Collier County power outages

Florida outage history from 2015 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

This county is not rated. Its numbers may not reflect what residents experienced.

Collier County, Florida had 17 major outages from 2015 to 2023

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We show this record but do not rank it because the history is short, the population is very small, or customer counts look too high for the population. Treat these numbers with caution. Data confidence: Low, with 9 years of records.

1.9major outages per year
6 of 9years with a major outage
348 hrslongest major outage
Sep, Janhardest months

September and January made up 96% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Sep 28, 2022, reached 212,911 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 347.8 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
2015221,3022670
2016697,8072671
201727,421,2272755
2018214,7122211
2019253,1052220
2020329,9462822
2021215,5262320
202216,720,5242914
2023318,7812504

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
Sep 28, 2022347.8212,91116,404,613
Sep 14, 2017192.5127,33011,188,298
Sep 11, 201765.0401,86011,092,155
Sep 11, 201712.0394,0202,435,105
Sep 9, 201732.0196,3901,359,435

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

  • A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
  • Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
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