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2018 Modoc County, CA Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Modoc County, CA went without power for an average of 1.9 hours, a total of 12K customer-hours (California average 3.7 hours). That ranks 35th worst of 57 California counties and 1928th of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with CA, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of California customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Modoc County, 2018
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 30, 2018 09:15 | September 30, 2018 19:15 | 10h | 1,202 | 1,507 |
| 2 | April 29, 2018 12:00 | April 29, 2018 13:30 | 1h 30m | 1,199 | 1,799 |
| 3 | August 17, 2018 14:45 | August 18, 2018 06:30 | 15h 45m | 759 | 754 |
| 4 | March 2, 2018 02:15 | March 2, 2018 07:45 | 5h 30m | 661 | 234 |
| 5 | July 15, 2018 22:15 | July 16, 2018 07:00 | 8h 45m | 416 | 1,662 |
| 6 | January 19, 2018 08:15 | January 19, 2018 10:30 | 2h 15m | 350 | 443 |
| 7 | December 12, 2018 12:15 | December 12, 2018 16:15 | 4h | 350 | 544 |
| 8 | April 12, 2018 09:15 | April 12, 2018 15:45 | 6h 30m | 241 | 1,281 |
| 9 | December 14, 2018 19:45 | December 15, 2018 04:30 | 8h 45m | 236 | 1,116 |
| 10 | April 2, 2018 21:45 | April 3, 2018 00:00 | 2h 15m | 149 | 76 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 10 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 Modoc County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2018, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | 2018 | 3.2 hrs | 1.62 | 2.0 hrs | 1.25 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 2018 | 5.0 hrs | 1.18 | 2.1 hrs | 1.08 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Surprise Valley Electrification | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 91% of California's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 6,598 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. Modoc County has data for 2017–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Modoc County, CA annual power outage report, 2018, 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/2018/california/modoc-county