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2018 Nevada Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Nevada customer went without power for about 1.7 hours — the 46th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.7
Peak customers out
54,821
Rank (worst state)
46th
Counties affected
15

Nevada outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2018 highlighted.

1.0h20151.3h20161.9h20171.7h20181.3h20191.2h20201.7h20211.7h20223.1h20232.7h20243.8h2025

Hardest-hit Nevada counties in 2018

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

1Clark County54,8212Douglas County17,8413Washoe County9,0544Carson City4,5395Churchill County4,1246Elko County4,0757Lyon County3,3138Lander County3,1889Humboldt County2,67710Nye County1,36511Esmeralda County74312Storey County42713Pershing County37814Mineral County35215Eureka County138

Biggest Nevada outages of 2018

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Clark CountyAugust 12, 201854,821
Clark CountySeptember 22, 201829,918
Clark CountyJuly 19, 201823,953
Clark CountyAugust 10, 201822,155
Douglas CountyDecember 13, 201817,841
Clark CountyNovember 22, 201813,438
Clark CountyFebruary 24, 201811,988
Clark CountyJuly 10, 201811,681
Clark CountyJuly 9, 201810,950
Washoe CountyDecember 25, 20189,054
Nevada by year:20252024202320222021202020192017
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVT

Part of the 2018 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.