Clarke County, Alabama Power Outages, 2017 to 2023

Clarke County, Alabama had 10 major outages from 2017 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 2.07 times the US outage time per person and 1.89 times the Alabama rate. It ranks 15 of 66 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 7 years of records.

1.4major outages per year

5 of 7years with a major outage

107 hrslongest major outage

Oct, Novhardest months

October and November made up 76% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Oct 29, 2020, reached 7,796 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 107.0 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2017	486	1	0
2018	24,264	30	1
2019	22,002	26	0
2020	635,384	45	4
2021	42,637	28	1
2022	22,530	26	1
2023	35,654	28	3

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Oct 29, 2020	107.0	7,796	528,292
Nov 2, 2020	27.2	2,826	48,199
Sep 16, 2020	26.5	1,881	18,086
Apr 10, 2021	12.5	1,465	10,327
Jun 16, 2023	9.8	1,176	7,929

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.