Macon County, Tennessee Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Macon County, Tennessee had 9 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Above middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 1.03 times the US outage time per person and 1.10 times the Tennessee rate. It ranks 16 of 78 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.0major outages per year

5 of 9years with a major outage

36 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Marhardest months

June and March made up 32% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jun 22, 2019, reached 3,073 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 36.0 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Tennessee 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	32,204	48	0
2016	89,809	47	4
2017	66,072	51	2
2018	64,682	59	1
2019	97,729	45	1
2020	22,240	35	0
2021	23,344	30	0
2022	129,679	58	0
2023	88,604	49	1

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 22, 2019	36.0	3,073	39,784
Mar 3, 2023	29.2	4,785	32,854
Jan 1, 2022	4.2	7,381	27,734
Jul 9, 2016	15.8	3,500	21,494
Mar 24, 2019	2.5	7,146	17,865

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.