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2019 Utah Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Utah customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 35th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.5
vs prior year
▲ 27%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
3.2M
Peak customers out
20,677
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
80%
of UT customers
Counties reporting
29

Utah year over year

Utah: average hours without power per customer by year2015: no data; 2016: no data; 2017: 1.0h; 2018: 1.9h, coverage 80%; 2019: 2.5h, coverage 80%; 2020: 8.6h, coverage 79%; 2021: 2.6h, coverage 79%; 2022: 2.7h, coverage 80%; 2023: 2.5h; 2024: 3.0h; 2025: 3.1h02.557.5100%50%100%n/a2015n/a20161.0h20171.9h20182.5h20198.6h20202.6h20212.7h20222.5h20233.0h20243.1h2025
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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 Utah; March was the worst.

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Utah customer-hours without power by month, 2019Jan 194K, Feb 217K, Mar 526K, Apr 225K, May 326K, Jun 228K, Jul 403K, Aug 278K, Sep 248K, Oct 196K, Nov 227K, Dec 91K0200k400k600k194KJan217KFeb526KMar225KApr326KMay228KJun403KJul278KAug248KSep196KOct227KNov91KDec
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All 29 Utah counties, 2019

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Piute County35.123K643643270
2Morgan County27.981K2,9011,253680
3Beaver County26.338K1,4341,434418
4Rich County24.824K980980505
5Daggett County14.229K2,0632,063610
6Summit County8.0146K18,1062,646618
7Juab County7.713K1,654458441
8Iron County5.8154K26,6733,067565
9Wayne County5.211K2,1231,969359
10Garfield County4.920K4,065482209
11Millard County4.721K4,3881,011451
12Emery County4.618K3,8531,965455
13Box Elder County4.5103K23,0643,428830
14Sanpete County4.422K4,9982,190399
15Carbon County4.015K3,8491,293310
16Wasatch County3.365K19,6261,951702
17Grand County2.811K3,9982,144348
18Salt Lake County2.61.3M494,04720,046204
19Uintah County2.528K11,3744,346402
20Weber County2.4250K103,5284,544805
21Duchesne County2.415K6,214902380
22Tooele County2.161K28,8852,448985
23Davis County2.1268K129,0954,927732
24Sevier County1.916K8,1083,225288
25San Juan County1.78,6955,1372,090326
26Kane County1.611K6,7511,150270
27Cache County1.574K49,74411,808727
28Utah County1.2298K239,2897,245363
29Washington County0.967K78,8834,101475

Biggest Utah 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
1Salt Lake County, UTAugust 18, 2019 18:45August 25, 2019 11:306d 16h20,04619K
2Salt Lake County, UTSeptember 22, 2019 10:45September 27, 2019 12:155d 1h19,87315K
3Salt Lake County, UTMarch 27, 2019 13:15April 3, 2019 11:156d 22h15,482316K
4Cache County, UTJune 19, 2019 16:15June 19, 2019 18:152h11,8086,432
5Salt Lake County, UTJuly 8, 2019 04:00July 9, 2019 06:001d 2h7,84033K
6Salt Lake County, UTSeptember 18, 2019 06:45September 22, 2019 01:303d 18h7,63119K
7Salt Lake County, UTJanuary 17, 2019 09:00January 23, 2019 13:456d 4h7,44649K
8Salt Lake County, UTApril 3, 2019 12:15April 7, 2019 10:003d 21h7,35331K
9Utah County, UTOctober 8, 2019 15:15October 17, 2019 06:158d 15h7,24513K
10Cache County, UTOctober 18, 2019 13:30October 19, 2019 01:3012h7,0917,301
11Salt Lake County, UTOctober 19, 2019 06:30October 24, 2019 13:005d 6h6,80313K
12Salt Lake County, UTSeptember 14, 2019 07:45September 18, 2019 04:153d 20h6,55530K
13Utah County, UTJanuary 21, 2019 08:30January 27, 2019 01:005d 16h6,37716K
14Salt Lake County, UTFebruary 12, 2019 13:15February 17, 2019 14:005d5,92850K
15Salt Lake County, UTFebruary 24, 2019 14:15March 3, 2019 12:156d 22h5,3639,590
16Salt Lake County, UTSeptember 3, 2019 13:15September 8, 2019 04:304d 15h5,18613K
17Salt Lake County, UTMay 19, 2019 13:45May 26, 2019 10:006d 20h5,15617K
18Utah County, UTJuly 17, 2019 12:30July 24, 2019 08:456d 20h5,08118K
19Davis County, UTApril 8, 2019 14:45April 9, 2019 05:3014h 45m4,9278,149
20Utah County, UTOctober 7, 2019 13:30October 8, 2019 01:3012h4,6773,637
21Davis County, UTMay 28, 2019 17:45May 29, 2019 08:4515h4,6746,849
22Weber County, UTJune 16, 2019 07:00June 16, 2019 18:4511h 45m4,54411K
23Salt Lake County, UTSeptember 8, 2019 14:00September 14, 2019 05:455d 15h4,48125K
24Salt Lake County, UTMay 12, 2019 10:45May 16, 2019 08:453d 22h4,41723K
25Uintah County, UTMay 10, 2019 06:15May 10, 2019 11:004h 45m4,34621K
EAGLE-I tracked about 80% of Utah'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.
Utah 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.