Power Out Map
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Power outage history

Arkansas

7.9hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 12th of 51.

Largest outage on record Thunderstorms, July 14, 2016 163,448 customers out · 10% of the state
Electricity customers 1,657,199 Across 75 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2023 14 hours without power, average customer

County by county

Where Arkansas goes dark

Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.

Fewer hours64+ h / yr

Most hours without power

  1. 1Dallas36 h
  2. 2Arkansas35 h
  3. 3Prairie35 h
  4. 4Little River26 h
  5. 5Sevier25 h
  6. 6Bradley23 h
  7. 7Chicot23 h
  8. 8Monroe22 h
  9. 9Ashley20 h
  10. 10Jefferson20 h

Most reliable

  1. 1Greene0.7 h
  2. 2Craighead1.3 h
  3. 3Polk1.5 h
  4. 4Washington2.5 h
  5. 5Lincoln2.8 h

Year by year

Hours in the dark, statewide

0 5 10 15 20 ’15 ’16 ’17 4.4 ’18 6.1 ’19 10 ’20 5.3 ’21 6.8 ’22 14 ’23 8.5 ’24 8.1 ’25 US 6.6

The record

Arkansas's largest outages

Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.

BeganStormPeak outShare
Jul 14, 2016 Thunderstorms 163,448 9.9%
May 26, 2024 Thunderstorms 137,053 8.3%
Jun 25, 2023 Thunderstorms 136,571 8.2%
Apr 12, 2020 Thunderstorms 131,214 7.9%
Jan 24, 2023 Winter storm 119,267 7.2%
Apr 5, 2025 Thunderstorms 119,231 7.2%
Jun 19, 2019 Thunderstorms 95,286 5.8%
Mar 31, 2023 Tornadoes 92,820 5.6%
Jun 18, 2023 Thunderstorms 89,213 5.4%
Apr 29, 2017 Thunderstorms 83,931 5.1%
Jul 21, 2018 Thunderstorms 76,235 4.6%
May 3, 2021 Tornadoes 73,859 4.5%

Every county

All 75 counties

CountyHours / yrMajor outages since 2018Customers
Dallas 36 82 3,246
Arkansas 35 59 9,409
Prairie 35 132 3,917
Little River 26 84 3,623
Sevier 25 129 5,699
Bradley 23 44 5,463
Chicot 23 67 4,703
Monroe 22 109 3,733
Ashley 20 40 9,203
Jefferson 20 10 33,927
Drew 19 47 9,073
Montgomery 19 90 4,130
Desha 19 48 5,462
Phillips 19 36 9,727
Ouachita 18 14 13,315
Marion 17 53 8,270
Cleveland 17 36 3,401
Grant 17 47 8,732
Union 16 20 19,892
Cross 16 22 7,940
Hot Spring 16 42 15,029
Nevada 15 56 4,020
Columbia 15 38 11,454
Poinsett 15 35 10,154
Lafayette 15 41 2,776

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities in Arkansas

Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.

UtilityTypeOutage min / yrExcl. major storms¢/kWhCustomers
Entergy Arkansas LLC Investor Owned 518 252 13.4 612k
Southwestern Electric Power Co Investor Owned 428 212 12.1 110k
Carroll Electric Coop Corp Cooperative 224 142 13.4 105k
First Electric Coop Corp Cooperative 646 222 12.9 97k
Ozarks Electric Coop Corp Cooperative 676 50 13.7 74k
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co Investor Owned 217 155 11.7 59k
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp Cooperative 322 250 14.1 55k
North Arkansas Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 740 202 14.2 37k
City of North Little Rock Municipal 398 65 12.5 36k
City Water and Light Plant Municipal – – 7.1 35k
Conway Corporation Municipal 57 57 9.5 31k
Craighead Electric Coop Corp Cooperative 500 193 12.5 25k
Southwest Arkansas E C C Cooperative 466 200 13.9 25k
City of Bentonville Municipal – – 11.8 23k
C & L Electric Coop Corp Cooperative – – 13.8 20k