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2016 California Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average California customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 26th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.5
vs prior year
▼ 21%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
29.3M
Peak customers out
123,346
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of CA customers
Counties reporting
20

California year over year

California: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 3.1h; 2016: 2.5h; 2017: 2.2h; 2018: 3.7h, coverage 91%; 2019: 9.3h, coverage 93%; 2020: 6.2h, coverage 94%; 2021: 6.6h, coverage 95%; 2022: 4.9h, coverage 95%; 2023: 7.9h; 2024: 6.1h; 2025: 7.5h02.557.5100%50%100%3.1h20152.5h20162.2h20173.7h20189.3h20196.2h20206.6h20214.9h20227.9h20236.1h20247.5h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2016

Customer-hours without power across California; February was the worst.

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California customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 2.6M, Feb 3.0M, Mar 3.0M, Apr 2.6M, May 1.9M, Jun 2.4M, Jul 2.3M, Aug 2.3M, Sep 2.3M, Oct 2.6M, Nov 2.0M, Dec 2.3M01M2M3M4M2.6MJan3.0MFeb3.0MMar2.6MApr1.9MMay2.4MJun2.3MJul2.3MAug2.3MSep2.6MOct2.0MNov2.3MDec
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All 20 California counties, 2016

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Mono County14.681K5,5511,283166
2Ventura County5.11.6M317,65819,514512
3San Bernardino County4.33.6M840,55517,523326
4Inyo County3.626K7,201451114
5Riverside County3.53.0M853,92320,239416
6Orange County3.34.1M1,255,53072,744326
7Los Angeles County3.011.3M3,762,600104,86691
8Tulare County2.7514K186,93916,902469
9Santa Barbara County2.3433K192,08013,095440
10San Diego County2.23.0M1,362,92947,182287
11Yolo County2.0206K101,50923,719217
12Kings County1.9118K62,99819,643163
13Sacramento County1.2779K625,56633,003646
14Kern County1.2471K395,0158,927411
15Fresno County0.145K458,0841,12971
16Imperial County0.16,59172,69138312
17Santa Clara County0.143K844,7154,86885
18Tuolumne County0.01,02623,610304
19Placer County0.0122187,5252319
20San Joaquin County0.011324,54345

Biggest California outages of 2016

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Los Angeles County, CAOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 12, 2016 12:303d 14h104,866329K
2Orange County, CAMarch 15, 2016 15:00March 16, 2016 13:4522h 45m72,744141K
3San Diego County, CAJanuary 31, 2016 16:15February 2, 2016 11:451d 19h47,182414K
4Los Angeles County, CAMarch 18, 2016 15:00March 27, 2016 05:008d 14h43,266456K
5Los Angeles County, CASeptember 16, 2016 14:00October 3, 2016 00:4516d 10h40,879666K
6Los Angeles County, CAJanuary 25, 2016 21:00February 1, 2016 09:156d 12h37,210510K
7Los Angeles County, CAMay 30, 2016 14:30June 2, 2016 07:002d 16h34,641109K
8Sacramento County, CAApril 22, 2016 17:45April 23, 2016 06:1512h 30m33,00340K
9Sacramento County, CAMarch 5, 2016 14:15March 9, 2016 06:003d 15h30,646143K
10Sacramento County, CASeptember 30, 2016 09:30October 1, 2016 07:1521h 45m29,46041K
11Sacramento County, CAMarch 10, 2016 05:45March 10, 2016 10:455h23,72512K
12Yolo County, CAMarch 4, 2016 15:30March 11, 2016 10:156d 18h23,71972K
13Sacramento County, CADecember 5, 2016 11:00December 6, 2016 10:0023h21,1246,847
14Sacramento County, CADecember 6, 2016 15:00December 7, 2016 07:4516h 45m21,05616K
15Riverside County, CAApril 27, 2016 04:45April 30, 2016 02:002d 21h20,239101K
16Kings County, CAApril 25, 2016 07:15April 26, 2016 04:4521h 30m19,64360K
17Ventura County, CAJanuary 31, 2016 12:15February 1, 2016 09:1521h19,514113K
18Sacramento County, CAAugust 27, 2016 07:30August 28, 2016 02:0018h 30m18,94727K
19Yolo County, CAApril 22, 2016 14:45April 23, 2016 10:0019h 15m18,87525K
20Los Angeles County, CAJune 17, 2016 13:45June 20, 2016 23:153d 9h18,588144K
21San Diego County, CAJuly 20, 2016 07:00July 25, 2016 00:154d 17h18,28160K
22San Diego County, CASeptember 18, 2016 19:15September 21, 2016 10:002d 14h17,93464K
23San Bernardino County, CAFebruary 26, 2016 13:45February 27, 2016 01:4512h17,5238,640
24Los Angeles County, CAOctober 21, 2016 21:00November 4, 2016 14:4513d 17h17,289428K
25Tulare County, CADecember 12, 2016 16:15December 12, 2016 23:157h16,9029,242
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of California's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
California by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMEFLLAAR

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

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