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2016 Benton County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Benton County, IA went without power for an average of 2.3 hours, a total of 32K customer-hours (Iowa average 1.8 hours). That ranks 37th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1219th of 2,391 nationally.
Compared with IA, the US and 2015
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Iowa customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Benton County, 2016
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 26, 2016 08:15 | June 26, 2016 12:15 | 4h | 2,482 | 721 |
| 2 | October 19, 2016 14:15 | October 19, 2016 15:00 | 45m | 2,139 | 1,070 |
| 3 | July 11, 2016 03:15 | July 11, 2016 20:30 | 17h 15m | 957 | 3,383 |
| 4 | October 10, 2016 14:15 | October 10, 2016 17:30 | 3h 15m | 890 | 1,130 |
| 5 | October 14, 2016 15:00 | October 14, 2016 15:45 | 45m | 889 | 445 |
| 6 | July 25, 2016 12:15 | July 25, 2016 16:30 | 4h 15m | 883 | 227 |
| 7 | March 10, 2016 23:00 | March 11, 2016 00:00 | 1h | 876 | 876 |
| 8 | March 11, 2016 14:45 | March 11, 2016 15:45 | 1h | 876 | 876 |
| 9 | July 17, 2016 10:15 | July 18, 2016 14:00 | 1d 3h | 876 | 5,543 |
| 10 | February 2, 2016 14:45 | February 2, 2016 18:30 | 3h 45m | 538 | 1,680 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 29 reached 100+ customers, 2 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Benton County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2016, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T I P Rural Electric Coop | 2016 | 1.6 hrs | 1.20 | 1.6 hrs | 1.20 |
| Linn County REC | 2016 | 1.7 hrs | 1.29 | 1.7 hrs | 1.29 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| East-Central Iowa Rural Elec Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Traer - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Vinton - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Iowa's customers in 2016; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 13,498 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Benton County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Benton County, IA annual power outage report, 2016, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2016/iowa/benton-county