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2018 Saguache County, CO Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Saguache County, CO went without power for an average of 0.6 hours, a total of 1,871 customer-hours (Colorado average 1.6 hours). That ranks 36th worst of 49 Colorado counties and 2473rd of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with CO, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Colorado customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Saguache 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 | March 22, 2018 17:45 | March 22, 2018 18:00 | 15m | 611 | 153 |
| 2 | February 19, 2018 19:00 | February 20, 2018 00:15 | 5h 15m | 153 | 690 |
| 3 | February 22, 2018 23:15 | February 23, 2018 05:15 | 6h | 94 | 494 |
| 4 | April 20, 2018 20:00 | April 20, 2018 23:00 | 3h | 44 | 70 |
| 5 | October 4, 2018 20:30 | October 4, 2018 22:15 | 1h 45m | 42 | 74 |
| 6 | May 22, 2018 06:30 | May 22, 2018 07:45 | 1h 15m | 40 | 50 |
| 7 | September 27, 2018 18:30 | September 27, 2018 22:00 | 3h 30m | 28 | 16 |
| 8 | February 14, 2018 01:00 | February 14, 2018 03:15 | 2h 15m | 11 | 25 |
| 9 | March 3, 2018 01:45 | March 3, 2018 05:30 | 3h 45m | 11 | 41 |
| 10 | September 20, 2018 05:45 | September 20, 2018 06:00 | 15m | 11 | 3 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 2 reached 100+ customers, 0 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 Saguache 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of Colorado | 2018 | 1.9 hrs | 1.02 | 1.6 hrs | 0.98 |
| San Luis Valley R E C, Inc | 2018 | 1.9 hrs | 0.93 | 77 min | 0.60 |
| Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc | 2018 | 2.2 hrs | 1.23 | 2.2 hrs | 1.23 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gunnison County Elec Assn. | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Center - (CO) | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 88% of Colorado's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 3,260 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. Saguache County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Saguache County, CO 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/colorado/saguache-county