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2019 Nevada Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Nevada customer went without power for about 1.3 hours, the 45th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
1.3
vs prior year
▼ 22%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
1.8M
Peak customers out
19,113
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
95%
of NV customers
Counties reporting
17

Nevada year over year

Nevada: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.0h; 2016: 1.3h; 2017: 1.9h; 2018: 1.6h, coverage 95%; 2019: 1.3h, coverage 95%; 2020: 1.2h, coverage 96%; 2021: 1.7h, coverage 97%; 2022: 1.7h, coverage 97%; 2023: 3.1h; 2024: 2.7h; 2025: 3.8h012340%50%100%1.0h20151.3h20161.9h20171.6h20181.3h20191.2h20201.7h20211.7h20223.1h20232.7h20243.8h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2019

Customer-hours without power across Nevada; February was the worst.

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Nevada customer-hours without power by month, 2019Jan 240K, Feb 286K, Mar 88K, Apr 113K, May 104K, Jun 133K, Jul 174K, Aug 102K, Sep 173K, Oct 95K, Nov 216K, Dec 114K0100k200k300k240KJan286KFeb88KMar113KApr104KMay133KJun174KJul102KAug173KSep95KOct216KNov114KDec
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All 17 Nevada counties, 2019

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Elko County6.144K7,2904,487364
2Mineral County5.212K2,2192,219121
3Lander County5.115K2,9842,984264
4Douglas County4.4106K24,1258,486417
5Humboldt County4.038K9,4567,881333
6Pershing County3.911K2,671730171
7Churchill County3.239K12,2122,773286
8Washoe County2.9700K244,31112,659867
9Lyon County2.981K28,1353,818497
10Carson City1.547K30,60714,038297
11Nye County1.438K26,8961,679140
12Eureka County1.22,2981,93829936
13Clark County0.7685K1,008,80216,414969
14Storey County0.32,1826,27337663
15White Pine County0.01705,695418
16Esmeralda County-19K-1,70377
17Lincoln County-94-1518

Biggest Nevada outages of 2019

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Clark County, NVApril 30, 2019 13:30May 1, 2019 09:4520h 15m16,41413K
2Clark County, NVJune 22, 2019 22:00June 22, 2019 23:301h 30m16,3674,094
3Carson City, NVNovember 20, 2019 07:15November 20, 2019 18:4511h 30m14,0385,625
4Clark County, NVSeptember 15, 2019 11:30September 15, 2019 21:3010h13,15519K
5Washoe County, NVNovember 5, 2019 16:15November 6, 2019 05:4513h 30m12,65912K
6Clark County, NVApril 9, 2019 12:15April 10, 2019 10:3022h 15m12,44616K
7Washoe County, NVJanuary 25, 2019 05:30January 25, 2019 06:1545m10,9882,747
8Clark County, NVFebruary 9, 2019 15:45February 11, 2019 10:301d 18h10,90822K
9Washoe County, NVFebruary 25, 2019 15:30March 2, 2019 01:454d 10h10,83597K
10Washoe County, NVJanuary 17, 2019 06:30January 18, 2019 03:1520h 45m10,25463K
11Clark County, NVJuly 5, 2019 20:45July 6, 2019 06:159h 30m9,03412K
12Washoe County, NVDecember 8, 2019 03:45December 8, 2019 23:3019h 45m9,01317K
13Washoe County, NVSeptember 26, 2019 15:15September 27, 2019 05:1514h8,87722K
14Clark County, NVNovember 19, 2019 07:45November 22, 2019 11:003d 3h8,49573K
15Douglas County, NVDecember 7, 2019 14:15December 7, 2019 21:457h 30m8,48626K
16Clark County, NVJune 23, 2019 16:00June 23, 2019 20:454h 45m8,4628,756
17Douglas County, NVJanuary 1, 2019 10:30January 1, 2019 14:003h 30m8,29511K
18Clark County, NVFebruary 21, 2019 06:30February 22, 2019 16:151d 9h8,00222K
19Humboldt County, NVSeptember 4, 2019 15:30September 4, 2019 18:303h7,8815,918
20Washoe County, NVFebruary 21, 2019 15:30February 22, 2019 02:0010h 30m7,60319K
21Washoe County, NVJuly 6, 2019 10:30July 6, 2019 14:153h 45m7,35016K
22Washoe County, NVJanuary 16, 2019 02:45January 16, 2019 22:3019h 45m7,26216K
23Washoe County, NVAugust 4, 2019 03:45August 4, 2019 22:0018h 15m7,18819K
24Washoe County, NVJuly 16, 2019 16:00July 16, 2019 23:007h7,13622K
25Washoe County, NVOctober 29, 2019 09:30October 30, 2019 03:1517h 45m7,0797,448
EAGLE-I tracked about 95% of Nevada's electricity customers in 2019; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Nevada by year:2025202420232022202120202018201720162015
Other states in 2019:WVMINCLACAVTVAAR

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.