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2017 Washington County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2017, customers in Washington County, IA went without power for an average of 1.8 hours, a total of 17K customer-hours (Iowa average 2.0 hours). That ranks 51st worst of 99 Iowa counties and 1724th 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 Washington 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 | July 27, 2017 13:15 | July 27, 2017 16:30 | 3h 15m | 1,180 | 612 |
| 2 | November 17, 2017 04:30 | November 17, 2017 08:00 | 3h 30m | 1,068 | 3,490 |
| 3 | February 3, 2017 05:15 | February 3, 2017 06:45 | 1h 30m | 996 | 1,494 |
| 4 | April 1, 2017 08:45 | April 1, 2017 09:00 | 15m | 830 | 208 |
| 5 | March 27, 2017 13:15 | March 27, 2017 15:00 | 1h 45m | 823 | 574 |
| 6 | November 22, 2017 04:30 | November 22, 2017 06:00 | 1h 30m | 775 | 1,163 |
| 7 | September 21, 2017 10:45 | September 21, 2017 17:45 | 7h | 468 | 206 |
| 8 | February 17, 2017 14:45 | February 17, 2017 15:45 | 1h | 355 | 296 |
| 9 | March 7, 2017 03:45 | March 7, 2017 18:30 | 14h 45m | 310 | 1,369 |
| 10 | June 29, 2017 02:15 | June 29, 2017 13:45 | 11h 30m | 291 | 720 |
Outage episodes by size in 2017: 24 reached 100+ customers, 2 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 Washington 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 |
| Eastern Iowa Light & Power Coop | 2017 | 1.9 hrs | 1.06 | 88 min | 0.92 |
| T I P Rural Electric Coop | 2017 | 2.8 hrs | 2.31 | 2.8 hrs | 2.31 |
| Farmers Electric Coop - (IA) | 2017 | 10 min | 0.41 | 10 min | 0.41 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Access Energy Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| Waverly Municipal Elec Utility | - | - | - | - | - |
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 ÷ 9,700 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. Washington County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Washington 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/washington-county