Scott County, Indiana Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Scott County, Indiana had 7 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.35 times the US outage time per person and 0.58 times the Indiana rate. It ranks 67 of 90 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.8major outages per year

5 of 9years with a major outage

59 hrslongest major outage

Nov, Julhardest months

November and July made up 35% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Nov 15, 2018, reached 1,226 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 59.0 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Indiana counties

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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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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	6,577	4	0
2016	10,354	8	0
2017	35,528	7	1
2018	62,822	25	2
2019	10,801	9	1
2020	14,108	11	1
2021	8,454	9	0
2022	8,700	9	0
2023	32,339	11	2

When outages hit

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

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Nov 15, 2018	59.0	1,226	33,274
Mar 1, 2017	16.5	1,526	15,758
Apr 1, 2023	12.8	1,817	15,411
Jan 24, 2017	6.8	1,934	7,932
Jul 2, 2023	13.2	550	7,259

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.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

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.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.