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2023 District of Columbia Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average District of Columbia customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 37th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.5
vs prior year
▲ 66%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
820K
Peak customers out
26,583
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of DC customers
Counties reporting
1

District of Columbia year over year

District of Columbia: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.5h; 2016: 2.5h; 2017: 1.4h; 2018: 4.8h, coverage 100%; 2019: 2.2h, coverage 100%; 2020: 1.5h, coverage 100%; 2021: 1.9h, coverage 100%; 2022: 1.5h, coverage 100%; 2023: 2.5h; 2024: 1.6h; 2025: 1.8h02460%50%100%2.5h20152.5h20161.4h20174.8h20182.2h20191.5h20201.9h20211.5h20222.5h20231.6h20241.8h2025
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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 District of Columbia; July was the worst.

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District of Columbia customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 20K, Feb 13K, Mar 109K, Apr 43K, May 44K, Jun 38K, Jul 362K, Aug 63K, Sep 42K, Oct 29K, Nov 28K, Dec 28K0100k200k300k400k20KJan13KFeb109KMar43KApr44KMay38KJun362KJul63KAug42KSep29KOct28KNov28KDec
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All 1 District of Columbia counties, 2023

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1District of Columbia2.5820K325,12226,583904

Biggest District of Columbia outages of 2023

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1District of Columbia, DCNovember 20, 2023 07:15November 20, 2023 07:4530m26,5836,724
2District of Columbia, DCJuly 28, 2023 12:15August 5, 2023 03:157d 15h15,831326K
3District of Columbia, DCJuly 27, 2023 12:00July 28, 2023 04:4516h 45m8,2594,847
4District of Columbia, DCMarch 18, 2023 17:15March 19, 2023 13:3020h 15m7,69187K
5District of Columbia, DCJuly 10, 2023 13:15July 11, 2023 01:4512h 30m4,7111,503
6District of Columbia, DCJuly 14, 2023 12:45July 16, 2023 14:002d 1h4,57019K
7District of Columbia, DCAugust 24, 2023 06:45August 24, 2023 10:454h4,4672,980
8District of Columbia, DCJune 7, 2023 10:45June 8, 2023 07:3020h 45m4,2914,922
9District of Columbia, DCDecember 1, 2023 19:45December 2, 2023 20:151d4,0467,186
10District of Columbia, DCJuly 24, 2023 09:00July 26, 2023 09:452d3,73611K
11District of Columbia, DCSeptember 9, 2023 10:00September 10, 2023 20:151d 10h3,33312K
12District of Columbia, DCMay 29, 2023 20:15May 29, 2023 22:001h 45m3,2251,877
13District of Columbia, DCApril 24, 2023 08:30April 25, 2023 07:4523h 15m2,78820K
14District of Columbia, DCMay 11, 2023 12:45May 12, 2023 02:1513h 30m2,4985,238
15District of Columbia, DCApril 8, 2023 22:15April 9, 2023 03:004h 45m2,4832,096
16District of Columbia, DCAugust 6, 2023 12:15August 7, 2023 08:1520h2,3535,432
17District of Columbia, DCJuly 5, 2023 01:00July 6, 2023 08:451d 7h2,2395,434
18District of Columbia, DCMarch 22, 2023 12:30March 23, 2023 10:3022h2,1661,286
19District of Columbia, DCNovember 7, 2023 12:30November 8, 2023 23:301d 11h2,0947,449
20District of Columbia, DCMay 18, 2023 06:00May 19, 2023 04:3022h 30m1,8324,295
21District of Columbia, DCJune 4, 2023 03:45June 4, 2023 07:303h 45m1,6672,071
22District of Columbia, DCApril 1, 2023 11:45April 3, 2023 10:151d 22h1,64112K
23District of Columbia, DCMay 22, 2023 12:15May 24, 2023 23:452d 11h1,6352,350
24District of Columbia, DCMay 10, 2023 11:45May 10, 2023 23:3011h 45m1,6282,331
25District of Columbia, DCOctober 12, 2023 11:15October 13, 2023 03:0015h 45m1,5942,886
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of District of Columbia'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.
District of Columbia by year:2025202420222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWVLAMS

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

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