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2019 Modoc County, CA Power Outage Report
In 2019, customers in Modoc County, CA went without power for an average of 1.7 hours, a total of 11K customer-hours (California average 9.6 hours). That ranks 55th worst of 57 California counties and 2199th of 2,945 nationally.
Compared with CA, the US and 2018
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of California customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Modoc County, 2019
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 1, 2019 00:00 | June 1, 2019 00:45 | 45m | 1,090 | 513 |
| 2 | January 10, 2019 12:15 | January 10, 2019 13:15 | 1h | 1,088 | 879 |
| 3 | March 10, 2019 12:00 | March 10, 2019 16:15 | 4h 15m | 236 | 931 |
| 4 | December 21, 2019 20:45 | December 22, 2019 01:45 | 5h | 235 | 1,175 |
| 5 | January 21, 2019 11:15 | January 21, 2019 23:45 | 12h 30m | 176 | 1,974 |
| 6 | July 9, 2019 07:30 | July 9, 2019 13:00 | 5h 30m | 176 | 968 |
| 7 | August 8, 2019 07:45 | August 8, 2019 10:30 | 2h 45m | 176 | 484 |
| 8 | February 15, 2019 10:45 | February 15, 2019 13:15 | 2h 30m | 175 | 77 |
| 9 | May 24, 2019 07:15 | May 24, 2019 10:45 | 3h 30m | 158 | 547 |
| 10 | July 22, 2019 15:00 | July 22, 2019 17:30 | 2h 30m | 97 | 217 |
Outage episodes by size in 2019: 9 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 2019, 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 93% of California's customers in 2019; 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, 2019, 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/2019/california/modoc-county