Power Outages in Washoe County, NV
No live outage feed is available for Washoe County, NV yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.9 hours.
Washoe County, NV is served by local tracked utilities.
Washoe County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
No active NWS alerts for Washoe County right now.
Washoe County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Advisory on July 14, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Flood Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Washoe County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Renono active outage
- Sparksno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Washoe County went about 8.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 49,287 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 32,941 customers out) · decade average 3.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 449 | 35,926 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 1,035 | 14,306 | 2.1 |
| 2017 | 881 | 12,038 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 900 | 9,054 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 867 | 12,659 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 870 | 9,597 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 918 | 21,246 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 961 | 15,388 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 939 | 49,287 | 6.6 |
| 2024 | 879 | 28,750 | 7.2 |
| 2025 | 288 | 32,941 | 8.9 |
Very High winter weather exposure · 3.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Washoe County: FAQ
- How often does Washoe County, NV lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Washoe County, NV logged 288 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Washoe County, NV?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 49,287 customers without power, beginning January 1, 2023 and lasting about 7d 11h.
- Is there a power outage in Washoe County, NV right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Washoe County, NV. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Reno, Sparks. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Washoe County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Washoe County.
89402, 89405, 89412, 89424, 89431, 89433, 89436, 89439, 89441, 89442, 89450, 89451, 89501, 89502, 89503, 89506, 89508, 89509, 89510, 89511, 89512, 89519, 89521, 89523, 89557, 89704
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/32031 and /api/v1/counties/32031/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Nevada customers).