2016 Oregon Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average Oregon customer went without power for about 2.8 hours, the 22nd worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.8
vs prior year
▼ 12%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
2.9M
Peak customers out
48,317
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of OR customers
Counties reporting
7
Oregon year over year
All 7 Oregon counties, 2016
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marion County | 3.6 | 367K | 102,062 | 7,766 | 302 |
| 2 | Multnomah County | 3.2 | 1.2M | 388,772 | 28,599 | 523 |
| 3 | Clackamas County | 3.1 | 562K | 183,590 | 11,182 | 475 |
| 4 | Yamhill County | 2.3 | 112K | 47,922 | 3,061 | 164 |
| 5 | Washington County | 2.1 | 566K | 268,603 | 10,944 | 463 |
| 6 | Polk County | 1.7 | 54K | 31,803 | 2,484 | 42 |
| 7 | Wallowa County | 0.2 | 951 | 4,079 | 173 | 13 |
Biggest Oregon outages of 2016
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multnomah County, OR | December 9, 2016 19:00 | December 15, 2016 21:15 | 6d 2h | 28,599 | 552K |
| 2 | Multnomah County, OR | October 14, 2016 00:45 | October 19, 2016 01:00 | 5d | 21,015 | 117K |
| 3 | Clackamas County, OR | December 8, 2016 02:45 | December 9, 2016 08:45 | 1d 6h | 11,182 | 30K |
| 4 | Washington County, OR | October 14, 2016 00:45 | October 17, 2016 08:00 | 3d 7h | 10,944 | 118K |
| 5 | Multnomah County, OR | January 3, 2016 17:30 | January 5, 2016 23:15 | 2d 5h | 10,184 | 67K |
| 6 | Multnomah County, OR | July 5, 2016 10:00 | July 6, 2016 00:00 | 14h | 9,587 | 56K |
| 7 | Marion County, OR | September 22, 2016 02:45 | September 22, 2016 22:15 | 19h 30m | 7,766 | 28K |
| 8 | Washington County, OR | June 7, 2016 06:30 | June 7, 2016 09:45 | 3h 15m | 7,270 | 20K |
| 9 | Marion County, OR | October 15, 2016 17:30 | October 17, 2016 03:30 | 1d 10h | 7,257 | 58K |
| 10 | Washington County, OR | March 1, 2016 21:00 | March 2, 2016 14:15 | 17h 15m | 6,565 | 35K |
| 11 | Clackamas County, OR | November 22, 2016 21:30 | November 23, 2016 02:00 | 4h 30m | 6,506 | 15K |
| 12 | Multnomah County, OR | October 12, 2016 15:45 | October 12, 2016 18:30 | 2h 45m | 6,257 | 16K |
| 13 | Clackamas County, OR | October 14, 2016 00:30 | October 15, 2016 06:30 | 1d 6h | 6,220 | 54K |
| 14 | Clackamas County, OR | January 1, 2016 10:00 | January 3, 2016 02:30 | 1d 16h | 6,200 | 86K |
| 15 | Marion County, OR | December 9, 2016 02:45 | December 9, 2016 07:15 | 4h 30m | 5,894 | 6,457 |
| 16 | Multnomah County, OR | June 11, 2016 18:00 | June 11, 2016 22:30 | 4h 30m | 5,672 | 4,699 |
| 17 | Clackamas County, OR | October 15, 2016 13:45 | October 17, 2016 01:30 | 1d 11h | 5,631 | 39K |
| 18 | Washington County, OR | March 13, 2016 19:00 | March 14, 2016 05:30 | 10h 30m | 5,578 | 15K |
| 19 | Marion County, OR | June 4, 2016 21:15 | June 5, 2016 10:30 | 13h 15m | 5,099 | 18K |
| 20 | Clackamas County, OR | July 9, 2016 07:45 | July 9, 2016 10:45 | 3h | 4,826 | 5,985 |
| 21 | Multnomah County, OR | January 16, 2016 01:15 | January 16, 2016 01:30 | 15m | 4,551 | 1,138 |
| 22 | Clackamas County, OR | April 20, 2016 15:00 | April 20, 2016 17:45 | 2h 45m | 4,340 | 2,198 |
| 23 | Washington County, OR | September 26, 2016 21:00 | September 27, 2016 02:30 | 5h 30m | 4,295 | 5,600 |
| 24 | Multnomah County, OR | June 26, 2016 16:45 | June 26, 2016 18:15 | 1h 30m | 4,233 | 5,280 |
| 25 | Washington County, OR | February 15, 2016 21:15 | February 16, 2016 23:30 | 1d 2h | 4,230 | 7,728 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Oregon'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.
Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.