2022 Delaware Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Delaware customer went without power for about 1.7 hours, the 45th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.7
vs prior year
▲ 26%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
858K
Peak customers out
12,713
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
86%
of DE customers
Counties reporting
3
Delaware year over year
All 3 Delaware 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 | New Castle County | 2.4 | 458K | 191,056 | 8,778 | 426 |
| 2 | Sussex County | 1.5 | 318K | 218,986 | 12,450 | 1,032 |
| 3 | Kent County | 0.8 | 83K | 98,370 | 3,749 | 915 |
Biggest Delaware 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 | Sussex County, DE | September 15, 2022 18:15 | September 16, 2022 06:15 | 12h | 12,450 | 4,013 |
| 2 | New Castle County, DE | July 8, 2022 10:15 | July 16, 2022 06:15 | 7d 20h | 8,778 | 57K |
| 3 | Sussex County, DE | March 17, 2022 04:30 | March 17, 2022 10:45 | 6h 15m | 7,041 | 7,271 |
| 4 | Sussex County, DE | December 7, 2022 03:00 | December 7, 2022 08:30 | 5h 30m | 6,918 | 2,421 |
| 5 | Sussex County, DE | July 21, 2022 12:00 | July 22, 2022 06:30 | 18h 30m | 6,863 | 7,377 |
| 6 | New Castle County, DE | August 2, 2022 10:15 | August 12, 2022 07:15 | 9d 21h | 6,095 | 19K |
| 7 | Sussex County, DE | January 29, 2022 06:15 | January 30, 2022 06:00 | 23h 45m | 6,002 | 34K |
| 8 | Sussex County, DE | January 3, 2022 12:30 | January 4, 2022 22:30 | 1d 10h | 5,887 | 52K |
| 9 | Sussex County, DE | August 24, 2022 01:45 | August 24, 2022 03:30 | 1h 45m | 4,848 | 1,754 |
| 10 | New Castle County, DE | June 8, 2022 06:15 | June 11, 2022 09:45 | 3d 3h | 4,256 | 13K |
| 11 | Kent County, DE | May 20, 2022 20:00 | May 21, 2022 02:15 | 6h 15m | 3,749 | 1,320 |
| 12 | New Castle County, DE | February 18, 2022 07:45 | February 19, 2022 06:15 | 22h 30m | 3,520 | 24K |
| 13 | Sussex County, DE | September 5, 2022 12:15 | September 6, 2022 03:45 | 15h 30m | 3,519 | 10K |
| 14 | New Castle County, DE | March 10, 2022 05:30 | March 10, 2022 08:15 | 2h 45m | 3,379 | 3,121 |
| 15 | New Castle County, DE | July 6, 2022 11:15 | July 7, 2022 08:15 | 21h | 3,336 | 2,949 |
| 16 | Kent County, DE | November 12, 2022 22:30 | November 13, 2022 05:30 | 7h | 3,303 | 2,083 |
| 17 | Kent County, DE | March 1, 2022 21:45 | March 2, 2022 06:15 | 8h 30m | 3,254 | 3,762 |
| 18 | New Castle County, DE | March 7, 2022 14:15 | March 9, 2022 06:15 | 1d 16h | 2,959 | 14K |
| 19 | New Castle County, DE | July 22, 2022 06:45 | July 24, 2022 11:00 | 2d 4h | 2,925 | 7,838 |
| 20 | Sussex County, DE | May 7, 2022 19:00 | May 9, 2022 02:00 | 1d 7h | 2,882 | 8,272 |
| 21 | New Castle County, DE | July 28, 2022 11:30 | July 30, 2022 06:15 | 1d 18h | 2,803 | 2,620 |
| 22 | New Castle County, DE | January 21, 2022 01:45 | January 21, 2022 08:15 | 6h 30m | 2,763 | 1,532 |
| 23 | New Castle County, DE | October 9, 2022 10:15 | October 9, 2022 22:00 | 11h 45m | 2,620 | 2,789 |
| 24 | New Castle County, DE | December 22, 2022 17:15 | December 25, 2022 19:00 | 3d 1h | 2,495 | 6,268 |
| 25 | New Castle County, DE | November 14, 2022 11:15 | November 16, 2022 07:30 | 1d 20h | 2,472 | 1,812 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 86% of Delaware'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.