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2019 Clay County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2019, customers in Clay County, IA went without power for an average of 0.5 hours, a total of 7,438 customer-hours (Iowa average 2.2 hours). That ranks 96th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 2664th of 2,945 nationally.
Compared with IA, the US and 2018
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Iowa customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Clay 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 | December 9, 2019 18:15 | December 9, 2019 19:00 | 45m | 782 | 444 |
| 2 | January 28, 2019 21:30 | January 28, 2019 23:45 | 2h 15m | 505 | 465 |
| 3 | August 18, 2019 16:15 | August 18, 2019 17:45 | 1h 30m | 500 | 129 |
| 4 | February 7, 2019 15:45 | February 7, 2019 17:15 | 1h 30m | 445 | 552 |
| 5 | July 20, 2019 15:15 | July 20, 2019 21:30 | 6h 15m | 406 | 1,006 |
| 6 | December 9, 2019 23:00 | December 10, 2019 01:45 | 2h 45m | 319 | 382 |
| 7 | May 30, 2019 13:45 | May 30, 2019 17:30 | 3h 45m | 309 | 484 |
| 8 | September 11, 2019 08:00 | September 11, 2019 11:00 | 3h | 306 | 403 |
| 9 | November 10, 2019 01:45 | November 10, 2019 03:45 | 2h | 299 | 239 |
| 10 | April 11, 2019 07:30 | April 12, 2019 00:45 | 17h 15m | 284 | 1,064 |
Outage episodes by size in 2019: 15 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 Clay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Lakes Electric Coop | 2018 | 1.8 hrs | 1.06 | 88 min | 0.98 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| North West Rural Electric Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Spencer - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 89% of Iowa's customers in 2019; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 13,668 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. Clay County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Clay County, IA 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/iowa/clay-county