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2015 Nevada Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Nevada customer went without power for about 1.0 hours — the 42nd worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.0
Peak customers out
35,926
Rank (worst state)
42nd
Counties affected
15

Nevada outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

1.0h20151.3h20161.9h20171.7h20181.3h20191.2h20201.7h20211.7h20223.1h20232.7h20243.8h2025

Hardest-hit Nevada counties in 2015

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

1Washoe County35,9262Clark County13,5663Douglas County7,2154Elko County5,2445Carson City4,5406Lander County2,9677Lyon County2,4528Churchill County2,4269Mineral County2,17810Humboldt County1,98311Storey County80612Esmeralda County30413Pershing County28514Eureka County7015Nye County68

Biggest Nevada outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Washoe CountyNovember 9, 201535,926
Clark CountyOctober 12, 201513,566
Clark CountyAugust 5, 201513,460
Washoe CountyAugust 11, 201512,052
Clark CountySeptember 12, 201511,129
Clark CountyAugust 13, 201510,837
Washoe CountyJuly 7, 201510,601
Clark CountyAugust 23, 20159,152
Washoe CountyJune 27, 20158,866
Washoe CountyAugust 8, 20157,229
Nevada 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.