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2024 Alaska Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average Alaska customer went without power for about 6.7 hours — the 23rd worst of any US state that year, 1.1× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
6.7
Peak customers out
47,945
Rank (worst state)
23rd
Counties affected
8

Alaska outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2024 highlighted.

2.7h20151.9h20161.8h20176.2h20184.7h20194.2h20207.0h202113.2h20228.4h20236.7h202410.9h2025

Hardest-hit Alaska counties in 2024

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

1Anchorage Municipality47,9452Matanuska-Susitna Borough22,5853Fairbanks North Star Borough8,4064Kenai Peninsula Borough8,2685Southeast Fairbanks Census Area2,1346Denali Borough8257Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area4048Chugach Census Area1

Biggest Alaska outages of 2024

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Anchorage MunicipalityAugust 12, 202447,945
Anchorage MunicipalityAugust 31, 202424,488
Matanuska-Susitna BoroughAugust 13, 202422,585
Anchorage MunicipalityOctober 12, 202422,108
Anchorage MunicipalityFebruary 1, 202419,095
Anchorage MunicipalityFebruary 21, 202415,008
Anchorage MunicipalityJuly 5, 202413,601
Anchorage MunicipalityAugust 7, 20249,391
Matanuska-Susitna BoroughAugust 8, 20248,772
Matanuska-Susitna BoroughOctober 12, 20248,682
Alaska 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.