Crenshaw County, Alabama Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Crenshaw County, Alabama had 12 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 1.71 times the US outage time per person and 1.56 times the Alabama rate. It ranks 21 of 66 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.3major outages per year

4 of 9years with a major outage

84 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Aprhardest months

June and April made up 60% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Apr 20, 2020, reached 3,122 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 84.5 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
2015	8,450	14	0
2016	9,855	19	0
2017	16,744	22	1
2018	32,774	37	1
2019	22,882	34	0
2020	210,000	45	6
2021	15,523	20	0
2022	31,928	26	0
2023	144,636	40	4

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
Apr 20, 2020	84.5	3,122	111,991
Jun 14, 2023	21.8	4,617	50,520
Sep 16, 2020	29.5	1,977	25,591
Jun 19, 2023	10.2	5,198	23,621
Jun 15, 2023	18.2	2,234	23,162

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.