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2015 Idaho Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Idaho customer went without power for about 2.6 hours, the 20th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.6
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
2.1M
Peak customers out
53,595
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of ID customers
Counties reporting
31

Idaho year over year

Idaho: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.6h; 2016: 1.5h; 2017: 2.9h; 2018: 2.0h, coverage 91%; 2019: 2.1h, coverage 92%; 2020: 5.1h, coverage 95%; 2021: 5.6h, coverage 90%; 2022: 2.9h, coverage 91%; 2023: 2.4h; 2024: 4.6h; 2025: 5.6h02460%50%100%2.6h20151.5h20162.9h20172.0h20182.1h20195.1h20205.6h20212.9h20222.4h20234.6h20245.6h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across Idaho; November was the worst.

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Idaho customer-hours without power by month, 2015Jan 18K, Feb 12K, Mar 16K, Apr 3,114, May 16K, Jun 29K, Jul 26K, Aug 225K, Sep 87K, Oct 64K, Nov 1.3M, Dec 310K0500k1M1.5M18KJan12KFeb16KMar3,114Apr16KMay29KJun26KJul225KAug87KSep64KOct1.3MNov310KDec
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All 31 Idaho counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Lewis County40.673K1,8081,808446
2Benewah County31.3146K4,6664,66641
3Shoshone County28.8244K8,4618,461294
4Clearwater County10.442K3,9781,26447
5Kootenai County9.91.0M103,28727,135623
6Idaho County7.574K9,9202,426264
7Bonner County6.6180K27,2167,084312
8Lemhi County3.814K3,7273,7279
9Latah County3.665K17,8706,93771
10Adams County3.67,5902,1172,1177
11Boise County3.412K3,4911,4095
12Elmore County1.621K13,4043,98816
13Valley County1.48,3105,9921,25112
14Gooding County1.28,7617,5481,75318
15Nez Perce County1.223K19,93878480
16Twin Falls County0.733K46,2677,10742
17Owyhee County0.73,8425,50116414
18Washington County0.71,9582,9004813
19Bingham County0.59,69719,8371,73441
20Jerome County0.33,29011,73829919
21Minidoka County0.32,97411,69628811
22Bannock County0.211K43,8842,74831
23Ada County0.255K256,5375,318104
24Payette County0.22,15711,8464,69512
25Power County0.26833,842627
26Blaine County0.22,05811,96522411
27Canyon County0.218K112,8961,61359
28Lincoln County0.12392,3607492
29Gem County0.14838,6911493
30Cassia County0.180714,7261266
31Franklin County0.03911,74838

Biggest Idaho outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Kootenai County, IDNovember 17, 2015 14:15November 18, 2015 15:001d27,135205K
2Kootenai County, IDNovember 18, 2015 15:45December 1, 2015 22:0013d 6h23,504633K
3Shoshone County, IDNovember 18, 2015 02:30November 18, 2015 15:0012h 30m8,46158K
4Shoshone County, IDNovember 18, 2015 15:45November 25, 2015 17:157d 1h8,46174K
5Twin Falls County, IDAugust 11, 2015 08:00August 11, 2015 13:455h 45m7,10716K
6Bonner County, IDNovember 18, 2015 15:45November 25, 2015 16:157d7,08483K
7Latah County, IDNovember 17, 2015 23:45November 18, 2015 15:0015h 15m6,93734K
8Bonner County, IDNovember 17, 2015 20:45November 18, 2015 15:0018h 15m6,66852K
9Kootenai County, IDDecember 22, 2015 00:00December 28, 2015 06:456d 6h6,138152K
10Bonner County, IDDecember 23, 2015 16:45December 28, 2015 00:154d 7h5,6549,765
11Twin Falls County, IDAugust 26, 2015 21:45August 26, 2015 22:451h5,6243,424
12Ada County, IDAugust 25, 2015 22:30August 25, 2015 23:451h 15m5,3185,800
13Payette County, IDAugust 31, 2015 22:15August 31, 2015 22:3015m4,6951,174
14Shoshone County, IDAugust 2, 2015 10:45August 3, 2015 07:4521h4,67320K
15Benewah County, IDNovember 18, 2015 00:00November 18, 2015 15:0015h4,66650K
16Benewah County, IDNovember 18, 2015 15:45November 25, 2015 00:456d 9h4,66645K
17Bonner County, IDJune 12, 2015 23:30June 13, 2015 08:008h 30m4,08611K
18Elmore County, IDAugust 11, 2015 23:15August 12, 2015 08:159h3,98816K
19Lemhi County, IDAugust 5, 2015 17:30August 5, 2015 18:451h 15m3,7274,659
20Lemhi County, IDSeptember 17, 2015 16:30September 17, 2015 17:451h 15m3,7274,659
21Shoshone County, IDDecember 22, 2015 07:00December 27, 2015 19:305d 12h3,72652K
22Ada County, IDAugust 28, 2015 16:45August 29, 2015 00:458h3,6573,908
23Ada County, IDAugust 11, 2015 22:30August 12, 2015 07:309h3,2729,119
24Elmore County, IDAugust 10, 2015 23:15August 11, 2015 02:002h 45m3,2542,493
25Ada County, IDSeptember 17, 2015 19:30September 18, 2015 00:455h 15m3,0902,563
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Idaho's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Idaho by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Other states in 2015:WVWAMINCRILAOKNJ

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.