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2017 Palo Alto County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2017, customers in Palo Alto County, IA went without power for an average of 1.0 hours, a total of 4,023 customer-hours (Iowa average 2.0 hours). That ranks 79th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 2052nd 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 Palo Alto 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 30, 2017 01:30 | June 30, 2017 03:30 | 2h | 1,009 | 1,514 |
| 2 | November 12, 2017 02:15 | November 12, 2017 05:15 | 3h | 127 | 352 |
| 3 | March 6, 2017 22:00 | March 7, 2017 02:15 | 4h 15m | 117 | 283 |
| 4 | May 29, 2017 02:15 | May 29, 2017 06:30 | 4h 15m | 112 | 476 |
| 5 | May 16, 2017 19:15 | May 16, 2017 21:00 | 1h 45m | 88 | 95 |
| 6 | October 10, 2017 05:45 | October 10, 2017 08:15 | 2h 30m | 51 | 54 |
| 7 | June 12, 2017 16:45 | June 13, 2017 00:30 | 7h 45m | 48 | 70 |
| 8 | October 18, 2017 00:15 | October 18, 2017 03:00 | 2h 45m | 42 | 105 |
| 9 | April 28, 2017 21:00 | May 1, 2017 13:15 | 2d 16h | 30 | 82 |
| 10 | July 31, 2017 22:30 | August 1, 2017 00:00 | 1h 30m | 30 | 45 |
Outage episodes by size in 2017: 4 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 Palo Alto 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 |
| Iowa Lakes Electric Coop | 2017 | 48 min | 0.56 | 48 min | 0.56 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of West Bend | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Graettinger - (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 ÷ 4,166 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. Palo Alto County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Palo Alto 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/palo-alto-county