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2015 Idaho Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Idaho customer went without power for about 2.6 hours — the 19th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.6
Peak customers out
27,135
Rank (worst state)
19th
Counties affected
20

Idaho outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

2.6h20151.5h20163.0h20172.0h20182.2h20195.1h20205.7h20213.0h20222.4h20234.6h20245.6h2025

Hardest-hit Idaho counties in 2015

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Kootenai County27,1352Shoshone County19,0353Lewis County11,1264Benewah County8,7565Twin Falls County7,1076Bonner County7,0847Latah County6,9378Lemhi County5,6799Ada County5,31810Payette County4,69511Elmore County3,98812Bannock County2,74813Idaho County2,42614Adams County2,36615Gooding County1,75316Bingham County1,73417Canyon County1,61318Boise County1,40919Clearwater County1,26420Valley County1,251

Biggest Idaho outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Kootenai CountyNovember 17, 201527,135
Kootenai CountyNovember 18, 201523,504
Shoshone CountyNovember 18, 201519,035
Lewis CountyAugust 29, 201511,126
Shoshone CountyNovember 18, 201510,302
Benewah CountyNovember 18, 20158,756
Lewis CountyOctober 26, 20158,347
Twin Falls CountyAugust 11, 20157,107
Bonner CountyNovember 18, 20157,084
Latah CountyNovember 17, 20156,937
Idaho by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2015:WVWANCMIRILA

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.