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2025 Alaska Power Outage Report

In 2025, the average Alaska customer went without power for about 10.9 hours — the 3rd worst of any US state that year, 1.8× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
10.9
Peak customers out
29,805
Rank (worst state)
3rd
Counties affected
8

Alaska outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2025 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Alaska counties in 2025

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

1Anchorage Municipality29,8052Matanuska-Susitna Borough21,2183Kenai Peninsula Borough15,0294Fairbanks North Star Borough11,3385Southeast Fairbanks Census Area2,3906Denali Borough8597Chugach Census Area5678Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area408

Biggest Alaska outages of 2025

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Anchorage MunicipalityJanuary 12, 202529,805
Matanuska-Susitna BoroughDecember 6, 202521,218
Anchorage MunicipalityApril 6, 202519,744
Matanuska-Susitna BoroughOctober 27, 202516,143
Kenai Peninsula BoroughOctober 31, 202515,029
Anchorage MunicipalityOctober 19, 202513,252
Fairbanks North Star BoroughJuly 7, 202511,338
Anchorage MunicipalityMarch 11, 202510,415
Kenai Peninsula BoroughOctober 27, 20259,545
Anchorage MunicipalityDecember 6, 20258,363
Alaska by year:20242023202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2025:WVMIPANCMOVA

Part of the 2025 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.