Juneau, Alaska Power Outage Today

How reliable is Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P) service in Juneau?

Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P) is an investor-owned utility with 17,719 customers. In 2024 its customers averaged 2.93 interruptions and 156 minutes (about 2.6 hours) without power, so the average outage lasted 53 minutes.

Little of that came from major storms (about 0%). Without major event days the average is still 156 minutes, so the figure mostly reflects everyday faults: failed equipment, tree limbs, animals and vehicles hitting poles.

Outages here come often but are repaired quickly: more than one interruption per customer a year, each lasting about 53 minutes. Clocks that blink and surge protectors matter more than a generator.

For comparison, Alaska as a whole averaged 327 minutes and the United States 614 minutes. That puts Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P) below the state average, which is better.

Among the 7 utilities in Alaska with at least 5,000 customers that report to the federal government, Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P) ranks 1st for the fewest outage minutes (1 is best). Nationally, 56% of the 926 utilities of that size reported more outage minutes in 2024.

These are the figures the utility itself reported to the US Energy Information Administration (Form EIA-861, 2024) and describe the whole service territory, not one street. Your own address can be better or worse.

Who a power outage hits hardest in Juneau

Home heating in Juneau is mixed: 35.1% of occupied homes use electricity (US 41.3%) and 5.8% use piped natural gas. Either way, furnaces and heat pumps need grid power to run, so a winter outage means a cold house for most households.

Residents aged 65 or older are 16% of the population in Juneau, close to the US share of 17.2% and 11.7% report a disability (US 13.3%). These are the households most likely to depend on powered medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators, CPAP machines and refrigerated medicine. If someone in your home does, ask Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P) whether it keeps a priority or medical-needs list, and register before the next storm rather than during it.

About the housing: 21.6% of the housing in Juneau was built before 1970 (US 35.5%).

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (housing, heating fuel, age and disability tables).

Backup power and electricity use in Juneau

The average Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P) home used about 923 kWh a month in 2024 (US average 892 kWh), an average draw of 1.3 kW around the clock, and paid about 12.9 cents per kWh (24.8 in the state, 15.8 nationally), roughly $119 a month.

Keeping only the essentials on (a refrigerator, router, a few lights and phone chargers, about 400 watts) through an outage that lasts the average 53 minutes takes less than 1 kWh. A portable power station or a power bank covers that; a generator is more than most households here need for a typical outage.

A generator must never run indoors, in a garage or near a window; generator and food-safety rules are in the power outage guide linked below.

If the power is out in Juneau

About 32,113 people live in Juneau, the 3rd largest of the 3 Alaska cities on this site. Report the outage to the utility so a ticket exists for your address, then check Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P)’s outage map for an estimate. If neighbors have power and you do not, report it again: the fault may be on the line to your house alone, which is a separate repair.

Juneau power outage map

Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P)’s outage map has the official restoration estimate for your address; the count above comes from residents. Food and generator safety: power outage guide.

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