2023 Delaware Power Outage Report
In 2023, the average Delaware customer went without power for about 2.3 hours, the 41st worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.3
vs prior year
▲ 38%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
1.2M
Peak customers out
74,961
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of DE customers
Counties reporting
3
Delaware year over year
All 3 Delaware 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 | New Castle County | 4.5 | 851K | 191,056 | 61,872 | 381 |
| 2 | Sussex County | 1.2 | 256K | 218,986 | 7,969 | 1,010 |
| 3 | Kent County | 0.8 | 78K | 98,370 | 6,146 | 891 |
Biggest Delaware 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 | New Castle County, DE | December 12, 2023 11:45 | December 13, 2023 10:15 | 22h 30m | 61,872 | 30K |
| 2 | New Castle County, DE | August 6, 2023 12:15 | August 15, 2023 06:45 | 8d 18h | 23,275 | 357K |
| 3 | Sussex County, DE | November 1, 2023 11:45 | November 1, 2023 17:15 | 5h 30m | 7,969 | 2,084 |
| 4 | Sussex County, DE | December 12, 2023 10:45 | December 13, 2023 00:30 | 13h 45m | 6,943 | 3,561 |
| 5 | New Castle County, DE | September 20, 2023 12:45 | September 26, 2023 01:45 | 5d 13h | 6,294 | 36K |
| 6 | Kent County, DE | December 12, 2023 19:00 | December 12, 2023 20:45 | 1h 45m | 6,146 | 2,264 |
| 7 | New Castle County, DE | June 25, 2023 06:15 | June 29, 2023 09:15 | 4d 3h | 5,264 | 38K |
| 8 | New Castle County, DE | August 21, 2023 03:00 | August 25, 2023 06:00 | 4d 3h | 4,986 | 8,430 |
| 9 | Kent County, DE | March 21, 2023 17:00 | March 21, 2023 21:30 | 4h 30m | 3,971 | 998 |
| 10 | Sussex County, DE | September 23, 2023 01:45 | September 24, 2023 02:15 | 1d | 3,615 | 16K |
| 11 | New Castle County, DE | June 5, 2023 08:30 | June 6, 2023 09:30 | 1d 1h | 3,367 | 3,667 |
| 12 | Sussex County, DE | July 28, 2023 18:30 | July 30, 2023 09:15 | 1d 14h | 3,316 | 7,560 |
| 13 | Sussex County, DE | March 30, 2023 07:45 | March 31, 2023 02:00 | 18h 15m | 3,133 | 3,467 |
| 14 | New Castle County, DE | April 1, 2023 15:00 | April 3, 2023 09:00 | 1d 18h | 3,076 | 9,144 |
| 15 | Sussex County, DE | December 11, 2023 01:30 | December 11, 2023 12:45 | 11h 15m | 3,043 | 6,856 |
| 16 | Kent County, DE | July 3, 2023 18:00 | July 4, 2023 08:15 | 14h 15m | 2,926 | 4,495 |
| 17 | Sussex County, DE | May 23, 2023 12:00 | May 23, 2023 21:00 | 9h | 2,873 | 4,716 |
| 18 | Kent County, DE | February 23, 2023 13:30 | February 23, 2023 14:15 | 45m | 2,851 | 714 |
| 19 | Sussex County, DE | July 3, 2023 18:30 | July 5, 2023 01:30 | 1d 7h | 2,756 | 5,330 |
| 20 | Sussex County, DE | April 1, 2023 20:45 | April 3, 2023 06:15 | 1d 9h | 2,690 | 12K |
| 21 | Kent County, DE | August 15, 2023 00:45 | August 15, 2023 01:15 | 30m | 2,617 | 1,309 |
| 22 | Kent County, DE | April 1, 2023 21:30 | April 2, 2023 04:45 | 7h 15m | 2,576 | 3,379 |
| 23 | Sussex County, DE | April 6, 2023 12:00 | April 7, 2023 16:45 | 1d 4h | 2,482 | 6,812 |
| 24 | New Castle County, DE | April 28, 2023 13:15 | April 30, 2023 10:15 | 1d 21h | 2,476 | 10K |
| 25 | New Castle County, DE | September 7, 2023 09:45 | September 11, 2023 08:15 | 3d 22h | 2,468 | 17K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Delaware'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.