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Power outage history

Florida

7.8hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 13th of 51.

Largest outage on record Hurricane Irma 7,974,154 customers out · 71% of the state
Electricity customers 11,163,235 Across 67 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2024 24 hours without power, average customer

County by county

Where Florida 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. 1Madison43 h
  2. 2Jefferson39 h
  3. 3Taylor37 h
  4. 4Hamilton33 h
  5. 5Lafayette32 h
  6. 6Franklin30 h
  7. 7Liberty29 h
  8. 8Bay29 h
  9. 9Suwannee28 h
  10. 10Wakulla25 h

Most reliable

  1. 1Broward1.4 h
  2. 2Monroe2.0 h
  3. 3Duval2.2 h
  4. 4Osceola2.5 h
  5. 5Okaloosa2.5 h

Year by year

Hours in the dark, statewide

0 20 40 60 ’15 ’16 ’17 5.4 ’18 1.8 ’19 3.5 ’20 1.8 ’21 21 ’22 3.3 ’23 24 ’24 2.0 ’25 US 6.6

The record

Florida's largest outages

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

BeganStormPeak outShare
Sep 9, 2017 Hurricane Irma 7,974,154 71.4%
Oct 9, 2024 Hurricane Milton 3,241,635 29.0%
Sep 28, 2022 Hurricane Ian 2,481,011 22.2%
Sep 26, 2024 Hurricane Helene 1,316,054 11.8%
Oct 7, 2016 Hurricane Matthew 1,187,154 10.6%
Nov 10, 2022 Hurricane Nicole 356,482 3.2%
Oct 10, 2018 Hurricane Michael 299,928 2.7%
Aug 5, 2024 Hurricane Debby 293,686 2.6%
Aug 30, 2023 Hurricane Idalia 282,313 2.5%
Sep 16, 2020 Hurricane Sally 260,415 2.3%
Sep 2, 2016 Hurricane Hermine 236,674 2.1%

Every county

All 67 counties

CountyHours / yrMajor outages since 2018Customers
Madison 43 51 9,415
Jefferson 39 55 7,283
Taylor 37 48 12,056
Hamilton 33 38 8,888
Lafayette 32 37 4,645
Franklin 30 74 4,460
Liberty 29 69 4,459
Bay 29 11 88,692
Suwannee 28 16 27,985
Wakulla 25 49 14,148
Gulf 24 89 9,722
Pinellas 23 6 361,147
Charlotte 22 5 129,889
Highlands 21 9 39,050
Dixie 20 17 14,193
Gilchrist 19 25 12,803
Calhoun 18 71 9,002
Columbia 18 17 38,562
Lee 17 2 628,635
Jackson 17 18 29,415
Washington 17 66 17,062
Sarasota 16 3 310,646
Volusia 16 4 198,922
DeSoto 16 14 21,129
Hardee 16 20 11,796

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities in Florida

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
Florida Power & Light Co Investor Owned 47 45 14.6 5.3M
Duke Energy Florida, LLC Investor Owned 87 82 18.4 1.8M
Tampa Electric Co Investor Owned 112 79 17.3 769k
JEA Municipal 49 49 13.8 479k
Orlando Utilities Comm Municipal 37 33 13.2 255k
Sumter Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 69 69 15.0 240k
Lee County Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 58 58 14.2 237k
Withlacoochee River Elec Coop Cooperative 106 106 13.7 232k
Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc Cooperative 205 205 14.0 174k
City of Lakeland Municipal 63 63 11.7 123k
City of Tallahassee Municipal 127 – 14.0 106k
Gainesville Regional Utilities Municipal 37 37 14.7 93k
Kissimmee Utility Authority Municipal 23 23 11.7 83k
Peace River Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 155 155 12.8 62k
Choctawhatche Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 88 81 14.0 59k