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2017 Emmet County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2017, customers in Emmet County, IA went without power for an average of 0.3 hours, a total of 1,907 customer-hours (Iowa average 2.0 hours). That ranks 93rd worst of 99 Iowa counties and 2392nd of 2,786 nationally.
Compared with IA, the US and 2016
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Iowa customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Emmet County, 2017
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, 2017 12:30 | August 22, 2017 14:30 | 2h | 131 | 83 |
| 2 | August 22, 2017 15:15 | August 22, 2017 16:30 | 1h 15m | 131 | 82 |
| 3 | January 30, 2017 04:30 | January 30, 2017 06:00 | 1h 30m | 105 | 106 |
| 4 | February 23, 2017 14:30 | February 23, 2017 15:30 | 1h | 82 | 35 |
| 5 | December 11, 2017 06:00 | December 11, 2017 13:45 | 7h 45m | 80 | 570 |
| 6 | March 30, 2017 14:00 | March 30, 2017 16:00 | 2h | 78 | 136 |
| 7 | February 15, 2017 21:00 | February 15, 2017 21:30 | 30m | 61 | 31 |
| 8 | February 16, 2017 20:45 | February 16, 2017 21:45 | 1h | 61 | 61 |
| 9 | June 6, 2017 14:15 | June 6, 2017 16:45 | 2h 30m | 32 | 68 |
| 10 | May 22, 2017 22:45 | May 23, 2017 02:00 | 3h 15m | 23 | 32 |
Outage episodes by size in 2017: 3 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 Emmet County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2017, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Lakes Electric Coop | 2017 | 48 min | 0.56 | 48 min | 0.56 |
| Federated Rural Electric Assn | 2017 | 2.1 hrs | 1.24 | 2.1 hrs | 1.24 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Estherville - (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 2017; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 5,934 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. Emmet County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Emmet County, IA annual power outage report, 2017, 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/2017/iowa/emmet-county