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2024 Alabama Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average Alabama customer went without power for about 4.9 hours — the 28th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
4.9
Peak customers out
39,965
Rank (worst state)
28th
Counties affected
20

Alabama outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2024 highlighted.

0.5h20150.7h20161.7h20174.9h20183.2h201922.1h20204.6h20214.0h20226.3h20234.9h20246.2h2025

Hardest-hit Alabama counties in 2024

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

1Shelby County39,9652Madison County34,9973Baldwin County27,5584Mobile County24,7195Jefferson County17,6626Elmore County16,3997Calhoun County14,2828Lauderdale County12,6689Dallas County12,38210Tuscaloosa County11,47811Houston County9,94412Morgan County7,82113Coffee County7,73114Blount County7,39115Etowah County7,24216Montgomery County7,07917Lee County6,60018Butler County5,82619St. Clair County5,69620Tallapoosa County5,614

Biggest Alabama outages of 2024

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Shelby CountyMay 27, 202439,965
Madison CountyJune 14, 202434,997
Madison CountyMay 22, 202428,837
Baldwin CountyAugust 25, 202427,558
Mobile CountyMay 8, 202424,719
Baldwin CountyMay 9, 202419,662
Baldwin CountySeptember 10, 202417,876
Jefferson CountyMay 24, 202417,662
Mobile CountyJanuary 8, 202417,553
Mobile CountyJuly 23, 202416,422
Alabama by year:20252023202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2024:NCSCMEGATXFL

Part of the 2024 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.