Allegany County, Maryland Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Allegany County, Maryland had 21 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Above middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.92 times the US outage time per person and 2.34 times the Maryland rate. It ranks 3 of 24 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

2.3major outages per year

7 of 9years with a major outage

78 hrslongest major outage

Feb, Marhardest months

February and March made up 38% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Feb 12, 2019, reached 6,327 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 77.8 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Maryland 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	65,521	45	0
2016	43,497	38	0
2017	69,756	53	1
2018	183,144	62	3
2019	444,516	48	7
2020	79,497	53	1
2021	122,567	55	2
2022	186,589	62	4
2023	160,396	58	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
Feb 12, 2019	77.8	6,327	141,730
Feb 24, 2019	71.8	3,662	92,041
Mar 4, 2023	48.8	7,687	89,314
Mar 2, 2018	53.5	3,951	71,443
Dec 23, 2022	54.8	3,458	62,982

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.