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2017 Hardin County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2017, customers in Hardin County, IA went without power for an average of 1.9 hours, a total of 13K customer-hours (Iowa average 2.0 hours). That ranks 45th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1680th 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 Hardin 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 | June 28, 2017 11:30 | June 28, 2017 14:15 | 2h 45m | 1,089 | 1,606 |
| 2 | June 29, 2017 00:15 | June 29, 2017 06:30 | 6h 15m | 801 | 1,905 |
| 3 | May 17, 2017 18:45 | May 17, 2017 20:15 | 1h 30m | 777 | 1,166 |
| 4 | March 6, 2017 22:30 | March 7, 2017 18:45 | 20h 15m | 456 | 1,453 |
| 5 | September 25, 2017 20:15 | September 26, 2017 16:00 | 19h 45m | 358 | 1,157 |
| 6 | February 16, 2017 13:45 | February 16, 2017 16:45 | 3h | 304 | 170 |
| 7 | June 10, 2017 19:45 | June 10, 2017 23:15 | 3h 30m | 300 | 460 |
| 8 | March 30, 2017 00:45 | March 30, 2017 04:00 | 3h 15m | 292 | 374 |
| 9 | September 17, 2017 09:45 | September 17, 2017 18:00 | 8h 15m | 275 | 1,158 |
| 10 | May 19, 2017 13:45 | May 19, 2017 14:00 | 15m | 243 | 61 |
Outage episodes by size in 2017: 12 reached 100+ customers, 1 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 Hardin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | 2017 | 1.9 hrs | 1.00 | 1.6 hrs | 0.91 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Midland Power Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prairie Energy Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| Franklin Rural Electric Coop - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grundy County Rural Elec Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
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 ÷ 6,885 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. Hardin County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Hardin 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/hardin-county