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2017 Wyoming Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Wyoming customer went without power for about 0.9 hours — the 48th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
0.9
Peak customers out
13,823
Rank (worst state)
48th
Counties affected
20

Wyoming outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

0.4h20150.6h20160.9h20171.2h20181.3h20193.4h20202.2h20212.4h20222.0h20232.4h20243.8h2025

Hardest-hit Wyoming counties in 2017

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Sweetwater County13,8232Laramie County12,4013Albany County9,7924Uinta County6,9345Fremont County6,8196Washakie County2,6997Hot Springs County2,3798Converse County2,2469Lincoln County2,08610Carbon County1,97111Natrona County1,80212Big Horn County1,47213Sublette County92214Park County91715Sheridan County80816Johnson County47117Platte County38418Weston County18119Campbell County12020Niobrara County1

Biggest Wyoming outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Sweetwater CountySeptember 12, 201713,823
Laramie CountyMay 18, 201712,401
Sweetwater CountySeptember 15, 201711,836
Albany CountyOctober 20, 20179,792
Uinta CountyDecember 16, 20176,934
Fremont CountyAugust 13, 20176,819
Laramie CountyAugust 8, 20176,147
Sweetwater CountyOctober 27, 20176,041
Sweetwater CountyNovember 8, 20175,787
Albany CountyAugust 10, 20175,312
Wyoming by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARI

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.