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2016 Union County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Union County, IA went without power for an average of 0.4 hours, a total of 2,737 customer-hours (Iowa average 1.8 hours). That ranks 91st worst of 99 Iowa counties and 2069th 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 Union 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 | August 22, 2016 02:45 | August 22, 2016 03:45 | 1h | 994 | 253 |
| 2 | July 4, 2016 16:15 | July 4, 2016 16:30 | 15m | 711 | 178 |
| 3 | October 8, 2016 17:15 | October 8, 2016 17:45 | 30m | 482 | 122 |
| 4 | July 19, 2016 18:15 | July 20, 2016 00:15 | 6h | 341 | 434 |
| 5 | May 14, 2016 23:15 | May 15, 2016 00:00 | 45m | 97 | 73 |
| 6 | December 12, 2016 17:15 | December 12, 2016 17:45 | 30m | 88 | 44 |
| 7 | April 7, 2016 15:45 | April 7, 2016 16:15 | 30m | 75 | 38 |
| 8 | September 17, 2016 22:45 | September 18, 2016 00:00 | 1h 15m | 69 | 77 |
| 9 | September 14, 2016 19:00 | September 14, 2016 19:30 | 30m | 59 | 30 |
| 10 | October 19, 2016 14:15 | October 19, 2016 14:45 | 30m | 59 | 30 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 4 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 Union 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop | 2016 | 2.4 hrs | 1.67 | 1.7 hrs | 1.35 |
| Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (IA) | 2016 | 13 min | 0.13 | 13 min | 0.13 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clarke Electric Coop Inc - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Afton- (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 ÷ 6,645 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. Union County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Union 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/union-county