2023 Alaska Power Outage Report
In 2023, the average Alaska customer went without power for about 8.4 hours, the 15th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
8.4
vs prior year
▼ 36%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
2.2M
Peak customers out
66,842
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AK customers
Counties reporting
7
Alaska year over year
All 7 Alaska counties, 2023
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 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 10.5 | 22K | 2,069 | 2,069 | 115 |
| 2 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 10.5 | 625K | 59,763 | 16,874 | 655 |
| 3 | Denali Borough | 9.8 | 9,935 | 1,014 | 1,014 | 82 |
| 4 | Anchorage Municipality | 8.9 | 981K | 110,430 | 66,516 | 626 |
| 5 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 8.7 | 375K | 43,315 | 10,040 | 444 |
| 6 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 4.3 | 191K | 44,163 | 21,908 | 864 |
| 7 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 0.6 | 2,008 | 3,197 | 401 | 31 |
Biggest Alaska outages of 2023
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | May 14, 2023 04:00 | May 14, 2023 17:45 | 13h 45m | 66,516 | 140K |
| 2 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | August 31, 2023 15:00 | September 2, 2023 11:15 | 1d 20h | 64,266 | 314K |
| 3 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | August 24, 2023 12:45 | August 25, 2023 06:00 | 17h 15m | 31,512 | 89K |
| 4 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | October 9, 2023 23:00 | October 10, 2023 01:45 | 2h 45m | 21,908 | 23K |
| 5 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | September 24, 2023 20:45 | September 25, 2023 03:45 | 7h | 18,325 | 5,659 |
| 6 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | November 20, 2023 13:45 | November 22, 2023 13:45 | 2d | 16,874 | 99K |
| 7 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | May 16, 2023 19:00 | May 17, 2023 03:00 | 8h | 15,210 | 4,870 |
| 8 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | November 13, 2023 11:00 | November 17, 2023 23:00 | 4d 12h | 11,300 | 217K |
| 9 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | December 22, 2023 01:00 | December 22, 2023 13:45 | 12h 45m | 10,040 | 24K |
| 10 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | August 31, 2023 17:00 | September 13, 2023 06:00 | 12d 13h | 9,716 | 168K |
| 11 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | November 20, 2023 17:45 | December 26, 2023 03:30 | 35d 9h | 9,305 | 46K |
| 12 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | January 26, 2023 04:00 | January 26, 2023 06:00 | 2h | 8,944 | 3,089 |
| 13 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | November 24, 2023 13:45 | November 24, 2023 16:30 | 2h 45m | 8,662 | 8,565 |
| 14 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | November 8, 2023 18:15 | November 13, 2023 05:45 | 4d 11h | 7,321 | 142K |
| 15 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | November 9, 2023 04:15 | November 10, 2023 13:45 | 1d 9h | 6,290 | 41K |
| 16 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | June 25, 2023 01:00 | June 25, 2023 08:30 | 7h 30m | 6,014 | 3,583 |
| 17 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | July 28, 2023 14:15 | July 28, 2023 16:30 | 2h 15m | 5,964 | 6,231 |
| 18 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | May 16, 2023 18:30 | May 16, 2023 22:45 | 4h 15m | 5,882 | 6,747 |
| 19 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | September 22, 2023 22:30 | September 26, 2023 00:30 | 3d 2h | 5,399 | 1,876 |
| 20 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | August 26, 2023 20:15 | August 26, 2023 21:45 | 1h 30m | 5,087 | 1,848 |
| 21 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | July 25, 2023 01:45 | July 25, 2023 12:15 | 10h 30m | 4,542 | 6,573 |
| 22 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | June 14, 2023 17:00 | June 14, 2023 21:15 | 4h 15m | 4,518 | 8,140 |
| 23 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | November 13, 2023 11:15 | November 16, 2023 10:00 | 2d 22h | 4,062 | 47K |
| 24 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | June 25, 2023 02:30 | June 25, 2023 03:15 | 45m | 3,980 | 1,057 |
| 25 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | May 17, 2023 04:45 | May 17, 2023 10:00 | 5h 15m | 3,915 | 15K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Alaska's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.