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Power Outages in Washoe County, NV

Sierra Pacific Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for NV Energy, Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop and Surprise Valley Electrification. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.9 hours.

Washoe County, NV is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Sierra Pacific Power Co publishes no county-level figures.

No live feed for NV Energy, Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop and Surprise Valley Electrification: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Washoe County

0.0%of this county's ~247,958 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: NV Energy, Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop, Surprise Valley Electrification. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Sierra Pacific Power Co.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Sierra Pacific Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
NV EnergyNo live feedcan't see------
Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec CoopNo live feedcan't see------
Surprise Valley ElectrificationNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Washoe Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.

Power-dependent
7,396
Oxygen service
2,192
Dialysis (facility)
441
Home health / hospice
777
By ZIP code (23)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
89436659≤11574≤11
89521598≤11517≤11
89506595≤11533≤11
89502570≤11501≤11
8952352214453≤11
89511476≤11393≤11
89431474≤11437≤11
89509458≤11396≤11
89503347≤11305≤11
89512343≤11314≤11
89433313≤11290≤11
89441236≤11208≤11
89508223≤11203≤11
89519159≤11133≤11
8970498≤11790
8945193062≤11
8950190≤11810
89510690560
8943949≤11410
89442170150
89424≤110≤110
89412≤110≤110
89402≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Washoe County, NV

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Washoe County or any town and utility in it.

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Washoe County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Washoe County

Washoe County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Lake Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.

  • Lake Wind Advisory ×4
  • Fire Weather Watch ×3
  • Red Flag Warning ×3

Latest Washoe County, NV outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 30m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 793 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 34m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 988 customers out (0.4% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 30m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 683 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 5m

  8. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 1,561 customers out

Outage trend · Washoe County, NV
0customers out · peak 793
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Washoe County, NV: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 793 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0200400600800Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Washoe County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Renono outage reported
  • Sparksno outage reported

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.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Nevada utilities averaged 2.1 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 8.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Washoe County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.6h, 2016 2.1h, 2017 3.3h, 2018 2.0h, 2019 2.9h, 2020 2.0h, 2021 1.8h, 2022 3.0h, 2023 6.6h, 2024 7.2h, 2025 8.9h. Highlighted: 2025.02.557.5102.6h20152.1h20163.3h20172.0h20182.9h20192.0h20201.8h20213.0h20226.6h20237.2h20248.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 32,941 customers out) · decade average 3.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201544935,9262.6
20161,03514,3062.1
201788112,0383.3
20189009,0542.0
201986712,6592.9
20208709,5972.0
202191821,2461.8
202296115,3883.0
202393949,2876.6
202487928,7507.2
202528832,9418.9

Cost of power in Washoe County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Washoe County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.

13.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 16% since 2015
vs Nevada avg 12.8¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
January 1, 202349,2877d 11h
November 9, 201535,9263d 16h
October 10, 202532,94142d 6h
June 2, 202532,45423d 22h
August 12, 202428,7502d
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High winter weather exposure · 3.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

WildfireRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
EarthquakeRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
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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.
Which utilities serve Washoe County, NV?
Tracked electric providers include NV Energy, Sierra Pacific Power Co.
Nearby counties
Carson CityChurchill CountyHarney CountyHumboldt County
Cities & towns in Washoe County

Reno, Sparks. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Washoe County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Washoe County

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

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Sierra Pacific Power Co4.8 hrsLive · total only-
NV Energy-No live feed-
Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coop-No live feed-
Surprise Valley Electrification-No live feed-

Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Nevada customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/32031 and /api/v1/counties/32031/history.