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Power outage history
Arizona
1.6hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 51st of 51.
Electricity customers 3,244,973 Across 15 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2023 2.0 hours without power, average customer
County by county
Where Arizona goes dark
Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.
Fewer hours64+ h / yr
Year by year
Hours in the dark, statewide
The record
Arizona's largest outages
Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 89,822 | 2.8% |
| Aug 17, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 70,945 | 2.2% |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 67,126 | 2.1% |
Every county
All 15 counties
| County | Hours / yr | Major outages since 2018 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Paz | 10 | 43 | 8,403 |
| Gila | 5.3 | 42 | 29,489 |
| Greenlee | 4.7 | 3 | 2,735 |
| Navajo | 3.2 | 13 | 84,388 |
| Yavapai | 3.0 | 3 | 120,509 |
| Apache | 1.8 | 5 | 29,549 |
| Coconino | 1.8 | 0 | 138,090 |
| Pinal | 1.8 | 0 | 216,962 |
| Maricopa | 1.5 | 3 | 1,742,493 |
| Yuma | 1.5 | 2 | 109,100 |
| Santa Cruz | 1.4 | 15 | 20,697 |
| Pima | 1.4 | 1 | 492,744 |
| Mohave | 0.8 | 0 | 149,928 |
| Cochise | 0.6 | 4 | 80,227 |
| Graham | 0.1 | 0 | 19,659 |
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities in Arizona
Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Public Service Co | Investor Owned | 73 | 73 | 17.0 | 1.3M |
| Salt River Project | Political Subdivision | 66 | 50 | 14.0 | 1.1M |
| Tucson Electric Power Co | Investor Owned | 42 | 42 | 14.9 | 416k |
| UNS Electric, Inc | Investor Owned | 81 | 64 | 17.0 | 95k |
| Trico Electric Cooperative Inc | Cooperative | 90 | 66 | 14.3 | 54k |
| Sulphur Springs Valley E C Inc | Cooperative | 92 | 83 | 14.6 | 46k |
| Mohave Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Cooperative | 197 | 152 | 11.3 | 42k |
| Navopache Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | – | – | 13.5 | 41k |
| Sunrun Inc. | Behind the Meter | – | – | 14.4 | 40k |
| Tesla Inc. | Behind the Meter | – | – | 12.2 | 40k |
| Electrical Dist No3 Pinal County | Political Subdivision | 30 | 30 | 14.0 | 33k |
| Navajo Tribal Utility Authority | State | 216 | 216 | 16.5 | 27k |
| City of Mesa | Municipal | 52 | 39 | 20.6 | 16k |
| USBIA-San Carlos Project | Federal | – | – | 16.4 | 12k |
| SunPower Capital, LLC | Behind the Meter | – | – | 16.8 | 11k |
| Electrical Dist No2 Pinal County | Political Subdivision | 141 | 115 | 13.3 | 5.6k |
| Palmetto Solar, LLC | Behind the Meter | – | – | 14.8 | 5.5k |
| Spruce Finance | Behind the Meter | – | – | 10.9 | 3.6k |
| Dixie Escalante R E A, Inc | Cooperative | 99 | 10 | 10.3 | 2.8k |
| Gila River Indian Utility Authority (GRICUA) | Cooperative | 264 | 264 | 14.3 | 2.7k |
| Morenci Water and Electric | Investor Owned | – | – | 6.0 | 2.2k |
| Garkane Energy Coop, Inc | Cooperative | – | – | 12.1 | 1.5k |