Okmulgee County, Oklahoma Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Okmulgee County, Oklahoma had 6 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Below middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.47 times the US outage time per person and 0.33 times the Oklahoma rate. It ranks 57 of 69 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.7major outages per year

4 of 9years with a major outage

88 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Julhardest months

June and July made up 64% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jun 24, 2018, reached 5,438 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 35.0 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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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	12,916	20	0
2016	66,152	31	2
2017	28,874	32	0
2018	85,220	20	1
2019	24,774	19	0
2020	41,494	19	1
2021	36,067	14	0
2022	17,953	22	0
2023	69,290	16	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
Jun 24, 2018	35.0	5,438	61,887
Jun 18, 2023	87.5	1,399	42,714
Jul 12, 2020	47.0	2,789	33,257
Jul 14, 2016	27.8	887	17,573
Jul 14, 2016	14.5	2,904	15,099

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.