Power outages in Palmer, AK
Live outages for Palmer and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Palmer has 6,710 residents.
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PalmerMatanuska-Susitna Borough
Outage history in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, which includes Palmer
2014–2025 recordMatanuska-Susitna Borough averaged 47 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Alaska counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 55. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 3.6 days, starting December 6, 2025.
The largest on record began November 30, 2018, with 47,060 customers out at once.
47significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At 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.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.4.7 dayslongest on record (January 2022)
47,060most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| November 30, 2018 | 47,060 | 17 hours | 177,493 |
| January 1, 2022 | 25,042 | 4.7 days | 941,727 |
| December 6, 2025 | 21,218 | 3.6 days | 847,501 |
| December 23, 2022 | 18,365 | 2.2 days | 182,105 |
| November 20, 2023 | 16,874 | 16 hours | 97,462 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From 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.