Power outage history
Manatee County Florida
14hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
26th most of 67 in Florida 2.1× the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Manatee's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2024 was the worst well-recorded year, at 2.5 days for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Manatee, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2024 | Hurricane Milton | 220,455 | 83% | 6.4 d | 4.7 d | 14M |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Hurricane Ian | 160,255 | 60% | 7.4 d | 2.5 d | 11M |
| Sep 10, 2017 | Hurricane Irma | 225,195 | 85% | 8.5 d | 30 min | 9.6M |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 40,636 | 15% | 3.2 d | 2.8 d | 1.5M |
| Aug 4, 2024 | Hurricane Debby | 7,013 | 3% | 19 h | 16 h | 63k |
| Jul 31, 2017 | Tropical Storm Emily | 14,138 | 5% | 8.2 h | 8.0 h | 56k |
| Aug 30, 2023 | Hurricane Idalia | 7,418 | 3% | 13 h | 18 h | 43k |
| Nov 11, 2020 | Hurricane Eta | 6,355 | 2% | 14 h | 19 h | 40k |
| May 27, 2020 | No storm report | 6,067 | 2% | 6.0 h | 5.8 h | 31k |
| Aug 27, 2023 | No storm report | 11,176 | 4% | 2.5 h | 2.5 h | 28k |
| Jun 19, 2025 | No storm report | 11,287 | 4% | 3.2 h | 2.8 h | 27k |
| Jan 17, 2016 | Tornadoes | 11,870 | 4% | 5.2 h | 8.8 h | 26k |
| Aug 7, 2025 | No storm report | 18,963 | 7% | 2.0 h | 1.5 h | 24k |
| May 30, 2025 | No storm report | 10,162 | 4% | 2.2 h | 48 min | 22k |
| Apr 23, 2022 | No storm report | 8,045 | 3% | 3.5 h | 2.8 h | 20k |
| Sep 27, 2021 | No storm report | 3,520 | 1% | 5.0 h | – | 18k |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Hurricane Milton | 14,025 | 5% | 1.2 h | 12 min | 17k |
| Sep 1, 2016 | Hurricane Hermine | 7,479 | 3% | 3.5 h | 9.0 h | 16k |
| Nov 15, 2023 | No storm report | 9,001 | 3% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 15k |
| Dec 21, 2018 | No storm report | 9,877 | 4% | 4.5 h | 7.5 h | 14k |
| Jul 13, 2023 | No storm report | 6,709 | 3% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 12k |
| Feb 17, 2024 | No storm report | 14,140 | 5% | 2.2 h | 30 min | 12k |
| Nov 29, 2022 | No storm report | 9,593 | 4% | 1.5 h | 1.2 h | 12k |
| Aug 19, 2018 | No storm report | 4,940 | 2% | 2.2 h | – | 11k |
| Nov 7, 2022 | No storm report | 11,717 | 4% | 1.0 h | 12 min | 11k |
| Apr 10, 2021 | Tornadoes | 4,762 | 2% | 2.2 h | – | 10k |
| Jun 6, 2016 | Tropical Storm Colin | 5,207 | 2% | 2.8 h | 7.8 h | 9.0k |
| May 15, 2015 | No storm report | 3,853 | 1% | 2.2 h | – | 8.3k |
| Nov 28, 2020 | No storm report | 3,749 | 1% | 2.2 h | – | 8.2k |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Hurricane Nicole | 5,411 | 2% | 3.0 h | 8.8 h | 8.1k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Manatee from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Tropical storm 98%
- No storm on record 1.8%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Manatee
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Florida territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Power & Light Co | Investor Owned | 47 | 45 | 0.46 | 14.6 | 5.3M |
| Peace River Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 155 | 155 | 1.62 | 12.8 | 62k |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
- Sarasota 16 h
- DeSoto 16 h
- Hardee 16 h
- Manatee (this county) 14 h
- Polk 9.9 h
- Hillsborough 6.6 h
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 266,408 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →