2025 District of Columbia Power Outage Report
In 2025, the average District of Columbia customer went without power for about 1.8 hours, the 49th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.8
vs prior year
▲ 12%
vs 2024
Customer-hours out
572K
Peak customers out
31,577
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of DC customers
Counties reporting
1
District of Columbia year over year
Month by month, 2025
Customer-hours without power across District of Columbia; July was the worst.
All 1 District of Columbia counties, 2025
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 | District of Columbia | 1.8 | 572K | 325,122 | 31,577 | 918 |
Biggest District of Columbia outages of 2025
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia, DC | March 3, 2025 21:00 | March 7, 2025 07:30 | 3d 10h | 31,577 | 40K |
| 2 | District of Columbia, DC | May 4, 2025 00:30 | May 4, 2025 01:30 | 1h | 6,183 | 3,851 |
| 3 | District of Columbia, DC | March 12, 2025 13:45 | March 13, 2025 04:15 | 14h 30m | 3,440 | 4,963 |
| 4 | District of Columbia, DC | June 18, 2025 08:45 | June 25, 2025 09:45 | 7d 1h | 3,072 | 65K |
| 5 | District of Columbia, DC | May 4, 2025 12:15 | May 6, 2025 08:00 | 1d 19h | 2,986 | 27K |
| 6 | District of Columbia, DC | February 20, 2025 12:30 | February 21, 2025 03:00 | 14h 30m | 2,840 | 3,564 |
| 7 | District of Columbia, DC | July 27, 2025 16:15 | July 28, 2025 05:15 | 13h | 2,433 | 13K |
| 8 | District of Columbia, DC | October 30, 2025 08:00 | October 31, 2025 05:00 | 21h | 2,408 | 3,218 |
| 9 | District of Columbia, DC | July 25, 2025 11:30 | July 27, 2025 02:15 | 1d 14h | 2,382 | 5,503 |
| 10 | District of Columbia, DC | August 14, 2025 12:45 | August 15, 2025 06:45 | 18h | 2,363 | 1,081 |
| 11 | District of Columbia, DC | January 2, 2025 05:15 | January 2, 2025 09:15 | 4h | 2,323 | 6,787 |
| 12 | District of Columbia, DC | April 17, 2025 13:30 | April 18, 2025 07:15 | 17h 45m | 2,254 | 2,213 |
| 13 | District of Columbia, DC | October 14, 2025 21:30 | October 15, 2025 05:30 | 8h | 2,248 | 2,666 |
| 14 | District of Columbia, DC | May 20, 2025 12:00 | May 21, 2025 01:00 | 13h | 2,231 | 670 |
| 15 | District of Columbia, DC | February 12, 2025 14:30 | February 14, 2025 12:45 | 1d 22h | 2,222 | 3,201 |
| 16 | District of Columbia, DC | March 9, 2025 23:15 | March 10, 2025 07:00 | 7h 45m | 2,209 | 3,783 |
| 17 | District of Columbia, DC | December 4, 2025 04:00 | December 4, 2025 06:30 | 2h 30m | 2,183 | 613 |
| 18 | District of Columbia, DC | July 20, 2025 11:15 | July 20, 2025 21:30 | 10h 15m | 2,159 | 10K |
| 19 | District of Columbia, DC | September 20, 2025 22:15 | September 21, 2025 02:30 | 4h 15m | 2,115 | 1,913 |
| 20 | District of Columbia, DC | July 22, 2025 12:00 | July 23, 2025 01:30 | 13h 30m | 2,111 | 1,181 |
| 21 | District of Columbia, DC | March 11, 2025 15:45 | March 11, 2025 23:45 | 8h | 2,083 | 7,425 |
| 22 | District of Columbia, DC | October 23, 2025 09:30 | October 24, 2025 02:45 | 17h 15m | 2,083 | 2,160 |
| 23 | District of Columbia, DC | January 4, 2025 09:30 | January 4, 2025 16:30 | 7h | 2,035 | 822 |
| 24 | District of Columbia, DC | April 14, 2025 12:45 | April 14, 2025 20:45 | 8h | 1,997 | 562 |
| 25 | District of Columbia, DC | July 1, 2025 10:15 | July 2, 2025 00:15 | 14h | 1,921 | 1,694 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of District of Columbia's electricity customers in 2025; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2025 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.