Power outages in North Pole, AK

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North PoleFairbanks North Star Borough

Outage history in Fairbanks North Star Borough, which includes North Pole

2014–2025 record

Fairbanks North Star Borough averaged 42.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Alaska counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 30. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 16 hours, starting August 24, 2025.

The largest on record began July 26, 2022, with 27,643 customers out at once.

42.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
4.1 dayslongest on record (December 2021)
27,643most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
July 26, 202227,6432.8 days420,656
February 19, 202220,2591.5 hours23,286
July 16, 201815,6481.5 hours11,366
June 9, 201714,9153 hours34,573
December 26, 202114,1884.1 days357,609

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.