2022 Puerto Rico Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Puerto Rico customer went without power for about 198.8 hours (a territory, not ranked with the states) (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
198.8
vs prior year
▲ 630%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
295.3M
Peak customers out
1,077,378
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
100%
of PR customers
Regions reporting
6
Puerto Rico year over year
Month by month, 2022
Customer-hours without power across Puerto Rico; September was the worst.
All 6 Puerto Rico regions, 2022
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each region links to its annual report.
| # | Region | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayagüez Region | 369.3 | 77.3M | 209,201 | 209,201 | 66 |
| 2 | Ponce Region | 300.3 | 66.3M | 220,813 | 210,593 | 138 |
| 3 | Caguas Region | 227.0 | 58.5M | 257,621 | 243,802 | 28 |
| 4 | Arecibo Region | 218.3 | 44.3M | 203,086 | 191,803 | 59 |
| 5 | Bayamón Region | 88.1 | 21.1M | 239,469 | 145,204 | 72 |
| 6 | San Juan Region | 78.5 | 27.9M | 355,072 | 191,766 | 18 |
Biggest Puerto Rico outages of 2022
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | Region | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caguas Region, PR | September 4, 2022 02:00 | November 13, 2022 22:45 | 70d 20h | 243,802 | 52.9M |
| 2 | Ponce Region, PR | August 28, 2022 13:00 | November 26, 2022 00:30 | 89d 11h | 210,593 | 61.7M |
| 3 | Mayagüez Region, PR | August 28, 2022 13:00 | November 13, 2022 21:15 | 77d 8h | 209,201 | 71.4M |
| 4 | Arecibo Region, PR | September 3, 2022 07:30 | November 19, 2022 01:00 | 76d 17h | 191,803 | 40.9M |
| 5 | San Juan Region, PR | August 28, 2022 13:00 | December 25, 2022 02:00 | 118d 13h | 191,766 | 21.0M |
| 6 | Ponce Region, PR | April 5, 2022 22:30 | April 7, 2022 18:30 | 1d 20h | 154,985 | 2.2M |
| 7 | Bayamón Region, PR | August 28, 2022 13:00 | October 25, 2022 22:45 | 58d 9h | 145,204 | 15.7M |
| 8 | San Juan Region, PR | April 4, 2022 07:15 | April 7, 2022 18:30 | 3d 11h | 116,430 | 1.8M |
| 9 | Caguas Region, PR | August 11, 2022 00:15 | August 28, 2022 01:45 | 17d 1h | 89,432 | 304K |
| 10 | Bayamón Region, PR | August 8, 2022 13:45 | August 28, 2022 01:45 | 19d 12h | 86,718 | 969K |
| 11 | San Juan Region, PR | August 8, 2022 13:45 | August 28, 2022 01:45 | 19d 12h | 75,451 | 1.0M |
| 12 | Mayagüez Region, PR | April 4, 2022 12:30 | April 7, 2022 18:30 | 3d 6h | 72,451 | 1.1M |
| 13 | Caguas Region, PR | February 27, 2022 23:00 | April 7, 2022 18:30 | 38d 19h | 71,130 | 1.6M |
| 14 | Caguas Region, PR | November 14, 2022 01:00 | December 10, 2022 00:45 | 25d 23h | 59,411 | 558K |
| 15 | San Juan Region, PR | January 6, 2022 14:30 | January 27, 2022 03:30 | 20d 13h | 48,859 | 244K |
| 16 | San Juan Region, PR | April 12, 2022 18:00 | June 1, 2022 05:15 | 49d 11h | 42,841 | 1.0M |
| 17 | Bayamón Region, PR | April 4, 2022 09:30 | April 7, 2022 18:30 | 3d 9h | 42,003 | 567K |
| 18 | Bayamón Region, PR | November 14, 2022 00:30 | November 20, 2022 09:15 | 6d 8h | 39,922 | 185K |
| 19 | Mayagüez Region, PR | August 8, 2022 13:45 | August 28, 2022 01:45 | 19d 12h | 37,018 | 612K |
| 20 | Ponce Region, PR | August 8, 2022 13:45 | August 13, 2022 21:45 | 5d 8h | 35,641 | 93K |
| 21 | Caguas Region, PR | June 1, 2022 12:15 | August 8, 2022 05:30 | 67d 17h | 34,408 | 1.3M |
| 22 | Caguas Region, PR | August 8, 2022 13:45 | August 10, 2022 23:15 | 2d 9h | 28,931 | 33K |
| 23 | Mayagüez Region, PR | August 1, 2022 02:30 | August 8, 2022 05:30 | 7d 3h | 28,806 | 367K |
| 24 | Bayamón Region, PR | January 29, 2022 05:00 | February 11, 2022 02:00 | 12d 21h | 25,673 | 411K |
| 25 | San Juan Region, PR | February 18, 2022 05:45 | March 2, 2022 01:15 | 11d 19h | 25,192 | 173K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of Puerto Rico'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.