Lowndes County, Alabama Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Lowndes County, Alabama had 10 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 2.71 times the US outage time per person and 2.48 times the Alabama rate. It ranks 7 of 66 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.1major outages per year

4 of 9years with a major outage

86 hrslongest major outage

Oct, Junhardest months

October and June made up 60% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Oct 29, 2020, reached 5,046 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 86.0 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Alabama counties

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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	14,779	18	0
2016	2,919	7	0
2017	11,024	14	0
2018	39,063	36	1
2019	23,156	34	0
2020	262,236	48	4
2021	48,225	21	2
2022	23,626	29	0
2023	140,678	38	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	86.0	5,046	170,301
Jun 14, 2023	22.2	5,304	81,453
Sep 16, 2020	35.0	2,666	43,770
May 4, 2021	27.5	2,375	33,700
Jun 15, 2023	26.0	2,006	22,405

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.