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2017 Nevada Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Nevada customer went without power for about 1.9 hours, the 39th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
1.9
vs prior year
▲ 48%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
2.7M
Peak customers out
49,889
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NV customers
Counties reporting
15

Nevada year over year

Nevada: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.0h; 2016: 1.3h; 2017: 1.9h; 2018: 1.6h, coverage 95%; 2019: 1.3h, coverage 95%; 2020: 1.2h, coverage 96%; 2021: 1.7h, coverage 97%; 2022: 1.7h, coverage 97%; 2023: 3.1h; 2024: 2.7h; 2025: 3.8h012340%50%100%1.0h20151.3h20161.9h20171.6h20181.3h20191.2h20201.7h20211.7h20223.1h20232.7h20243.8h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2017

Customer-hours without power across Nevada; March was the worst.

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Nevada customer-hours without power by month, 2017Jan 347K, Feb 332K, Mar 593K, Apr 129K, May 128K, Jun 164K, Jul 198K, Aug 145K, Sep 126K, Oct 129K, Nov 259K, Dec 129K0200k400k600k347KJan332KFeb593KMar129KApr128KMay164KJun198KJul145KAug126KSep129KOct259KNov129KDec
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All 15 Nevada counties, 2017

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Elko County16.6121K7,2907,290351
2Lander County13.841K2,9841,502231
3Douglas County11.7283K24,1258,796425
4Pershing County8.823K2,6711,776174
5Humboldt County5.250K9,4564,061324
6Lyon County4.8135K28,1355,443473
7Mineral County4.29,2142,2192,20080
8Washoe County3.3795K244,31112,038881
9Carson City1.855K30,6074,521348
10Storey County1.711K6,273961111
11Churchill County1.113K12,2123,939259
12Clark County1.11.1M1,008,80248,852941
13Nye County1.028K26,89693095
14Eureka County0.81,5371,9389640
15Esmeralda County-14K-61039

Biggest Nevada outages of 2017

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Clark County, NVMarch 30, 2017 13:00April 1, 2017 18:152d 5h48,852410K
2Clark County, NVMarch 5, 2017 20:15March 9, 2017 06:303d 10h21,48843K
3Clark County, NVJanuary 19, 2017 13:45January 20, 2017 03:4514h14,13925K
4Clark County, NVOctober 5, 2017 11:00October 6, 2017 12:151d 1h12,56413K
5Washoe County, NVJanuary 8, 2017 17:15January 18, 2017 03:009d 9h12,038169K
6Clark County, NVMarch 28, 2017 14:45March 29, 2017 02:3011h 45m11,5424,586
7Clark County, NVApril 3, 2017 11:45April 4, 2017 06:1518h 30m11,29012K
8Clark County, NVJune 11, 2017 17:45June 12, 2017 00:457h9,7556,750
9Washoe County, NVNovember 15, 2017 22:00November 18, 2017 05:002d 7h9,27256K
10Washoe County, NVFebruary 21, 2017 04:15February 23, 2017 07:152d 3h8,90556K
11Washoe County, NVNovember 9, 2017 23:30November 10, 2017 08:158h 45m8,83955K
12Douglas County, NVAugust 28, 2017 15:30August 28, 2017 20:455h 15m8,79623K
13Douglas County, NVFebruary 9, 2017 16:00February 13, 2017 05:153d 13h8,607105K
14Clark County, NVJune 27, 2017 20:15June 28, 2017 03:457h 30m8,10217K
15Clark County, NVDecember 28, 2017 17:00December 29, 2017 01:458h 45m7,89217K
16Douglas County, NVDecember 17, 2017 04:00December 17, 2017 14:1510h 15m7,69515K
17Washoe County, NVFebruary 6, 2017 06:00February 6, 2017 21:4515h 45m7,55820K
18Douglas County, NVNovember 18, 2017 06:45November 18, 2017 12:305h 45m7,4169,442
19Elko County, NVFebruary 7, 2017 14:45February 8, 2017 11:1520h 30m7,29013K
20Elko County, NVOctober 7, 2017 15:45October 7, 2017 20:304h 45m7,2909,961
21Elko County, NVJanuary 3, 2017 21:30January 4, 2017 01:304h7,29014K
22Washoe County, NVMay 23, 2017 12:30May 23, 2017 21:309h7,00922K
23Elko County, NVJanuary 4, 2017 17:30January 4, 2017 21:454h 15m6,1338,208
24Washoe County, NVMarch 29, 2017 15:45March 29, 2017 23:157h 30m6,0725,138
25Washoe County, NVNovember 26, 2017 18:30November 29, 2017 08:302d 14h6,00242K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Nevada's electricity customers in 2017; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Nevada by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820162015
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARIVTNC

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.