2022 Maryland Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Maryland customer went without power for about 5.5 hours, the 19th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
5.5
vs prior year
▲ 119%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
14.6M
Peak customers out
200,965
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
99%
of MD customers
Counties reporting
24
Maryland year over year
All 24 Maryland 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 | Carroll County | 12.9 | 920K | 71,073 | 29,736 | 544 |
| 2 | Garrett County | 11.0 | 149K | 13,588 | 4,018 | 444 |
| 3 | Harford County | 9.6 | 1.1M | 112,536 | 31,551 | 392 |
| 4 | Calvert County | 9.5 | 374K | 39,458 | 12,581 | 702 |
| 5 | Charles County | 9.4 | 690K | 73,494 | 17,414 | 932 |
| 6 | St. Mary's County | 7.8 | 435K | 55,898 | 14,054 | 912 |
| 7 | Baltimore County | 7.8 | 2.9M | 370,224 | 41,962 | 150 |
| 8 | Cecil County | 7.0 | 402K | 57,202 | 16,595 | 729 |
| 9 | Allegany County | 7.0 | 227K | 32,504 | 3,458 | 579 |
| 10 | Prince George's County | 5.6 | 2.0M | 349,773 | 64,522 | 445 |
| 11 | Baltimore city | 4.9 | 1.4M | 277,924 | 21,850 | 138 |
| 12 | Anne Arundel County | 4.2 | 1.1M | 253,751 | 34,497 | 270 |
| 13 | Montgomery County | 4.2 | 1.7M | 395,748 | 120,582 | 645 |
| 14 | Frederick County | 3.6 | 475K | 132,173 | 17,733 | 803 |
| 15 | Washington County | 3.4 | 224K | 65,276 | 4,698 | 682 |
| 16 | Worcester County | 3.1 | 98K | 31,542 | 5,257 | 834 |
| 17 | Howard County | 2.4 | 358K | 146,094 | 6,274 | 365 |
| 18 | Kent County | 2.1 | 22K | 10,903 | 3,919 | 474 |
| 19 | Dorchester County | 2.0 | 36K | 18,093 | 2,307 | 602 |
| 20 | Somerset County | 2.0 | 28K | 14,318 | 805 | 511 |
| 21 | Caroline County | 1.6 | 29K | 17,587 | 3,358 | 563 |
| 22 | Queen Anne's County | 1.6 | 43K | 26,465 | 1,840 | 629 |
| 23 | Wicomico County | 1.2 | 72K | 61,546 | 4,130 | 822 |
| 24 | Talbot County | 0.8 | 25K | 29,180 | 1,975 | 491 |
Biggest Maryland 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 | Montgomery County, MD | November 27, 2022 22:45 | November 30, 2022 00:45 | 2d 2h | 120,582 | 546K |
| 2 | Prince George's County, MD | July 12, 2022 11:15 | July 20, 2022 11:30 | 8d | 64,522 | 990K |
| 3 | Baltimore County, MD | July 11, 2022 10:30 | October 9, 2022 04:45 | 89d 18h | 41,962 | 1.9M |
| 4 | Anne Arundel County, MD | January 3, 2022 03:45 | January 9, 2022 15:00 | 6d 11h | 34,497 | 242K |
| 5 | Harford County, MD | July 11, 2022 19:30 | July 22, 2022 10:00 | 10d 14h | 31,551 | 804K |
| 6 | Carroll County, MD | July 11, 2022 12:00 | July 21, 2022 07:30 | 9d 19h | 29,736 | 665K |
| 7 | Montgomery County, MD | July 2, 2022 23:30 | July 6, 2022 01:15 | 3d 1h | 27,552 | 188K |
| 8 | Baltimore city, MD | July 28, 2022 11:30 | September 16, 2022 03:15 | 49d 15h | 21,850 | 598K |
| 9 | Montgomery County, MD | June 4, 2022 09:45 | June 4, 2022 16:45 | 7h | 19,620 | 4,958 |
| 10 | Prince George's County, MD | January 3, 2022 12:45 | January 11, 2022 11:45 | 7d 23h | 19,563 | 275K |
| 11 | Montgomery County, MD | December 22, 2022 13:45 | December 29, 2022 01:45 | 6d 12h | 19,429 | 201K |
| 12 | Anne Arundel County, MD | December 22, 2022 01:30 | December 31, 2022 17:45 | 9d 16h | 18,158 | 225K |
| 13 | Frederick County, MD | December 8, 2022 20:00 | December 8, 2022 20:30 | 30m | 17,733 | 4,435 |
| 14 | Baltimore County, MD | December 22, 2022 12:15 | January 1, 2023 00:00 | 9d 11h | 17,674 | 396K |
| 15 | Charles County, MD | January 3, 2022 12:45 | January 8, 2022 04:15 | 4d 15h | 17,414 | 482K |
| 16 | Montgomery County, MD | July 12, 2022 12:15 | July 17, 2022 21:45 | 5d 9h | 16,882 | 133K |
| 17 | Cecil County, MD | March 11, 2022 14:45 | March 11, 2022 20:30 | 5h 45m | 16,595 | 29K |
| 18 | Prince George's County, MD | May 16, 2022 10:00 | May 18, 2022 05:45 | 1d 19h | 14,143 | 38K |
| 19 | St. Mary's County, MD | January 3, 2022 11:00 | January 7, 2022 14:45 | 4d 3h | 14,054 | 243K |
| 20 | Montgomery County, MD | May 30, 2022 13:15 | May 30, 2022 17:15 | 4h | 13,692 | 6,972 |
| 21 | Anne Arundel County, MD | July 24, 2022 11:00 | August 14, 2022 06:00 | 20d 19h | 13,418 | 167K |
| 22 | Prince George's County, MD | May 30, 2022 21:30 | June 5, 2022 04:45 | 5d 7h | 13,299 | 22K |
| 23 | Prince George's County, MD | July 20, 2022 12:45 | August 13, 2022 22:30 | 24d 9h | 13,023 | 118K |
| 24 | Baltimore city, MD | December 20, 2022 09:30 | January 1, 2023 00:00 | 11d 14h | 12,891 | 224K |
| 25 | Charles County, MD | May 16, 2022 21:00 | May 17, 2022 07:30 | 10h 30m | 12,812 | 20K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 99% of Maryland'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.