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2016 Franklin County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Franklin County, IA went without power for an average of 2.1 hours, a total of 9,878 customer-hours (Iowa average 1.8 hours). That ranks 43rd worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1293rd 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 Franklin 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 | March 24, 2016 03:00 | March 24, 2016 19:15 | 16h 15m | 954 | 3,050 |
| 2 | July 10, 2016 19:15 | July 10, 2016 20:45 | 1h 30m | 710 | 710 |
| 3 | March 24, 2016 00:15 | March 24, 2016 01:45 | 1h 30m | 647 | 783 |
| 4 | July 24, 2016 13:45 | July 24, 2016 18:00 | 4h 15m | 332 | 725 |
| 5 | August 11, 2016 11:45 | August 11, 2016 13:00 | 1h 15m | 167 | 166 |
| 6 | July 12, 2016 04:30 | July 12, 2016 09:00 | 4h 30m | 126 | 51 |
| 7 | March 21, 2016 01:15 | March 21, 2016 04:45 | 3h 30m | 119 | 365 |
| 8 | July 17, 2016 08:15 | July 17, 2016 23:15 | 15h | 119 | 645 |
| 9 | September 23, 2016 03:45 | September 23, 2016 08:30 | 4h 45m | 119 | 541 |
| 10 | July 29, 2016 17:30 | July 29, 2016 22:30 | 5h | 114 | 148 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 13 reached 100+ customers, 0 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 Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | 2016 | 3.6 hrs | 1.64 | 83 min | 0.90 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Midland Power Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prairie Energy Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| Butler County Rural Elec Coop - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Franklin Rural Electric Coop - (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 ÷ 4,637 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. Franklin County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Franklin 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/franklin-county