55 | Pulaski County | 5.2 | 1.3M | 247,287 | 14,445 | 409 |
| 56 | Franklin County | 5.0 | 53K | 10,611 | 2,576 | 393 |
| 57 | Conway County | 5.0 | 63K | 12,567 | 3,037 | 581 |
| 58 | Perry County | 4.9 | 31K | 6,378 | 4,831 | 402 |
| 59 | Lonoke County | 4.7 | 221K | 46,850 | 10,779 | 902 |
| 60 | Faulkner County | 4.5 | 289K | 63,679 | 6,554 | 854 |
| 61 | Clark County | 4.4 | 53K | 11,935 | 3,019 | 464 |
| 62 | Baxter County | 3.5 | 99K | 28,471 | 2,791 | 985 |
| 63 | Searcy County | 3.4 | 24K | 7,013 | 1,065 | 259 |
| 64 | Johnson County | 3.1 | 59K | 18,727 | 2,463 | 437 |
| 65 | Crawford County | 2.8 | 101K | 36,251 | 2,784 | 803 |
| 66 | Washington County | 2.5 | 370K | 149,990 | 11,571 | 986 |
| 67 | Benton County | 2.2 | 268K | 123,593 | 21,489 | 1,044 |
| 68 | Lincoln County | 1.7 | 9,638 | 5,681 | 712 | 121 |
| 69 | Calhoun County | 1.7 | 5,974 | 3,555 | 282 | 105 |
| 70 | Sebastian County | 1.6 | 127K | 77,727 | 2,269 | 701 |
| 71 | Madison County | 1.5 | 21K | 13,452 | 2,688 | 413 |
| 72 | Greene County | 1.0 | 33K | 31,433 | 1,496 | 430 |
| 73 | Craighead County | 1.0 | 79K | 75,696 | 2,270 | 677 |
| 74 | Polk County | 0.9 | 10K | 11,572 | 1,407 | 286 |
| 75 | Van Buren County | 0.0 | 93 | 15,567 | 5 | 5 |
Biggest Arkansas 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 | Benton County, AR | August 15, 2022 05:45 | August 15, 2022 06:30 | 45m | 21,489 | 15K |
| 2 | Pulaski County, AR | August 7, 2022 18:45 | August 10, 2022 22:15 | 3d 3h | 14,445 | 140K |
| 3 | Pulaski County, AR | May 15, 2022 20:00 | May 19, 2022 05:00 | 3d 9h | 14,279 | 123K |
| 4 | St. Francis County, AR | February 23, 2022 23:30 | March 5, 2022 09:00 | 9d 9h | 11,814 | 512K |
| 5 | Washington County, AR | March 30, 2022 05:00 | April 2, 2022 02:45 | 2d 21h | 11,571 | 128K |
| 6 | Lonoke County, AR | June 9, 2022 11:45 | June 10, 2022 02:15 | 14h 30m | 10,779 | 5,402 |
| 7 | Lonoke County, AR | November 5, 2022 02:30 | November 6, 2022 18:45 | 1d 16h | 10,394 | 43K |
| 8 | Benton County, AR | April 13, 2022 12:00 | April 14, 2022 12:45 | 1d | 10,008 | 20K |
| 9 | Pulaski County, AR | July 12, 2022 19:45 | July 15, 2022 06:30 | 2d 10h | 9,872 | 69K |
| 10 | Cleburne County, AR | December 23, 2022 01:00 | December 23, 2022 02:00 | 1h | 9,261 | 3,595 |
| 11 | Cleburne County, AR | December 29, 2022 19:15 | December 29, 2022 20:30 | 1h 15m | 9,250 | 5,634 |
| 12 | Cleburne County, AR | July 2, 2022 04:00 | July 2, 2022 08:00 | 4h | 9,244 | 8,124 |
| 13 | Poinsett County, AR | February 2, 2022 19:30 | February 4, 2022 10:15 | 1d 14h | 9,165 | 141K |
| 14 | Washington County, AR | July 14, 2022 05:30 | July 15, 2022 06:30 | 1d 1h | 8,677 | 4,487 |
| 15 | Washington County, AR | April 27, 2022 13:15 | April 27, 2022 23:15 | 10h | 8,197 | 5,640 |
| 16 | Cross County, AR | February 24, 2022 00:30 | March 4, 2022 05:15 | 8d 4h | 7,940 | 170K |
| 17 | Cleburne County, AR | April 18, 2022 00:00 | April 18, 2022 04:00 | 4h | 7,939 | 12K |
| 18 | Cleburne County, AR | April 10, 2022 17:45 | April 11, 2022 01:30 | 7h 45m | 7,930 | 10K |
| 19 | Crittenden County, AR | February 24, 2022 00:30 | March 3, 2022 00:30 | 7d | 7,850 | 252K |
| 20 | Saline County, AR | July 18, 2022 06:30 | July 19, 2022 04:45 | 22h 15m | 7,539 | 41K |
| 21 | Pulaski County, AR | July 17, 2022 18:00 | July 20, 2022 09:15 | 2d 15h | 7,386 | 61K |
| 22 | Benton County, AR | May 4, 2022 16:15 | May 5, 2022 02:30 | 10h 15m | 7,374 | 23K |
| 23 | Garland County, AR | August 22, 2022 16:15 | August 23, 2022 00:15 | 8h | 6,999 | 2,167 |
| 24 | Pulaski County, AR | March 21, 2022 12:30 | March 24, 2022 02:15 | 2d 13h | 6,866 | 69K |
| 25 | Pulaski County, AR | October 27, 2022 12:00 | January 1, 2023 00:00 | 65d 12h | 6,864 | 224K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 86% of Arkansas'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.