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2016 Marion County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Marion County, IA went without power for an average of 0.3 hours, a total of 6,812 customer-hours (Iowa average 1.8 hours). That ranks 93rd worst of 99 Iowa counties and 2096th 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 Marion 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 | October 13, 2016 00:45 | October 13, 2016 01:00 | 15m | 1,053 | 263 |
| 2 | February 29, 2016 18:15 | February 29, 2016 20:00 | 1h 45m | 1,032 | 1,030 |
| 3 | June 19, 2016 07:45 | June 19, 2016 08:00 | 15m | 539 | 135 |
| 4 | October 10, 2016 08:15 | October 10, 2016 11:00 | 2h 45m | 515 | 837 |
| 5 | June 11, 2016 12:15 | June 11, 2016 21:15 | 9h | 120 | 304 |
| 6 | August 29, 2016 16:00 | August 29, 2016 17:30 | 1h 30m | 120 | 180 |
| 7 | October 7, 2016 02:45 | October 7, 2016 07:15 | 4h 30m | 115 | 266 |
| 8 | July 13, 2016 17:30 | July 13, 2016 23:30 | 6h | 113 | 241 |
| 9 | March 13, 2016 02:30 | March 13, 2016 05:00 | 2h 30m | 97 | 118 |
| 10 | March 15, 2016 20:45 | March 15, 2016 23:00 | 2h 15m | 95 | 190 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 8 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 Marion 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 |
| Chariton Valley Elec Coop, Inc | 2016 | 2.0 hrs | 0.89 | 67 min | 0.60 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clarke Electric Coop Inc - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pella Cooperative Elec Assn | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Pella - (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 ÷ 19,876 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. Marion County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Marion 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/marion-county