Power Out Map
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Power outage history

Alabama

6.7hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 18th of 51.

Largest outage on record Hurricane Zeta 485,028 customers out · 18% of the state
Electricity customers 2,647,082 Across 67 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2020 21 hours without power, average customer

County by county

Where Alabama goes dark

Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.

Fewer hours64+ h / yr

Most hours without power

  1. 1Coosa46 h
  2. 2Wilcox34 h
  3. 3Cleburne27 h
  4. 4Lamar26 h
  5. 5Dallas25 h
  6. 6Perry24 h
  7. 7Randolph24 h
  8. 8Chilton20 h
  9. 9Lowndes20 h
  10. 10Mobile20 h

Most reliable

  1. 1Morgan1.1 h
  2. 2Conecuh2.0 h
  3. 3Washington2.1 h
  4. 4Madison2.2 h
  5. 5Covington2.6 h

Year by year

Hours in the dark, statewide

0 5 10 15 20 25 ’15 ’16 ’17 4.7 ’18 3.1 ’19 21 ’20 4.4 ’21 3.7 ’22 6.0 ’23 4.7 ’24 6.1 ’25 US 6.6

The record

Alabama's largest outages

Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.

BeganStormPeak outShare
Oct 28, 2020 Hurricane Zeta 485,028 18.3%
Sep 15, 2020 Hurricane Sally 249,508 9.4%
Feb 16, 2025 Thunderstorms 194,729 7.4%
Jun 28, 2018 Thunderstorms 177,642 6.7%
Apr 12, 2020 Thunderstorms 165,855 6.3%
Mar 3, 2023 Thunderstorms 152,794 5.8%
Jan 11, 2020 Thunderstorms 140,514 5.3%
May 4, 2021 Thunderstorms 134,842 5.1%
Jun 7, 2025 Thunderstorms 129,310 4.9%
May 17, 2020 No storm report 101,234 3.8%
May 10, 2024 Thunderstorms 100,498 3.8%
Mar 4, 2025 Windstorm 99,564 3.8%

Every county

All 67 counties

CountyHours / yrMajor outages since 2018Customers
Coosa 46 118 4,170
Wilcox 34 65 5,917
Cleburne 27 60 6,993
Lamar 26 75 6,221
Dallas 25 24 19,358
Perry 24 79 4,481
Randolph 24 69 8,122
Chilton 20 23 19,414
Lowndes 20 58 5,496
Mobile 20 17 110,135
Clay 19 64 5,554
Fayette 17 56 7,831
Bibb 16 31 11,037
Winston 15 47 13,268
Pickens 15 54 8,654
Tallapoosa 14 24 22,039
Butler 14 45 12,325
Marion 13 42 14,058
Talladega 11 8 39,215
Monroe 11 17 10,522
Autauga 11 22 24,619
Elmore 11 29 38,649
Walker 11 13 32,987
Calhoun 9.9 13 62,182
Crenshaw 9.7 40 8,129

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities in Alabama

Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.

UtilityTypeOutage min / yrExcl. major storms¢/kWhCustomers
Alabama Power Co Investor Owned 410 108 17.9 1.3M
City of Huntsville Municipal – – 12.5 202k
Baldwin County El Member Corp Cooperative 46 24 14.2 85k
Foley Board of Utilities Municipal 70 41 14.0 54k
City of Athens Municipal – – 11.6 52k
Central Alabama Electric Coop Cooperative 469 189 17.2 46k
City of Florence Municipal – – 12.4 42k
Cullman Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 780 347 14.6 40k
Joe Wheeler Elec Member Corp Cooperative 217 217 15.4 37k
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc Cooperative 567 268 14.8 30k
Sand Mountain Electric Coop Cooperative – – 13.6 27k
City of Dothan Municipal 83 67 10.7 27k
Covington Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 211 86 17.6 24k
Wiregrass Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 111 94 16.0 23k
Decatur Utilities Municipal 62 0 12.1 23k