2024 Alaska Power Outage Report
In 2024, the average Alaska customer went without power for about 6.7 hours, the 23rd worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
6.7
vs prior year
▼ 20%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
1.8M
Peak customers out
64,387
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of AK customers
Counties reporting
8
Alaska year over year
All 8 Alaska counties, 2024
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denali Borough | 17.8 | 18K | 1,014 | 825 | 86 |
| 2 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 8.7 | 377K | 43,315 | 8,268 | 524 |
| 3 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 8.6 | 382K | 44,163 | 8,406 | 741 |
| 4 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 7.2 | 15K | 2,069 | 2,069 | 154 |
| 5 | Anchorage Municipality | 6.0 | 665K | 110,430 | 47,945 | 687 |
| 6 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 5.1 | 306K | 59,763 | 22,585 | 709 |
| 7 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 1.7 | 5,299 | 3,197 | 404 | 58 |
| 8 | Chugach Census Area | - | 7 | - | 1 | 4 |
Biggest Alaska outages of 2024
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | August 12, 2024 21:00 | August 13, 2024 05:45 | 8h 45m | 47,945 | 41K |
| 2 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | August 31, 2024 16:00 | September 1, 2024 04:30 | 12h 30m | 24,488 | 35K |
| 3 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | August 13, 2024 01:30 | August 13, 2024 04:15 | 2h 45m | 22,585 | 30K |
| 4 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | October 12, 2024 03:15 | October 12, 2024 05:15 | 2h | 22,108 | 11K |
| 5 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | February 1, 2024 09:30 | February 1, 2024 13:15 | 3h 45m | 19,095 | 12K |
| 6 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | February 21, 2024 18:30 | February 25, 2024 19:45 | 4d 1h | 15,008 | 221K |
| 7 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | July 5, 2024 01:30 | July 5, 2024 07:30 | 6h | 13,601 | 33K |
| 8 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | August 7, 2024 16:30 | August 10, 2024 05:00 | 2d 12h | 9,391 | 33K |
| 9 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | August 8, 2024 17:15 | August 9, 2024 00:30 | 7h 15m | 8,772 | 11K |
| 10 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | October 12, 2024 03:15 | October 12, 2024 17:45 | 14h 30m | 8,682 | 8,586 |
| 11 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | October 21, 2024 16:15 | October 31, 2024 02:15 | 9d 10h | 8,406 | 230K |
| 12 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | March 30, 2024 20:30 | April 8, 2024 17:00 | 8d 20h | 8,268 | 118K |
| 13 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | February 1, 2024 09:30 | February 1, 2024 10:30 | 1h | 7,879 | 6,911 |
| 14 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | August 31, 2024 12:00 | September 1, 2024 03:15 | 15h 15m | 7,595 | 4,207 |
| 15 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | June 9, 2024 05:15 | June 9, 2024 08:30 | 3h 15m | 7,303 | 14K |
| 16 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | November 15, 2024 18:30 | November 16, 2024 01:00 | 6h 30m | 6,463 | 8,767 |
| 17 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | August 11, 2024 16:15 | August 12, 2024 13:15 | 21h | 6,176 | 11K |
| 18 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | August 26, 2024 17:00 | August 28, 2024 05:15 | 1d 12h | 5,560 | 12K |
| 19 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | October 18, 2024 22:00 | October 19, 2024 13:00 | 15h | 5,208 | 20K |
| 20 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | September 15, 2024 14:30 | September 17, 2024 00:30 | 1d 10h | 4,976 | 21K |
| 21 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | October 11, 2024 18:45 | October 17, 2024 02:15 | 5d 7h | 4,961 | 62K |
| 22 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | June 5, 2024 21:45 | June 6, 2024 00:15 | 2h 30m | 4,881 | 3,485 |
| 23 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | December 12, 2024 21:00 | December 16, 2024 04:30 | 3d 7h | 4,713 | 29K |
| 24 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | September 25, 2024 14:30 | September 26, 2024 05:00 | 14h 30m | 4,630 | 2,467 |
| 25 | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | June 14, 2024 00:45 | June 19, 2024 02:15 | 5d 1h | 4,527 | 8,916 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Alaska's electricity customers in 2024; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.