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2018 Nevada Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Nevada customer went without power for about 1.6 hours, the 46th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
1.6
vs prior year
▼ 13%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
2.3M
Peak customers out
54,855
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
95%
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, 2018

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

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Nevada customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 96K, Feb 113K, Mar 192K, Apr 105K, May 115K, Jun 171K, Jul 378K, Aug 665K, Sep 104K, Oct 149K, Nov 116K, Dec 124K0200k400k600k800k96KJan113KFeb192KMar105KApr115KMay171KJun378KJul665KAug104KSep149KOct116KNov124KDec
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All 15 Nevada counties, 2018

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Lander County13.440K2,9842,984249
2Mineral County6.414K2,21935280
3Elko County6.245K7,2904,075335
4Humboldt County4.138K9,4562,677337
5Lyon County4.0112K28,1353,313511
6Douglas County2.151K24,12517,841316
7Washoe County2.0489K244,3119,054900
8Eureka County1.63,0231,93813859
9Carson City1.444K30,6074,539268
10Clark County1.41.4M1,008,80254,821854
11Pershing County1.33,4012,671378151
12Churchill County1.012K12,2124,124237
13Nye County1.026K26,8961,365119
14Storey County0.85,0176,273427109
15Esmeralda County-4,164-74323

Biggest Nevada outages of 2018

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, NVAugust 12, 2018 07:30August 17, 2018 03:004d 19h54,821497K
2Clark County, NVSeptember 22, 2018 21:15September 23, 2018 12:3015h 15m29,91837K
3Clark County, NVJuly 19, 2018 11:00July 27, 2018 16:008d 5h23,953138K
4Clark County, NVAugust 10, 2018 13:15August 12, 2018 04:001d 14h22,15524K
5Douglas County, NVDecember 13, 2018 03:30December 13, 2018 05:151h 45m17,84113K
6Clark County, NVNovember 22, 2018 14:15November 23, 2018 08:1518h13,43828K
7Clark County, NVFebruary 24, 2018 20:00February 25, 2018 05:009h11,98814K
8Clark County, NVJuly 10, 2018 08:15July 16, 2018 12:006d 3h11,68155K
9Clark County, NVJuly 9, 2018 11:30July 10, 2018 04:4517h 15m10,9507,048
10Washoe County, NVDecember 25, 2018 03:15December 25, 2018 14:0010h 45m9,05431K
11Washoe County, NVMarch 3, 2018 18:00March 4, 2018 02:008h8,91114K
12Washoe County, NVApril 16, 2018 17:00April 16, 2018 20:303h 30m8,83512K
13Washoe County, NVOctober 27, 2018 22:00October 28, 2018 00:002h8,77713K
14Clark County, NVJune 15, 2018 13:45June 16, 2018 13:3023h 45m8,6515,961
15Clark County, NVOctober 15, 2018 11:15October 16, 2018 08:1521h8,41919K
16Washoe County, NVJuly 21, 2018 19:45July 23, 2018 10:451d 15h6,22110K
17Washoe County, NVOctober 3, 2018 16:00October 4, 2018 01:159h 15m6,1596,575
18Clark County, NVApril 25, 2018 12:45April 25, 2018 22:159h 30m6,1502,271
19Clark County, NVDecember 13, 2018 12:30December 13, 2018 22:159h 45m6,0916,781
20Washoe County, NVJuly 11, 2018 15:30July 12, 2018 00:459h 15m5,7688,680
21Washoe County, NVJune 26, 2018 01:45June 26, 2018 04:302h 45m5,67312K
22Washoe County, NVNovember 22, 2018 04:00November 23, 2018 03:1523h 15m5,62013K
23Clark County, NVOctober 14, 2018 08:15October 14, 2018 10:001h 45m5,5057,331
24Washoe County, NVDecember 26, 2018 04:30December 26, 2018 07:453h 15m5,4485,266
25Clark County, NVMay 8, 2018 14:15May 9, 2018 04:4514h 30m5,3927,897
EAGLE-I tracked about 95% of Nevada's electricity customers in 2018; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Nevada by year:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVTMEMI

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

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