Power outages in La Plata, MD
Live outages for La Plata and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. La Plata has 12,137 residents.
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La PlataCharles County
Outage history in Charles County, which includes La Plata
2014–2025 recordCharles County averaged 29 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Maryland counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 30. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 8.5 hours, starting June 15, 2025.
The largest on record began June 21, 2015, with 22,010 customers out at once.
29significant 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.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.3.5 dayslongest on record (January 2022)
22,010most 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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| June 21, 2015 | 22,010 | 7 hours | 50,481 |
| July 29, 2023 | 20,058 | 23 hours | 248,037 |
| January 3, 2022 | 17,414 | 3.5 days | 471,783 |
| February 25, 2017 | 14,108 | 3 hours | 25,559 |
| March 2, 2018 | 12,269 | 2.7 days | 326,379 |
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.