Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi had 25 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.23 times the US outage time per person and 2.13 times the Mississippi rate. It ranks 11 of 72 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

2.8major outages per year

8 of 9years with a major outage

72 hrslongest major outage

Feb, Aprhardest months

February and April made up 44% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Feb 15, 2021, reached 4,408 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 72.5 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Mississippi 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	9,979	6	0
2016	28,858	22	1
2017	99,992	22	4
2018	10,176	12	1
2019	120,220	27	2
2020	144,161	48	10
2021	254,429	17	4
2022	30,453	27	1
2023	87,120	18	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
Feb 15, 2021	72.5	4,408	172,140
Oct 26, 2019	54.0	5,670	99,930
Jun 16, 2023	63.8	3,129	56,826
Dec 8, 2017	24.5	5,455	50,700
Feb 18, 2021	49.8	1,670	38,323

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.