2015 Oregon Power Outage Report
In 2015, the average Oregon customer went without power for about 3.2 hours, the 11th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.2
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
3.3M
Peak customers out
70,452
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of OR customers
Counties reporting
7
Oregon year over year
All 7 Oregon counties, 2015
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clackamas County | 6.1 | 1.1M | 183,590 | 31,073 | 426 |
| 2 | Marion County | 3.5 | 354K | 102,062 | 9,980 | 306 |
| 3 | Multnomah County | 2.9 | 1.1M | 388,772 | 20,515 | 538 |
| 4 | Yamhill County | 2.4 | 116K | 47,922 | 3,925 | 149 |
| 5 | Washington County | 1.9 | 503K | 268,603 | 12,952 | 428 |
| 6 | Polk County | 1.2 | 39K | 31,803 | 1,331 | 45 |
| 7 | Wallowa County | 0.7 | 3,025 | 4,079 | 159 | 6 |
Biggest Oregon outages of 2015
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clackamas County, OR | March 15, 2015 20:00 | March 17, 2015 07:45 | 1d 11h | 31,073 | 212K |
| 2 | Multnomah County, OR | March 15, 2015 20:15 | March 17, 2015 01:15 | 1d 5h | 20,515 | 172K |
| 3 | Clackamas County, OR | November 17, 2015 19:00 | November 18, 2015 15:00 | 20h | 20,089 | 145K |
| 4 | Multnomah County, OR | August 29, 2015 11:30 | September 2, 2015 05:45 | 3d 18h | 18,797 | 167K |
| 5 | Multnomah County, OR | December 7, 2015 13:45 | December 11, 2015 06:00 | 3d 16h | 16,409 | 127K |
| 6 | Clackamas County, OR | December 21, 2015 22:45 | December 24, 2015 20:30 | 2d 21h | 15,931 | 87K |
| 7 | Washington County, OR | January 18, 2015 05:45 | January 18, 2015 21:00 | 15h 15m | 12,952 | 21K |
| 8 | Clackamas County, OR | December 21, 2015 20:45 | December 21, 2015 21:00 | 15m | 11,378 | 2,845 |
| 9 | Clackamas County, OR | December 7, 2015 15:30 | December 12, 2015 09:30 | 4d 18h | 11,141 | 145K |
| 10 | Multnomah County, OR | September 4, 2015 17:30 | September 5, 2015 07:30 | 14h | 11,104 | 5,381 |
| 11 | Multnomah County, OR | December 21, 2015 22:45 | December 23, 2015 09:30 | 1d 10h | 10,954 | 66K |
| 12 | Washington County, OR | September 5, 2015 00:00 | September 5, 2015 11:15 | 11h 15m | 10,144 | 7,864 |
| 13 | Marion County, OR | March 15, 2015 19:30 | March 17, 2015 03:45 | 1d 8h | 9,980 | 78K |
| 14 | Washington County, OR | May 19, 2015 00:15 | May 19, 2015 11:15 | 11h | 9,551 | 22K |
| 15 | Multnomah County, OR | December 1, 2015 23:15 | December 3, 2015 08:30 | 1d 9h | 8,447 | 52K |
| 16 | Multnomah County, OR | November 17, 2015 17:15 | November 18, 2015 15:00 | 21h 45m | 7,724 | 69K |
| 17 | Multnomah County, OR | November 24, 2015 13:00 | November 25, 2015 13:30 | 1d | 7,688 | 24K |
| 18 | Washington County, OR | March 15, 2015 20:15 | March 16, 2015 17:45 | 21h 30m | 7,472 | 37K |
| 19 | Washington County, OR | May 20, 2015 14:00 | May 20, 2015 15:15 | 1h 15m | 6,684 | 8,354 |
| 20 | Washington County, OR | December 21, 2015 22:45 | December 23, 2015 02:00 | 1d 3h | 6,322 | 26K |
| 21 | Multnomah County, OR | October 16, 2015 12:30 | October 16, 2015 18:15 | 5h 45m | 6,189 | 25K |
| 22 | Multnomah County, OR | December 21, 2015 20:45 | December 21, 2015 21:00 | 15m | 5,248 | 1,312 |
| 23 | Clackamas County, OR | August 29, 2015 13:15 | September 1, 2015 05:30 | 2d 16h | 5,060 | 86K |
| 24 | Washington County, OR | October 16, 2015 12:30 | October 16, 2015 18:15 | 5h 45m | 4,991 | 20K |
| 25 | Clackamas County, OR | November 18, 2015 15:45 | November 22, 2015 04:00 | 3d 12h | 4,980 | 96K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Oregon'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.
Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.