Power outage history
Benton County Indiana
4.4hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
42nd most of 90 in Indiana 33% below 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 Benton's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2021 was the worst well-recorded year, at 9.3 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Benton, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2015 | No storm report | 1,992 | 48% | 29 h | 1.2 h | 44k |
| Jan 25, 2021 | No storm report | 2,240 | 54% | 13 h | 9.8 h | 18k |
| May 23, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 1,204 | 29% | 18 h | 9.0 h | 13k |
| Sep 15, 2024 | No storm report | 1,430 | 35% | 8.8 h | 8.8 h | 12k |
| Oct 20, 2018 | No storm report | 1,556 | 38% | 14 h | 1.5 h | 9.2k |
| Aug 12, 2021 | No storm report | 1,422 | 34% | 6.2 h | 5.5 h | 8.1k |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Tornadoes | 406 | 10% | 20 h | 6.0 h | 8.1k |
| Aug 10, 2020 | No storm report | 236 | 6% | 2.4 d | 30 h | 6.0k |
| Dec 11, 2020 | No storm report | 1,413 | 34% | 4.0 h | 4.0 h | 5.7k |
| Feb 24, 2016 | No storm report | 139 | 3% | 31 h | – | 3.8k |
| Mar 10, 2023 | No storm report | 1,418 | 34% | 2.5 h | 2.5 h | 3.5k |
| Jan 1, 2021 | Winter storm | 431 | 10% | 12 h | 6.0 h | 2.8k |
| Jun 23, 2016 | No storm report | 526 | 13% | 14 h | 8.0 h | 2.5k |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Winter storm | 475 | 12% | 4.5 h | 2.5 h | 2.1k |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 271 | 7% | 19 h | 30 min | 2.1k |
| May 16, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 323 | 8% | 13 h | 12 h | 2.0k |
| Jul 18, 2016 | No storm report | 379 | 9% | 5.2 h | 3.5 h | 2.0k |
| Mar 3, 2023 | No storm report | 495 | 12% | 4.5 h | 3.2 h | 1.9k |
| Oct 11, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 296 | 7% | 9.5 h | 15 h | 1.9k |
| May 26, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 413 | 10% | 13 h | 9.5 h | 1.9k |
| Jul 16, 2020 | No storm report | 462 | 11% | 4.0 h | 4.0 h | 1.8k |
| Dec 4, 2017 | No storm report | 755 | 18% | 3.8 h | 30 min | 1.7k |
| Dec 15, 2021 | No storm report | 396 | 10% | 5.0 h | 3.5 h | 1.7k |
| Dec 1, 2020 | No storm report | 1,413 | 34% | 1.8 h | 11 h | 1.5k |
| Dec 24, 2023 | No storm report | 226 | 5% | 7.2 h | 7.2 h | 1.5k |
| May 26, 2015 | No storm report | 385 | 9% | 3.8 h | 3.5 h | 1.4k |
| Apr 10, 2024 | No storm report | 567 | 14% | 2.2 h | 5.5 h | 1.3k |
| May 27, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 667 | 16% | 2.8 h | 1.2 h | 1.3k |
| Aug 29, 2020 | Hurricane Laura | 583 | 14% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 1.2k |
| Dec 18, 2016 | No storm report | 422 | 10% | 6.0 h | 5.8 h | 1.0k |
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 Benton from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 70%
- Thunderstorms 17%
- Tornadoes 6.2%
- Winter storm 5.2%
- Tropical storm 0.9%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Benton
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Indiana territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Indiana, LLC | Investor Owned | 267 | 108 | 1.26 | 15.0 | 809k |
| Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co | Investor Owned | 532 | 178 | 1.32 | 22.1 | 434k |
| Warren County Rural E M C | IN | 1,003 | 822 | – | – | 54k |
| Tipmont Rural Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 216 | 75 | 1.80 | 16.4 | 30k |
| Newton County Rural E M C | IN | – | – | – | – | 17k |
| Carroll-White REMC | Cooperative | 839 | 553 | – | 15.4 | 15k |
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
- Vermilion, IL 5.8 h
- Newton 5.5 h
- Benton (this county) 4.4 h
- Iroquois, IL 4.2 h
- Tippecanoe 3.3 h
- White 2.8 h
- Warren 1.8 h
- Jasper 0.8 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 4,132 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 →