Somerset County, Maryland Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Somerset County, Maryland had 5 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Below middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.41 times the US outage time per person and 1.04 times the Maryland rate. It ranks 11 of 24 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.6major outages per year

5 of 9years with a major outage

20 hrslongest major outage

Apr, Aughardest months

April and August made up 32% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Apr 20, 2019, reached 1,621 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 18.5 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Maryland 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	13,472	13	0
2016	47,098	35	1
2017	26,528	19	1
2018	42,595	13	1
2019	35,000	14	1
2020	30,067	15	1
2021	4,875	11	0
2022	15,393	20	0
2023	12,446	17	0

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
Apr 20, 2019	18.5	1,621	26,254
Aug 4, 2020	17.8	3,375	22,150
Nov 28, 2018	6.0	2,942	16,750
Mar 2, 2018	11.0	2,927	15,321
Feb 24, 2016	20.5	736	7,921

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.