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2016 Nevada Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Nevada customer went without power for about 1.3 hours, the 42nd worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
1.3
vs prior year
▲ 33%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
1.8M
Peak customers out
39,649
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NV customers
Counties reporting
15

Nevada year over year

Nevada: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.0h; 2016: 1.3h; 2017: 1.9h; 2018: 1.6h, coverage 95%; 2019: 1.3h, coverage 95%; 2020: 1.2h, coverage 96%; 2021: 1.7h, coverage 97%; 2022: 1.7h, coverage 97%; 2023: 3.1h; 2024: 2.7h; 2025: 3.8h012340%50%100%1.0h20151.3h20161.9h20171.6h20181.3h20191.2h20201.7h20211.7h20223.1h20232.7h20243.8h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2016

Customer-hours without power across Nevada; October was the worst.

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Nevada customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 85K, Feb 139K, Mar 180K, Apr 136K, May 110K, Jun 173K, Jul 178K, Aug 185K, Sep 111K, Oct 241K, Nov 109K, Dec 155K0100k200k300k85KJan139KFeb180KMar136KApr110KMay173KJun178KJul185KAug111KSep241KOct109KNov155KDec
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All 15 Nevada counties, 2016

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Elko County15.3112K7,2905,603441
2Pershing County5.715K2,6711,559161
3Lyon County3.7103K28,1354,713503
4Churchill County3.644K12,2124,716273
5Humboldt County3.433K9,4561,094374
6Douglas County3.278K24,1255,418387
7Lander County3.19,2402,984812195
8Mineral County2.86,2582,2192,219109
9Carson City2.679K30,60711,297389
10Washoe County2.1502K244,31114,3061,035
11Eureka County1.42,6701,93812550
12Storey County1.38,2466,273833110
13Clark County0.8799K1,008,80239,6441,004
14Nye County0.38,75926,89661293
15Esmeralda County-1,741-60832

Biggest Nevada outages of 2016

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Clark County, NVApril 15, 2016 03:45April 17, 2016 01:151d 21h39,64412K
2Clark County, NVApril 4, 2016 13:30April 5, 2016 05:0015h 30m19,21315K
3Clark County, NVNovember 18, 2016 12:00November 19, 2016 02:1514h 15m15,28418K
4Clark County, NVAugust 3, 2016 13:30August 5, 2016 04:301d 15h15,26819K
5Washoe County, NVOctober 14, 2016 08:30October 19, 2016 03:454d 19h14,30687K
6Clark County, NVJuly 10, 2016 07:30July 11, 2016 05:0021h 30m13,55320K
7Clark County, NVMarch 9, 2016 14:00March 11, 2016 04:301d 14h13,3709,217
8Clark County, NVMarch 1, 2016 13:45March 2, 2016 08:3018h 45m13,29518K
9Carson City, NVAugust 31, 2016 21:00September 1, 2016 04:007h11,29729K
10Clark County, NVJune 19, 2016 22:45June 20, 2016 20:1521h 30m10,7158,568
11Clark County, NVOctober 26, 2016 13:30October 26, 2016 19:456h 15m10,43513K
12Washoe County, NVFebruary 28, 2016 19:15February 29, 2016 04:459h 30m10,09913K
13Clark County, NVNovember 25, 2016 03:15November 25, 2016 06:303h 15m9,19226K
14Clark County, NVSeptember 17, 2016 09:45September 17, 2016 18:308h 45m8,2206,235
15Clark County, NVApril 11, 2016 15:15April 13, 2016 05:451d 14h7,7889,894
16Washoe County, NVMay 5, 2016 12:00May 5, 2016 19:007h7,2277,295
17Washoe County, NVMarch 13, 2016 21:30March 14, 2016 08:1510h 45m7,17912K
18Clark County, NVAugust 22, 2016 22:15August 23, 2016 21:0022h 45m7,00642K
19Washoe County, NVJune 21, 2016 07:00June 21, 2016 09:152h 15m6,6454,865
20Washoe County, NVJune 15, 2016 15:15June 16, 2016 11:4520h 30m6,44412K
21Washoe County, NVOctober 20, 2016 00:45October 21, 2016 03:451d 3h6,1822,133
22Washoe County, NVMarch 21, 2016 11:30March 23, 2016 01:001d 13h6,13332K
23Washoe County, NVFebruary 19, 2016 10:00February 19, 2016 13:153h 15m5,84914K
24Elko County, NVJune 13, 2016 03:15June 13, 2016 11:158h5,60329K
25Clark County, NVJune 27, 2016 13:15June 28, 2016 04:0014h 45m5,4387,144
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Nevada's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Nevada by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMEFLLAAR

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.