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2018 Columbia County, WA Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Columbia County, WA went without power for an average of 3.9 hours, a total of 7,559 customer-hours (Washington average 2.1 hours). That ranks 6th worst of 27 Washington counties and 1288th of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with WA, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Washington customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Columbia 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 | January 5, 2018 19:45 | January 5, 2018 20:15 | 30m | 2,041 | 517 |
| 2 | January 24, 2018 14:15 | January 24, 2018 18:45 | 4h 30m | 1,056 | 3,697 |
| 3 | February 21, 2018 14:30 | February 21, 2018 16:15 | 1h 45m | 1,056 | 265 |
| 4 | August 27, 2018 11:45 | August 27, 2018 17:15 | 5h 30m | 129 | 382 |
| 5 | December 18, 2018 12:15 | December 18, 2018 18:30 | 6h 15m | 129 | 775 |
| 6 | May 9, 2018 04:30 | May 9, 2018 23:30 | 19h | 125 | 673 |
| 7 | January 11, 2018 16:00 | January 11, 2018 19:30 | 3h 30m | 91 | 296 |
| 8 | April 15, 2018 16:15 | April 15, 2018 22:15 | 6h | 66 | 380 |
| 9 | July 29, 2018 22:45 | July 30, 2018 02:00 | 3h 15m | 55 | 46 |
| 10 | August 24, 2018 13:15 | August 24, 2018 14:30 | 1h 15m | 55 | 55 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 6 reached 100+ customers, 3 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 Columbia 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 |
| Inland Power & Light Company | 2018 | 3.3 hrs | 1.55 | 3.3 hrs | 1.55 |
| Columbia Rural Elec Assn, Inc | 2018 | 2.6 hrs | 0.95 | 2.6 hrs | 0.95 |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 71% of Washington's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 1,960 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. Columbia County has data for 2017–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Columbia County, WA 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/washington/columbia-county