Power outages in DeSoto County, FL
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving DeSoto County yet. Florida Power & Light Co and Peace River Electric Coop, Inc serve this county.
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No live outage data for DeSoto County yet.
Florida Power & Light Cono live feedServes this county, per federal utility records.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Peace River Electric Coop, Incno live feedServes this county, per federal utility records.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
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Outage history in DeSoto County
2014–2025 recordDeSoto County averaged 23 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Florida counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 16. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 8 hours, starting March 10, 2025.
The largest on record began September 10, 2017, with 29,686 customers out at once.
23significant 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.45 minutestypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.10 dayslongest on record (September 2017)
29,686most 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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| September 10, 2017 | 29,686 | 10 days | 1,260,704 |
| September 28, 2022 | 18,738 | 9.5 days | 1,971,492 |
| October 9, 2024 | 6,693 | 4.4 days | 334,308 |
| November 9, 2015 | 6,554 | 30 minutes | 3,277 |
| September 2, 2015 | 3,471 | 15 minutes | 868 |
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.
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- Peace River Electric Coop, Inc no live feed
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