Power Out Map
– 0% of Bullock out 0 customers out in Alabama

Power outage history

Bullock County Alabama

6.0hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

37th most of 60 in Alabama close to the national median

Worst outage on record Apr 13, 2020 16% of customers out · 90% back in 10 hours
Hours without power, average customer per year 6.0h / yr State average 7.0 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 2.5 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 4hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 27hours Jun 14, 2023, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 30% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2020 9.6 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 8,727 ORNL customer model · 8 well-covered years

Every day since 2015

Eleven years, one night at a time

Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Bullock's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
0%100% of customers out

Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

2020 was the worst well-recorded year, at 9.6 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Bullock, hours without power per customer

BullockUS median countyAlabama average
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 ’15 ’16 1.8 ’17 5.0 ’18 5.3 ’19 9.6 ’20 5.0 ’21 4.6 ’22 5.6 ’23 8.3 ’24 5.0 ’25 AL 7.0 US 6.6

The record

The biggest outages since 2015

Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.

Began Storm Peak out Share Lasted 90% restored Customer-hours
Apr 12, 2020 No storm report 1,358 16% 25 h 10 h 19k
Sep 16, 2020 Hurricane Sally 1,295 15% 22 h 14 h 16k
Jan 9, 2024 No storm report 2,234 26% 19 h 13 h 16k
May 4, 2021 Thunderstorms 1,302 15% 21 h 19 h 16k
Apr 10, 2024 No storm report 2,025 23% 15 h 11 h 11k
Aug 8, 2023 Thunderstorms 2,219 25% 11 h 6.8 h 10k
May 9, 2024 No storm report 1,212 14% 19 h 15 h 9.8k
Oct 29, 2020 Hurricane Zeta 1,095 13% 21 h 15 h 9.4k
Mar 15, 2025 Tornadoes 1,288 15% 11 h 6.0 h 9.2k
Mar 3, 2019 Tornadoes 3,501 40% 9.5 h 4.0 h 8.9k
Oct 10, 2018 Hurricane Michael 662 8% 21 h 17 h 8.3k
Aug 17, 2024 No storm report 1,754 20% 4.5 h 3.2 h 6.5k

After the peak

How fast the lights come back

Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +4h 90% by +14h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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What was happening

Weather behind the outages

Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Bullock from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • No storm on record 70%
  • Thunderstorms 13%
  • Tropical storm 12%
  • Tornadoes 5.4%
  • Heat 0.5%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Bullock

As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Alabama territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.

Utility Type Outage min / yr Excl. major storms Outages / yr Residential ¢/kWh Customers
Alabama Power Co Investor Owned 410 108 2.06 17.9 1.3M
Dixie Electric Coop Cooperative 258 118 2.04 15.4 22k
South Alabama Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 235 159 2.35 15.8 17k

EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.

Next door

Neighbouring counties

Across Alabama

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

All Alabama counties →

About these numbers

Notes

Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 8,727 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →