Lake County, Tennessee had 3 major outages from 2017 to 2023
Below middle outage time among US countiesResidents here averaged 0.61 times the US outage time per person and 0.65 times the Tennessee rate. It ranks 34 of 78 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 7 years of records.
May and October made up 52% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Oct 7, 2017, reached 2,641 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 3.8 hours.
Outage impact by year
Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.
Show yearly numbers
| Year | Customer-hours | Reported outages | Major outages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22,918 | 16 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3,218 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5,270 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14,072 | 8 | 1 |
| 2021 | 16,158 | 7 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1,786 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3,857 | 8 | 0 |
When outages hit
Share of this county's customer-hours by month.
Largest outages on record
| Start date | Hours | Peak customers | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2017 | 3.8 | 2,641 | 9,904 |
| May 4, 2021 | 8.5 | 987 | 8,193 |
| May 4, 2020 | 8.5 | 1,125 | 7,284 |
| Apr 30, 2017 | 7.0 | 1,878 | 5,573 |
| Dec 11, 2021 | 14.8 | 556 | 4,652 |
Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.
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- 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.
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