Delaware County, Indiana Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Delaware County, Indiana had 21 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Below middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.68 times the US outage time per person and 1.14 times the Indiana rate. It ranks 27 of 90 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

45 hrslongest major outage

Jul, Novhardest months

July and November made up 29% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Apr 3, 2016, reached 4,851 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 38.8 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Indiana 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	100,563	49	0
2016	266,903	47	1
2017	242,596	98	4
2018	365,677	54	4
2019	196,839	81	5
2020	180,416	65	1
2021	107,996	52	2
2022	147,694	51	2
2023	92,911	50	2

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 3, 2016	38.8	4,851	83,939
Jul 23, 2022	45.2	3,409	79,970
Nov 15, 2018	32.8	5,293	70,989
Mar 4, 2018	7.0	10,696	70,616
Jun 1, 2016	111.5	780	59,546

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.