Power outage history
Ripley County Indiana
3.5hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
51st most of 90 in Indiana 46% below the national median
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 Ripley's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2020 was the worst well-recorded year, at 6.6 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Ripley, hours without power per customer
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 8, 2020 | Tornadoes | 4,279 | 27% | 43 h | 40 h | 74k |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Ice storm | 2,987 | 19% | 44 h | 26 h | 50k |
| Jul 17, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 3,635 | 23% | 17 h | 13 h | 36k |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,562 | 10% | 2.0 d | 43 h | 35k |
| Jul 1, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 2,142 | 13% | 8.8 h | 7.5 h | 14k |
| Mar 30, 2019 | No storm report | 2,372 | 15% | 6.5 h | 6.2 h | 11k |
| Nov 15, 2020 | Windstorm | 4,289 | 27% | 7.0 h | 1.5 h | 10k |
| Oct 14, 2023 | No storm report | 1,219 | 8% | 8.0 h | 8.0 h | 9.8k |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Windstorm | 1,206 | 7% | 10 h | 7.5 h | 9.3k |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 2,958 | 18% | 9.8 h | 4.0 h | 9.0k |
| May 31, 2018 | Tropical Storm Alberto | 693 | 4% | 23 h | – | 7.5k |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 2,102 | 13% | 10 h | 1.5 h | 7.3k |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,931 | 12% | 3.8 h | 2.0 h | 6.8k |
| Mar 5, 2025 | No storm report | 1,291 | 8% | 4.5 h | 4.5 h | 5.8k |
| Dec 11, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 607 | 4% | 16 h | – | 5.7k |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 2,348 | 15% | 3.2 h | 3.2 h | 5.5k |
| Oct 20, 2018 | No storm report | 1,144 | 7% | 4.2 h | 3.0 h | 4.5k |
| Apr 2, 2016 | Windstorm | 1,278 | 8% | 3.0 h | 1.0 h | 3.8k |
| Sep 8, 2018 | Flooding | 1,124 | 7% | 3.2 h | 2.2 h | 3.5k |
| May 20, 2019 | No storm report | 2,296 | 14% | 1.5 h | 1.2 h | 3.4k |
| Jun 9, 2021 | No storm report | 1,885 | 12% | 1.8 h | 30 min | 3.3k |
| Jun 5, 2017 | No storm report | 683 | 4% | 4.8 h | – | 3.2k |
| Jun 27, 2018 | No storm report | 1,098 | 7% | 3.2 h | 3.5 h | 3.2k |
| Apr 1, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 888 | 6% | 5.0 h | 4.5 h | 3.1k |
| Jan 15, 2025 | No storm report | 619 | 4% | 4.5 h | – | 2.8k |
| Sep 8, 2018 | No storm report | 647 | 4% | 4.2 h | – | 2.7k |
| Aug 10, 2016 | No storm report | 1,071 | 7% | 3.2 h | 5.2 h | 2.5k |
| Sep 21, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 690 | 4% | 7.0 h | – | 2.3k |
| Sep 9, 2015 | No storm report | 1,097 | 7% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 2.2k |
| May 21, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 996 | 6% | 8.2 h | 7.0 h | 2.1k |
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.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Ripley from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 29%
- Thunderstorms 24%
- Tornadoes 20%
- Ice storm 14%
- Windstorm 5.9%
- Tropical storm 4.6%
- Flooding 1.4%
- Winter storm 0.7%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Ripley
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Indiana territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Indiana, LLC | Investor Owned | 267 | 108 | 1.26 | 15.0 | 809k |
| Southeastern Indiana R E M C | Cooperative | 346 | 323 | 2.07 | 15.6 | 26k |
| Decatur County Rural E M C | Cooperative | 463 | 220 | 2.76 | 15.0 | 8.2k |
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
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 16,107 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 →