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2019 Palo Alto County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2019, customers in Palo Alto County, IA went without power for an average of 1.4 hours, a total of 5,864 customer-hours (Iowa average 2.2 hours). That ranks 76th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 2325th 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 Palo Alto 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 | February 7, 2019 20:45 | February 8, 2019 02:15 | 5h 30m | 1,731 | 1,521 |
| 2 | March 15, 2019 19:00 | March 15, 2019 20:00 | 1h | 1,115 | 1,115 |
| 3 | April 30, 2019 18:45 | April 30, 2019 21:00 | 2h 15m | 627 | 530 |
| 4 | April 27, 2019 20:15 | April 27, 2019 21:45 | 1h 30m | 253 | 254 |
| 5 | October 14, 2019 20:30 | October 14, 2019 22:00 | 1h 30m | 247 | 309 |
| 6 | July 20, 2019 20:45 | July 21, 2019 01:30 | 4h 45m | 195 | 195 |
| 7 | April 26, 2019 14:45 | April 26, 2019 15:15 | 30m | 149 | 75 |
| 8 | July 9, 2019 09:45 | July 9, 2019 14:00 | 4h 15m | 128 | 392 |
| 9 | April 11, 2019 11:45 | April 11, 2019 20:30 | 8h 45m | 98 | 300 |
| 10 | August 20, 2019 19:30 | August 20, 2019 22:00 | 2h 30m | 98 | 64 |
Outage episodes by size in 2019: 8 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 Palo Alto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | 2018 | 1.9 hrs | 1.18 | 75 min | 0.96 |
| Iowa Lakes Electric Coop | 2018 | 1.8 hrs | 1.06 | 88 min | 0.98 |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of West Bend | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Graettinger - (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 ÷ 4,166 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. Palo Alto County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Palo Alto 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/palo-alto-county