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2020 Oregon Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Oregon customer went without power for about 8.7 hours, the 14th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
8.7
vs prior year
▲ 132%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
18.0M
Peak customers out
182,430
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
90%
of OR customers
Counties reporting
35

Oregon year over year

Oregon: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 3.2h; 2016: 2.8h; 2017: 3.7h; 2018: 2.0h, coverage 75%; 2019: 3.7h, coverage 86%; 2020: 8.7h, coverage 90%; 2021: 20.5h, coverage 90%; 2022: 7.0h, coverage 90%; 2023: 3.0h; 2024: 11.8h; 2025: 6.0h01020300%50%100%3.2h20152.8h20163.7h20172.0h20183.7h20198.7h202020.5h20217.0h20223.0h202311.8h20246.0h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2020

Customer-hours without power across Oregon; September was the worst.

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Oregon customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 1.1M, Feb 275K, Mar 220K, Apr 658K, May 1.2M, Jun 489K, Jul 392K, Aug 426K, Sep 11.0M, Oct 870K, Nov 863K, Dec 489K05M10M15M1.1MJan275KFeb220KMar658KApr1.2MMay489KJun392KJul426KAug11.0MSep870KOct863KNov489KDec
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All 35 Oregon counties, 2020

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Lincoln County35.11.1M31,57716,512175
2Clackamas County25.04.6M183,59047,773314
3Tillamook County20.9443K21,19013,517407
4Jackson County17.72.2M125,31823,628838
5Marion County12.31.3M102,0629,076621
6Sherman County11.616K1,40499170
7Josephine County11.5565K48,98710,816777
8Linn County11.4800K70,43015,795648
9Morrow County9.8107K10,8884,304250
10Lane County9.81.7M174,26314,159330
11Wallowa County9.338K4,0792,388448
12Crook County8.476K9,0936,987508
13Clatsop County7.2168K23,30213,496561
14Umatilla County7.2311K43,2758,251635
15Jefferson County7.0112K16,0064,761435
16Yamhill County7.0334K47,9228,946185
17Polk County6.5206K31,80310,496567
18Douglas County6.0393K66,05110,820515
19Multnomah County4.71.8M388,77253,768799
20Grant County4.220K4,6482,637117
21Baker County4.141K10,0985,460253
22Gilliam County3.86,2591,64028070
23Coos County2.9119K40,67011,099614
24Klamath County2.8113K39,6142,059748
25Hood River County2.820K7,2307,230235
26Union County2.743K15,6254,961329
27Deschutes County2.7385K141,0714,931580
28Washington County2.6688K268,60318,956528
29Benton County2.5119K48,4569,426645
30Curry County2.440K16,6701,134323
31Malheur County2.342K18,16418,16480
32Wasco County1.419K13,368708232
33Harney County1.37,3825,6052,438110
34Lake County0.73,4194,99249987
35Columbia County0.034828,3128210

Biggest Oregon outages of 2020

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Multnomah County, ORSeptember 7, 2020 01:15September 15, 2020 15:308d 14h53,768941K
2Clackamas County, ORSeptember 8, 2020 03:15September 9, 2020 22:151d 19h47,7731.2M
3Multnomah County, ORJuly 21, 2020 07:00July 25, 2020 00:003d 17h34,23473K
4Jackson County, ORSeptember 7, 2020 20:15September 22, 2020 10:3014d 14h23,6281.7M
5Clackamas County, ORSeptember 10, 2020 00:30December 31, 2020 00:15111d 23h20,9342.0M
6Jackson County, ORJune 12, 2020 01:00June 13, 2020 08:001d 7h18,98635K
7Washington County, ORSeptember 8, 2020 03:15September 9, 2020 22:151d 19h18,956313K
8Malheur County, ORJanuary 16, 2020 22:15January 16, 2020 23:301h 15m18,16420K
9Lincoln County, ORSeptember 8, 2020 02:30October 29, 2020 06:4551d 4h16,512969K
10Linn County, ORSeptember 7, 2020 19:30November 17, 2020 00:4570d 5h15,795671K
11Lane County, ORSeptember 7, 2020 21:30December 10, 2020 07:4593d 10h14,1591.6M
12Washington County, ORSeptember 8, 2020 01:00September 8, 2020 02:151h 15m14,0879,225
13Tillamook County, ORSeptember 8, 2020 03:30September 12, 2020 06:304d 3h13,517295K
14Clatsop County, ORSeptember 8, 2020 03:30September 10, 2020 01:301d 22h13,49683K
15Jackson County, ORMay 24, 2020 16:00May 25, 2020 03:0011h12,8785,708
16Multnomah County, ORSeptember 17, 2020 23:00September 24, 2020 21:306d 22h11,91314K
17Clatsop County, ORDecember 21, 2020 15:15December 22, 2020 12:0020h 45m11,50616K
18Clatsop County, ORSeptember 15, 2020 03:00September 15, 2020 06:153h 15m11,4744,680
19Coos County, ORSeptember 18, 2020 16:30September 18, 2020 20:153h 45m11,0995,906
20Douglas County, ORJanuary 10, 2020 17:15January 26, 2020 09:4515d 16h10,82068K
21Josephine County, ORJanuary 16, 2020 05:30January 21, 2020 06:005d10,816403K
22Polk County, ORJune 16, 2020 00:00June 16, 2020 17:1517h 15m10,49652K
23Multnomah County, ORNovember 14, 2020 11:45November 15, 2020 22:301d 10h10,46262K
24Benton County, ORSeptember 13, 2020 18:30September 14, 2020 03:158h 45m9,4262,625
25Marion County, ORSeptember 8, 2020 01:30October 14, 2020 18:3036d 17h9,0761.0M
EAGLE-I tracked about 90% of Oregon'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.
Oregon by year:2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
Other states in 2020:LAMEOKIAALMSNJNC

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.