2019 Utah Power Outage Report
In 2019, the average Utah customer went without power for about 2.5 hours — the 34th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.
Avg hrs / customer
2.5
Peak customers out
20,046
Rank (worst state)
34th
Counties affected
20
Utah outages over the decade
Average hours without power per customer, 2019 highlighted.
Hardest-hit Utah counties in 2019
By peak customers out during the year's worst event.
1Salt Lake County20,0462Cache County11,8083Utah County7,2454Davis County4,9275Weber County4,5446Uintah County4,3467Daggett County4,3448Washington County4,1019Box Elder County3,42810Sevier County3,22511Iron County3,06712Summit County2,64613Tooele County2,44814Sanpete County2,19015Grand County2,14416San Juan County2,09017Wayne County1,96918Emery County1,96519Wasatch County1,95120Rich County1,751
Biggest Utah outages of 2019
| County | Began | Peak customers out |
|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake County | August 18, 2019 | 20,046 |
| Salt Lake County | September 22, 2019 | 19,873 |
| Salt Lake County | March 27, 2019 | 15,482 |
| Cache County | June 19, 2019 | 11,808 |
| Salt Lake County | July 8, 2019 | 7,840 |
| Salt Lake County | September 18, 2019 | 7,631 |
| Salt Lake County | January 17, 2019 | 7,446 |
| Salt Lake County | April 3, 2019 | 7,353 |
| Utah County | October 8, 2019 | 7,245 |
| Cache County | October 18, 2019 | 7,091 |
Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.