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2023 Florida Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Florida customer went without power for about 3.4 hours — the 29th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
3.4
Peak customers out
68,625
Rank (worst state)
29th
Counties affected
20

Florida outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2023 highlighted.

1.6h20157.1h201649.3h20175.5h20181.9h20193.6h20201.9h202120.9h20223.4h202324.6h20242.1h2025

Hardest-hit Florida counties in 2023

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

1Miami-Dade County68,6252Broward County61,4553Leon County52,0224Monroe County46,2495Palm Beach County34,5226Columbia County30,8547Lee County26,1328Escambia County24,6509Suwannee County24,38410Pinellas County23,72311Polk County21,06112Duval County20,69013Collier County19,56014Clay County19,21115St. Johns County16,90216Hillsborough County15,95317Santa Rosa County15,49018Alachua County15,34919Okaloosa County14,90020Sarasota County14,632

Biggest Florida outages of 2023

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Miami-Dade CountyOctober 19, 202368,625
Broward CountySeptember 17, 202361,455
Leon CountyAugust 30, 202352,022
Monroe CountyDecember 14, 202346,249
Palm Beach CountyOctober 23, 202334,522
Leon CountyJune 14, 202332,056
Columbia CountyAugust 29, 202330,854
Broward CountyOctober 19, 202328,529
Monroe CountyMay 15, 202328,214
Monroe CountyDecember 5, 202327,446
Florida 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.