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2016 Lucas County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Lucas County, IA went without power for an average of 1.4 hours, a total of 5,812 customer-hours (Iowa average 1.8 hours). That ranks 64th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1596th 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 Lucas 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 | July 19, 2016 19:30 | July 20, 2016 08:15 | 12h 45m | 865 | 3,651 |
| 2 | December 18, 2016 01:45 | December 18, 2016 05:45 | 4h | 173 | 400 |
| 3 | April 3, 2016 02:15 | April 3, 2016 04:30 | 2h 15m | 89 | 178 |
| 4 | June 21, 2016 12:15 | June 21, 2016 13:00 | 45m | 77 | 58 |
| 5 | November 16, 2016 17:45 | November 16, 2016 18:30 | 45m | 73 | 55 |
| 6 | October 3, 2016 07:15 | October 3, 2016 08:30 | 1h 15m | 72 | 90 |
| 7 | September 12, 2016 10:15 | September 12, 2016 11:15 | 1h | 61 | 61 |
| 8 | September 19, 2016 23:30 | September 20, 2016 03:15 | 3h 45m | 58 | 145 |
| 9 | August 28, 2016 23:30 | August 29, 2016 01:00 | 1h 30m | 55 | 43 |
| 10 | July 22, 2016 17:15 | July 22, 2016 18:45 | 1h 30m | 48 | 55 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 2 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 Lucas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chariton Valley Elec Coop, Inc | 2016 | 2.0 hrs | 0.89 | 67 min | 0.60 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clarke Electric Coop Inc - (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 ÷ 4,225 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. Lucas County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Lucas 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/lucas-county