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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 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
1.0
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
1.4M
Peak customers out
37,008
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NV customers
Counties reporting
15

Nevada year over year

Nevada: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.0h; 2016: 1.3h; 2017: 1.9h; 2018: 1.6h, coverage 95%; 2019: 1.3h, coverage 95%; 2020: 1.2h, coverage 96%; 2021: 1.7h, coverage 97%; 2022: 1.7h, coverage 97%; 2023: 3.1h; 2024: 2.7h; 2025: 3.8h012340%50%100%1.0h20151.3h20161.9h20171.6h20181.3h20191.2h20201.7h20211.7h20223.1h20232.7h20243.8h2025
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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 Nevada; November was the worst.

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Nevada customer-hours without power by month, 2015Jan 0, Feb 0, Mar 0, Apr 0, May 0, Jun 167K, Jul 169K, Aug 241K, Sep 77K, Oct 95K, Nov 533K, Dec 75K0200k400k600k0Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May167KJun169KJul241KAug77KSep95KOct533KNov75KDec
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All 15 Nevada counties, 2015

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Esmeralda County10.03,34433430410
2Lander County5.416K2,9842,967115
3Elko County5.138K7,2905,244254
4Mineral County4.911K2,2192,17864
5Douglas County3.072K24,1257,215209
6Washoe County2.6633K244,31135,926449
7Humboldt County2.523K9,4561,983167
8Lyon County2.469K28,1352,452280
9Pershing County1.74,5292,67128579
10Carson City1.546K30,6074,540228
11Storey County1.38,2476,27380668
12Eureka County0.91,7731,9387026
13Churchill County0.911K12,2122,426153
14Clark County0.4421K1,008,80213,566483
15Nye County0.047026,8966838

Biggest Nevada outages of 2015

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Washoe County, NVNovember 9, 2015 17:15November 13, 2015 09:153d 16h35,926406K
2Clark County, NVOctober 12, 2015 14:00October 13, 2015 20:301d 6h13,56612K
3Clark County, NVAugust 5, 2015 11:45August 6, 2015 13:301d 1h13,46010K
4Washoe County, NVAugust 11, 2015 16:45August 12, 2015 09:3016h 45m12,0526,019
5Clark County, NVSeptember 12, 2015 10:00September 13, 2015 07:3021h 30m11,1299,942
6Clark County, NVAugust 13, 2015 13:15August 18, 2015 12:454d 23h10,837127K
7Washoe County, NVJuly 7, 2015 03:15July 10, 2015 06:153d 3h10,60131K
8Clark County, NVAugust 23, 2015 03:00August 24, 2015 18:001d 15h9,1526,681
9Washoe County, NVJune 27, 2015 21:00June 29, 2015 06:001d 9h8,86622K
10Washoe County, NVAugust 8, 2015 16:15August 8, 2015 21:155h7,2294,347
11Douglas County, NVJune 27, 2015 19:15June 29, 2015 09:001d 13h7,21537K
12Washoe County, NVJune 22, 2015 15:00June 27, 2015 00:454d 9h6,5725,381
13Washoe County, NVDecember 3, 2015 17:30December 5, 2015 06:001d 12h5,63412K
14Douglas County, NVJuly 20, 2015 08:00July 20, 2015 10:452h 45m5,3273,136
15Elko County, NVSeptember 27, 2015 13:15September 27, 2015 17:003h 45m5,2441,957
16Washoe County, NVNovember 24, 2015 15:00November 25, 2015 07:3016h 30m5,1105,923
17Clark County, NVSeptember 6, 2015 10:45September 6, 2015 13:002h 15m5,1053,754
18Clark County, NVAugust 30, 2015 21:15August 31, 2015 09:4512h 30m5,0742,957
19Washoe County, NVNovember 1, 2015 11:15November 4, 2015 07:452d 20h5,06418K
20Elko County, NVAugust 23, 2015 19:15August 23, 2015 22:303h 15m5,0295,059
21Washoe County, NVJuly 30, 2015 14:30July 31, 2015 01:4511h 15m4,8761,376
22Washoe County, NVJuly 14, 2015 17:00July 16, 2015 00:151d 7h4,6541,606
23Washoe County, NVOctober 12, 2015 23:30October 13, 2015 12:3013h4,6242,802
24Carson City, NVJuly 20, 2015 08:00July 20, 2015 10:452h 45m4,5401,162
25Washoe County, NVJune 29, 2015 14:00July 4, 2015 11:154d 21h4,43715K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Nevada'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.
Nevada 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.