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2023 Alaska Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Alaska customer went without power for about 8.4 hours — the 15th worst of any US state that year, 1.4× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
8.4
Peak customers out
66,516
Rank (worst state)
15th
Counties affected
7

Alaska outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2023 highlighted.

2.7h20151.9h20161.8h20176.2h20184.7h20194.2h20207.0h202113.2h20228.4h20236.7h202410.9h2025

Hardest-hit Alaska counties in 2023

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Anchorage Municipality66,5162Fairbanks North Star Borough21,9083Matanuska-Susitna Borough16,8744Kenai Peninsula Borough10,0405Southeast Fairbanks Census Area2,3586Denali Borough1,4977Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area401

Biggest Alaska outages of 2023

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Anchorage MunicipalityMay 14, 202366,516
Anchorage MunicipalityAugust 31, 202364,266
Anchorage MunicipalityAugust 24, 202331,512
Fairbanks North Star BoroughOctober 9, 202321,908
Anchorage MunicipalitySeptember 24, 202318,325
Matanuska-Susitna BoroughNovember 20, 202316,874
Anchorage MunicipalityMay 16, 202315,210
Matanuska-Susitna BoroughNovember 13, 202311,300
Kenai Peninsula BoroughDecember 22, 202310,040
Kenai Peninsula BoroughAugust 31, 20239,716
Alaska by year:20252024202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWV

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.