2019 Washington Power Outage Report
In 2019, the average Washington customer went without power for about 2.0 hours, the 40th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.0
vs prior year
▼ 2%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
7.2M
Peak customers out
55,835
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
86%
of WA customers
Counties reporting
37
Washington year over year
All 37 Washington counties, 2019
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garfield County | 23.7 | 23K | 968 | 968 | 512 |
| 2 | Columbia County | 10.5 | 20K | 1,960 | 1,391 | 490 |
| 3 | Whatcom County | 6.7 | 378K | 56,747 | 13,294 | 625 |
| 4 | Pend Oreille County | 6.5 | 60K | 9,346 | 3,465 | 523 |
| 5 | Stevens County | 6.2 | 191K | 30,671 | 5,868 | 741 |
| 6 | Ferry County | 6.1 | 35K | 5,807 | 1,381 | 391 |
| 7 | Kittitas County | 4.9 | 103K | 21,055 | 4,664 | 579 |
| 8 | San Juan County | 4.8 | 75K | 15,569 | 3,423 | 127 |
| 9 | Lincoln County | 4.0 | 25K | 6,307 | 1,152 | 411 |
| 10 | Spokane County | 3.6 | 773K | 217,351 | 33,424 | 735 |
| 11 | Lewis County | 3.0 | 164K | 53,919 | 19,450 | 425 |
| 12 | Thurston County | 3.0 | 424K | 141,017 | 15,020 | 523 |
| 13 | Skagit County | 3.0 | 186K | 62,216 | 5,104 | 573 |
| 14 | King County | 2.9 | 2.8M | 963,744 | 50,401 | 121 |
| 15 | Kitsap County | 2.8 | 360K | 126,242 | 8,147 | 575 |
| 16 | Pierce County | 2.7 | 517K | 190,282 | 23,068 | 662 |
| 17 | Jefferson County | 2.5 | 67K | 27,322 | 3,210 | 87 |
| 18 | Yakima County | 1.4 | 166K | 120,501 | 10,263 | 814 |
| 19 | Island County | 1.3 | 113K | 87,196 | 3,757 | 494 |
| 20 | Whitman County | 1.3 | 61K | 47,409 | 3,724 | 678 |
| 21 | Mason County | 1.1 | 43K | 37,529 | 3,305 | 368 |
| 22 | Asotin County | 1.1 | 23K | 20,797 | 1,215 | 560 |
| 23 | Clark County | 0.9 | 194K | 210,595 | 22,603 | 1,327 |
| 24 | Clallam County | 0.8 | 37K | 43,726 | 2,864 | 89 |
| 25 | Benton County | 0.8 | 65K | 80,351 | 5,345 | 564 |
| 26 | Douglas County | 0.8 | 13K | 15,754 | 1,232 | 121 |
| 27 | Adams County | 0.8 | 12K | 14,910 | 339 | 318 |
| 28 | Skamania County | 0.8 | 4,829 | 6,101 | 1,222 | 184 |
| 29 | Walla Walla County | 0.8 | 23K | 30,050 | 1,390 | 557 |
| 30 | Klickitat County | 0.7 | 8,898 | 12,711 | 1,220 | 273 |
| 31 | Franklin County | 0.5 | 16K | 32,734 | 2,026 | 386 |
| 32 | Snohomish County | 0.3 | 212K | 638,029 | 5,606 | 491 |
| 33 | Grant County | 0.3 | 16K | 50,667 | 2,026 | 434 |
| 34 | Chelan County | 0.2 | 11K | 50,456 | 1,200 | 101 |
| 35 | Cowlitz County | 0.0 | 2,017 | 50,751 | 375 | 31 |
| 36 | Okanogan County | 0.0 | 646 | 24,937 | 24 | 46 |
| 37 | Wahkiakum County | - | 77 | - | 5 | 13 |
Biggest Washington outages of 2019
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King County, WA | January 6, 2019 02:30 | January 10, 2019 13:30 | 4d 11h | 50,401 | 441K |
| 2 | King County, WA | February 6, 2019 10:45 | February 28, 2019 13:30 | 22d 2h | 36,557 | 543K |
| 3 | Spokane County, WA | October 9, 2019 04:00 | October 13, 2019 03:15 | 3d 23h | 33,424 | 376K |
| 4 | Pierce County, WA | September 8, 2019 00:00 | September 10, 2019 05:30 | 2d 5h | 23,068 | 60K |
| 5 | Clark County, WA | September 28, 2019 22:45 | September 29, 2019 08:30 | 9h 45m | 22,603 | 43K |
| 6 | Lewis County, WA | August 2, 2019 16:45 | August 3, 2019 02:15 | 9h 30m | 19,450 | 14K |
| 7 | Spokane County, WA | July 23, 2019 07:45 | July 26, 2019 13:15 | 3d 5h | 18,826 | 150K |
| 8 | Lewis County, WA | July 12, 2019 19:30 | July 12, 2019 22:15 | 2h 45m | 18,725 | 21K |
| 9 | King County, WA | April 3, 2019 16:00 | April 7, 2019 10:00 | 3d 18h | 17,444 | 75K |
| 10 | King County, WA | May 9, 2019 14:15 | May 16, 2019 14:30 | 7d | 17,140 | 27K |
| 11 | King County, WA | January 31, 2019 08:45 | February 6, 2019 08:00 | 5d 23h | 15,252 | 158K |
| 12 | Pierce County, WA | February 4, 2019 06:30 | February 5, 2019 01:15 | 18h 45m | 15,089 | 46K |
| 13 | Thurston County, WA | January 6, 2019 08:30 | January 6, 2019 10:15 | 1h 45m | 15,020 | 8,078 |
| 14 | Pierce County, WA | January 2, 2019 18:15 | January 6, 2019 10:15 | 3d 16h | 14,682 | 12K |
| 15 | Thurston County, WA | February 6, 2019 16:15 | February 9, 2019 13:45 | 2d 21h | 14,611 | 55K |
| 16 | Whatcom County, WA | August 25, 2019 23:30 | August 26, 2019 01:00 | 1h 30m | 13,294 | 20K |
| 17 | Whatcom County, WA | February 3, 2019 22:45 | February 5, 2019 23:00 | 2d | 13,270 | 90K |
| 18 | Thurston County, WA | February 11, 2019 01:30 | February 12, 2019 00:15 | 22h 45m | 12,942 | 88K |
| 19 | King County, WA | September 4, 2019 10:45 | October 6, 2019 21:00 | 32d 10h | 12,823 | 334K |
| 20 | Clark County, WA | April 17, 2019 21:45 | April 18, 2019 02:45 | 5h | 10,435 | 3,363 |
| 21 | Yakima County, WA | July 24, 2019 01:30 | July 25, 2019 05:15 | 1d 3h | 10,263 | 7,706 |
| 22 | King County, WA | July 16, 2019 12:15 | July 25, 2019 08:45 | 8d 20h | 10,217 | 48K |
| 23 | Pierce County, WA | January 6, 2019 19:30 | January 6, 2019 23:15 | 3h 45m | 9,733 | 26K |
| 24 | Yakima County, WA | October 28, 2019 02:30 | October 30, 2019 01:15 | 1d 22h | 9,304 | 7,791 |
| 25 | Lewis County, WA | July 13, 2019 02:15 | July 13, 2019 06:15 | 4h | 8,868 | 12K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 86% of Washington'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.
Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.