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2020 Modoc County, CA Power Outage Report
In 2020, customers in Modoc County, CA went without power for an average of 1.3 hours, a total of 8,874 customer-hours (California average 6.3 hours). That ranks 54th worst of 57 California counties and 2523rd of 3,019 nationally.
Compared with CA, the US and 2019
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of California customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Modoc County, 2020
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 25, 2020 00:45 | August 25, 2020 03:15 | 2h 30m | 680 | 628 |
| 2 | November 16, 2020 09:00 | November 16, 2020 14:45 | 5h 45m | 395 | 1,224 |
| 3 | July 7, 2020 22:45 | July 7, 2020 23:30 | 45m | 341 | 195 |
| 4 | March 10, 2020 23:45 | March 11, 2020 00:45 | 1h | 217 | 217 |
| 5 | May 25, 2020 01:45 | May 25, 2020 12:15 | 10h 30m | 195 | 901 |
| 6 | March 26, 2020 03:30 | March 26, 2020 09:45 | 6h 15m | 186 | 694 |
| 7 | May 7, 2020 20:15 | May 8, 2020 00:15 | 4h | 173 | 435 |
| 8 | March 23, 2020 17:30 | March 23, 2020 22:00 | 4h 30m | 172 | 431 |
| 9 | August 21, 2020 14:00 | August 21, 2020 15:00 | 1h | 171 | 130 |
| 10 | July 27, 2020 07:45 | July 28, 2020 01:15 | 17h 30m | 170 | 1,285 |
Outage episodes by size in 2020: 10 reached 100+ customers, 0 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 Modoc County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2020, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | 2020 | 6.8 hrs | 1.88 | 2.0 hrs | 1.22 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 2020 | 7.4 hrs | 1.34 | 2.3 hrs | 1.04 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Surprise Valley Electrification | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 94% of California's customers in 2020; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 6,598 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. Modoc County has data for 2017–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Modoc County, CA annual power outage report, 2020, 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/2020/california/modoc-county