2020 Nevada Power Outage Report
In 2020, the average Nevada customer went without power for about 1.2 hours, the 50th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.2
vs prior year
▼ 8%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
1.7M
Peak customers out
17,423
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
96%
of NV customers
Counties reporting
17
Nevada year over year
All 17 Nevada counties, 2020
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 | Lander County | 6.2 | 18K | 2,984 | 862 | 212 |
| 2 | Mineral County | 5.6 | 13K | 2,219 | 642 | 112 |
| 3 | Elko County | 4.6 | 33K | 7,290 | 7,290 | 355 |
| 4 | Eureka County | 4.5 | 8,729 | 1,938 | 370 | 31 |
| 5 | Humboldt County | 3.3 | 31K | 9,456 | 5,170 | 354 |
| 6 | Pershing County | 2.8 | 7,447 | 2,671 | 1,553 | 139 |
| 7 | Douglas County | 2.6 | 63K | 24,125 | 2,759 | 457 |
| 8 | Washoe County | 2.0 | 487K | 244,311 | 9,597 | 870 |
| 9 | Lyon County | 1.7 | 49K | 28,135 | 2,706 | 477 |
| 10 | Churchill County | 1.7 | 21K | 12,212 | 2,570 | 282 |
| 11 | Nye County | 1.6 | 42K | 26,896 | 3,437 | 602 |
| 12 | Carson City | 1.1 | 34K | 30,607 | 2,191 | 311 |
| 13 | Clark County | 0.9 | 870K | 1,008,802 | 17,341 | 973 |
| 14 | Storey County | 0.6 | 3,499 | 6,273 | 781 | 43 |
| 15 | White Pine County | 0.0 | 196 | 5,695 | 8 | 9 |
| 16 | Esmeralda County | - | 8,298 | - | 360 | 70 |
| 17 | Lincoln County | - | 55 | - | 35 | 10 |
Biggest Nevada outages of 2020
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clark County, NV | May 12, 2020 15:15 | May 15, 2020 03:45 | 2d 12h | 17,341 | 12K |
| 2 | Clark County, NV | November 17, 2020 18:15 | November 19, 2020 15:30 | 1d 21h | 15,572 | 14K |
| 3 | Clark County, NV | September 26, 2020 12:30 | September 26, 2020 14:15 | 1h 45m | 13,097 | 16K |
| 4 | Clark County, NV | October 22, 2020 14:45 | October 27, 2020 07:45 | 4d 17h | 11,910 | 39K |
| 5 | Washoe County, NV | July 13, 2020 00:15 | July 13, 2020 04:15 | 4h | 9,597 | 8,670 |
| 6 | Washoe County, NV | November 17, 2020 18:00 | November 19, 2020 14:15 | 1d 20h | 9,264 | 50K |
| 7 | Clark County, NV | April 29, 2020 09:00 | April 29, 2020 12:45 | 3h 45m | 9,119 | 12K |
| 8 | Clark County, NV | July 31, 2020 02:15 | August 1, 2020 18:00 | 1d 15h | 8,569 | 39K |
| 9 | Washoe County, NV | June 27, 2020 14:30 | June 29, 2020 00:00 | 1d 9h | 8,471 | 31K |
| 10 | Clark County, NV | September 8, 2020 13:00 | September 10, 2020 11:00 | 1d 22h | 7,912 | 25K |
| 11 | Washoe County, NV | July 19, 2020 18:30 | July 23, 2020 05:00 | 3d 10h | 7,323 | 14K |
| 12 | Elko County, NV | February 11, 2020 00:45 | February 11, 2020 01:30 | 45m | 7,290 | 5,468 |
| 13 | Washoe County, NV | September 13, 2020 16:30 | September 14, 2020 07:45 | 15h 15m | 7,250 | 30K |
| 14 | Clark County, NV | February 3, 2020 00:30 | February 4, 2020 02:30 | 1d 2h | 7,190 | 52K |
| 15 | Clark County, NV | May 26, 2020 12:45 | May 27, 2020 05:00 | 16h 15m | 6,789 | 11K |
| 16 | Washoe County, NV | November 13, 2020 14:45 | November 14, 2020 06:45 | 16h | 6,375 | 18K |
| 17 | Washoe County, NV | May 29, 2020 14:45 | May 30, 2020 01:45 | 11h | 5,793 | 5,946 |
| 18 | Washoe County, NV | August 5, 2020 14:30 | August 6, 2020 05:15 | 14h 45m | 5,599 | 8,213 |
| 19 | Washoe County, NV | July 28, 2020 08:45 | July 28, 2020 12:15 | 3h 30m | 5,270 | 13K |
| 20 | Washoe County, NV | August 3, 2020 14:30 | August 4, 2020 03:15 | 12h 45m | 5,174 | 20K |
| 21 | Humboldt County, NV | May 19, 2020 14:15 | May 19, 2020 20:30 | 6h 15m | 5,170 | 7,535 |
| 22 | Clark County, NV | January 16, 2020 15:30 | January 17, 2020 01:00 | 9h 30m | 5,070 | 4,974 |
| 23 | Washoe County, NV | September 2, 2020 05:15 | September 2, 2020 21:45 | 16h 30m | 4,962 | 12K |
| 24 | Washoe County, NV | March 31, 2020 02:45 | March 31, 2020 07:15 | 4h 30m | 4,803 | 1,313 |
| 25 | Washoe County, NV | May 21, 2020 02:15 | May 21, 2020 09:45 | 7h 30m | 4,776 | 7,211 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 96% of Nevada's electricity customers in 2020; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.