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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 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
3.4
vs prior year
▼ 84%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
37.8M
Peak customers out
282,313
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of FL customers
Counties reporting
67

Florida year over year

Florida: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.6h; 2016: 7.1h; 2017: 48.8h; 2018: 5.4h, coverage 97%; 2019: 1.9h, coverage 97%; 2020: 3.6h, coverage 97%; 2021: 1.9h, coverage 98%; 2022: 20.8h, coverage 98%; 2023: 3.4h; 2024: 24.2h; 2025: 2.0h02040600%50%100%1.6h20157.1h201648.8h20175.4h20181.9h20193.6h20201.9h202120.8h20223.4h202324.2h20242.0h2025
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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 Florida; August was the worst.

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Florida customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 1.3M, Feb 1.1M, Mar 1.4M, Apr 3.0M, May 2.0M, Jun 3.9M, Jul 2.7M, Aug 8.6M, Sep 7.2M, Oct 1.3M, Nov 3.2M, Dec 2.0M02.5M5M7.5M10M1.3MJan1.1MFeb1.4MMar3.0MApr2.0MMay3.9MJun2.7MJul8.6MAug7.2MSep1.3MOct3.2MNov2.0MDec
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All 67 Florida 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
1Madison County130.31.2M9,4159,415587
2Lafayette County116.1539K4,6454,645523
3Taylor County113.61.4M12,05612,056607
4Hamilton County95.7850K8,8887,855570
5Suwannee County91.42.6M27,98524,384762
6Jefferson County79.2577K7,2837,283520
7Dixie County57.3814K14,19310,094688
8Gilchrist County35.3452K12,8038,886798
9Columbia County30.31.2M38,56230,854877
10Wakulla County22.1312K14,14812,420869
11Levy County17.8495K27,81612,533882
12Gulf County15.4150K9,7224,532606
13Liberty County13.259K4,4593,204377
14Franklin County8.940K4,4603,448407
15Leon County8.71.7M196,85852,0221,309
16Baker County7.7123K15,9176,352476
17Washington County7.3125K17,0626,650686
18Holmes County6.886K12,7001,621655
19Citrus County5.8470K81,28211,504890
20Santa Rosa County5.5535K96,90715,490907
21Calhoun County5.348K9,0023,583360
22Gadsden County5.1184K36,0145,325906
23Miami-Dade County4.13.9M951,39168,6257
24Pinellas County4.01.5M361,14723,723308
25Union County4.045K11,3572,060265
26Highlands County3.7145K39,0503,281898
27Monroe County3.7383K103,90646,249995
28Nassau County3.6189K52,49311,255754
29Indian River County3.4208K62,07011,738629
30Palm Beach County3.31.8M539,72834,52239
31Clay County3.1254K81,94119,211982
32Bay County3.1273K88,6927,9241,096
33Bradford County3.154K17,6792,251397
34Escambia County2.9533K180,89124,650726
35Putnam County2.9150K51,8394,811847
36Marion County2.9623K217,6478,792796
37Walton County2.8200K71,3997,846815
38Alachua County2.8603K218,54815,3491,126
39Polk County2.8865K313,95421,061537
40Okeechobee County2.750K18,2234,407600
41Volusia County2.7544K198,92211,666372
42Hendry County2.764K23,9125,502424
43Hardee County2.530K11,7962,161714
44Jackson County2.573K29,4154,465721
45Hernando County2.3249K108,45310,8011,154
46St. Johns County2.2258K116,59316,902685
47Duval County2.21.1M483,03420,690988
48Orange County2.1854K402,6187,200444
49DeSoto County2.043K21,1292,691602
50Seminole County2.0410K201,77610,639700
51Okaloosa County2.0258K131,23514,900978
52Charlotte County1.9240K129,8897,277510
53Collier County1.8526K288,89519,560313
54Broward County1.82.3M1,298,25661,45523
55Brevard County1.8594K338,1297,677270
56Lake County1.8350K199,3726,2851,012
57Pasco County1.7466K279,26011,344816
58Sarasota County1.6512K310,64614,632378
59Martin County1.6179K111,1205,244603
60Manatee County1.6423K266,40811,298599
61Glades County1.59,6426,357382197
62Lee County1.5932K628,63526,132213
63St. Lucie County1.4312K222,16511,751524
64Flagler County1.482K58,7649,101693
65Osceola County1.3240K179,8497,3761,168
66Sumter County1.2122K102,3916,2931,142
67Hillsborough County1.01.0M998,90615,953664

Biggest Florida 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
1Miami-Dade County, FLOctober 19, 2023 14:00January 1, 2024 00:0073d 10h68,6251.5M
2Broward County, FLSeptember 17, 2023 20:15October 19, 2023 00:3031d 4h61,455173K
3Leon County, FLAugust 30, 2023 05:45September 2, 2023 21:153d 15h52,022745K
4Monroe County, FLDecember 14, 2023 10:45December 14, 2023 14:303h 45m46,249131K
5Palm Beach County, FLOctober 23, 2023 11:15December 22, 2023 08:3059d 21h34,522695K
6Leon County, FLJune 14, 2023 23:30June 19, 2023 04:004d 4h32,056347K
7Columbia County, FLAugust 29, 2023 22:30September 11, 2023 19:0012d 20h30,8541.0M
8Broward County, FLOctober 19, 2023 14:00January 1, 2024 00:0073d 10h28,529694K
9Monroe County, FLMay 15, 2023 12:00May 16, 2023 00:1512h 15m28,2147,367
10Monroe County, FLDecember 5, 2023 09:45December 5, 2023 10:451h27,44617K
11Monroe County, FLNovember 15, 2023 21:45November 18, 2023 07:002d 9h27,40438K
12Lee County, FLJune 17, 2023 09:00June 25, 2023 07:307d 22h26,13264K
13Lee County, FLMarch 13, 2023 12:15March 17, 2023 02:153d 14h25,38916K
14Escambia County, FLJune 15, 2023 11:45July 6, 2023 06:0020d 18h24,650274K
15Suwannee County, FLAugust 29, 2023 22:30September 12, 2023 04:3013d 6h24,3842.4M
16Pinellas County, FLAugust 29, 2023 05:15September 1, 2023 16:303d 11h23,723339K
17Broward County, FLAugust 18, 2023 15:45September 17, 2023 19:1530d 3h21,826168K
18Polk County, FLJuly 16, 2023 08:15July 22, 2023 04:455d 20h21,06131K
19Duval County, FLAugust 30, 2023 11:15August 31, 2023 19:451d 8h20,690103K
20Collier County, FLNovember 28, 2023 05:00December 4, 2023 05:156d19,56014K
21Clay County, FLJune 16, 2023 10:30June 16, 2023 22:0011h 30m19,21126K
22Broward County, FLJune 11, 2023 13:45July 6, 2023 15:1525d 1h17,447149K
23Broward County, FLJuly 7, 2023 18:30August 18, 2023 14:1541d 19h17,044336K
24St. Johns County, FLFebruary 8, 2023 09:15February 8, 2023 11:001h 45m16,90217K
25Hillsborough County, FLApril 27, 2023 10:45April 29, 2023 04:451d 18h15,95385K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Florida'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.