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2023 Arkansas Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Arkansas customer went without power for about 13.6 hours, the 5th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
13.6
vs prior year
▲ 99%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
22.5M
Peak customers out
136,571
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AR customers
Counties reporting
75

Arkansas year over year

Arkansas: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 3.7h; 2016: 5.4h; 2017: 4.4h; 2018: 4.4h, coverage 78%; 2019: 6.1h, coverage 83%; 2020: 10.4h, coverage 86%; 2021: 5.4h, coverage 86%; 2022: 6.8h, coverage 86%; 2023: 13.6h; 2024: 8.5h; 2025: 8.1h0510150%50%100%3.7h20155.4h20164.4h20174.4h20186.1h201910.4h20205.4h20216.8h202213.6h20238.5h20248.1h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2023

Customer-hours without power across Arkansas; June was the worst.

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Arkansas customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 4.3M, Feb 2.6M, Mar 822K, Apr 3.5M, May 492K, Jun 6.6M, Jul 1.4M, Aug 862K, Sep 849K, Oct 398K, Nov 261K, Dec 338K02M4M6M8M4.3MJan2.6MFeb822KMar3.5MApr492KMay6.6MJun1.4MJul862KAug849KSep398KOct261KNov338KDec
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All 75 Arkansas counties, 2023

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Dallas County85.0276K3,2463,246356
2Prairie County63.0247K3,9173,917543
3Stone County60.3399K6,6296,629454
4Sevier County56.0319K5,6994,712574
5Cross County45.9365K7,9407,125683
6Cleveland County44.5151K3,4011,363170
7Marion County38.2316K8,2707,569520
8Arkansas County37.6354K9,4096,326615
9Ashley County37.2343K9,2035,090522
10Poinsett County37.1377K10,1545,070624
11Nevada County35.7144K4,0202,293229
12Izard County35.4304K8,5728,041547
13Jefferson County31.41.1M33,92712,448521
14Sharp County31.3336K10,7587,832539
15Bradley County30.8168K5,4634,236291
16Drew County30.8279K9,0737,030468
17Fulton County30.6224K7,3006,151475
18Monroe County28.7107K3,7331,603438
19Montgomery County28.0115K4,1304,130405
20Little River County27.8101K3,6232,255536
21Newton County27.7106K3,8133,752271
22Lonoke County26.11.2M46,85034,287837
23Scott County25.7127K4,9654,925326
24Desha County25.7140K5,4623,041471
25Baxter County25.4723K28,47120,876942
26Phillips County22.1215K9,7274,629470
27Howard County21.5131K6,0873,615434
28Pulaski County21.55.3M247,28762,194302
29Chicot County21.2100K4,7032,704450
30Pope County20.9672K32,15214,094739
31Yell County20.1195K9,7284,125506
32Grant County20.1175K8,7322,590411
33Boone County19.7368K18,6599,257757
34Logan County18.0216K11,9524,849484
35Ouachita County17.0226K13,3155,838479
36Calhoun County16.258K3,555549104
37Columbia County15.2174K11,4543,710575
38Hempstead County15.1171K11,3302,752430
39Independence County14.7284K19,3068,697703
40Madison County14.7198K13,4526,134467
41Lafayette County13.838K2,7762,776398
42Union County13.5269K19,8923,225674
43Lawrence County13.299K7,4664,283467
44Pike County12.665K5,1331,285312
45Carroll County12.3217K17,60210,615612
46Clark County11.5137K11,9356,725419
47Perry County11.070K6,3785,739331
48Lee County10.648K4,5191,036504
49Mississippi County10.3185K17,9312,675625
50Garland County10.0497K49,7344,965804
51Miller County10.0155K15,5163,373876
52Conway County9.9124K12,5673,254507
53Sebastian County9.2712K77,72715,021770
54Hot Spring County9.1137K15,0294,816681
55Woodruff County9.132K3,4951,379404
56Crittenden County8.8225K25,5746,038565
57St. Francis County8.6109K12,6942,644736
58Searcy County8.257K7,0131,859241
59Franklin County8.085K10,6111,996333
60White County6.7270K40,5028,036887
61Saline County5.7285K49,7354,071900
62Washington County5.2776K149,99019,870969
63Jackson County5.143K8,3741,980358
64Faulkner County4.8303K63,6797,245740
65Johnson County4.686K18,7271,651360
66Cleburne County3.461K17,9462,518661
67Crawford County3.0109K36,2512,738553
68Randolph County3.026K8,9281,115144
69Lincoln County2.917K5,681536112
70Clay County2.818K6,4661,296167
71Benton County2.7335K123,5936,7351,060
72Polk County2.124K11,5721,303330
73Craighead County1.184K75,6965,524583
74Greene County1.032K31,4333,026417
75Van Buren County0.020015,56755

Biggest Arkansas outages of 2023

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Pulaski County, ARMarch 29, 2023 05:00May 13, 2023 04:3044d 23h62,1942.7M
2Pulaski County, ARJune 25, 2023 19:00July 7, 2023 22:1512d 3h54,7381.4M
3Lonoke County, ARJune 25, 2023 19:45July 2, 2023 00:306d 4h34,287964K
4Baxter County, ARApril 25, 2023 17:15April 25, 2023 18:301h 15m20,8767,904
5Washington County, ARJanuary 24, 2023 21:45January 28, 2023 05:303d 7h19,870464K
6Washington County, ARJune 20, 2023 15:15June 21, 2023 02:1511h17,9635,663
7Baxter County, ARJanuary 25, 2023 00:15January 28, 2023 23:303d 23h16,192611K
8Sebastian County, ARJuly 14, 2023 06:45July 16, 2023 06:452d15,021170K
9Pulaski County, ARSeptember 5, 2023 04:00September 10, 2023 22:305d 18h14,931317K
10Pope County, ARJune 18, 2023 09:00June 22, 2023 15:154d 6h14,094404K
11Washington County, ARDecember 1, 2023 12:15December 1, 2023 19:006h 45m14,0657,074
12Jefferson County, ARJanuary 26, 2023 15:00February 28, 2023 03:3032d 12h12,448670K
13Pulaski County, ARFebruary 22, 2023 14:15February 25, 2023 22:303d 8h12,44361K
14Sebastian County, ARJanuary 24, 2023 19:45January 30, 2023 19:005d 23h12,301265K
15Sebastian County, ARJune 18, 2023 05:45June 22, 2023 01:303d 19h11,205133K
16Carroll County, ARJanuary 25, 2023 01:00January 28, 2023 04:003d 3h10,615163K
17Boone County, ARNovember 3, 2023 17:30November 3, 2023 18:451h 15m9,2574,629
18Boone County, ARNovember 4, 2023 01:00November 4, 2023 01:1515m9,2562,314
19Boone County, ARNovember 3, 2023 22:00November 3, 2023 22:3030m9,2564,628
20Boone County, ARNovember 4, 2023 06:30November 4, 2023 06:4515m9,2562,314
21Boone County, AROctober 12, 2023 15:30October 12, 2023 17:302h9,2529,259
22Boone County, AROctober 9, 2023 14:45October 9, 2023 15:1530m9,2432,314
23Boone County, AROctober 9, 2023 17:00October 9, 2023 18:451h 45m9,2426,933
24Boone County, AROctober 12, 2023 12:15October 12, 2023 12:4530m9,2424,621
25Boone County, ARAugust 9, 2023 11:30August 10, 2023 22:001d 10h9,22815K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Arkansas'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.
Arkansas by year:2025202420222021202020192018201720162015
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Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.