Wakulla County, Florida Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Wakulla County, Florida had 21 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.77 times the US outage time per person and 1.92 times the Florida rate. It ranks 14 of 60 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

2.3major outages per year

8 of 9years with a major outage

208 hrslongest major outage

Sep, Octhardest months

September and October made up 78% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Oct 9, 2018, reached 19,209 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 207.8 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Florida 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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2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	55,125	36	1
2016	956,134	48	7
2017	403,624	46	2
2018	1,153,550	64	3
2019	49,387	39	1
2020	63,249	60	0
2021	69,760	35	2
2022	47,120	61	1
2023	279,763	59	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
Oct 9, 2018	207.8	19,209	1,100,051
Sep 1, 2016	116.5	16,481	847,802
Sep 10, 2017	109.5	6,873	340,668
Aug 29, 2023	52.8	12,420	178,359
Jan 22, 2017	27.8	3,402	36,294

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.