2020 Wyoming Power Outage Report
In 2020, the average Wyoming customer went without power for about 3.4 hours, the 37th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.4
vs prior year
▲ 163%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
1.1M
Peak customers out
19,371
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
71%
of WY customers
Counties reporting
23
Wyoming year over year
All 23 Wyoming 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 | Crook County | 14.2 | 65K | 4,545 | 2,560 | 275 |
| 2 | Albany County | 10.9 | 255K | 23,303 | 9,746 | 805 |
| 3 | Johnson County | 9.8 | 53K | 5,448 | 2,053 | 312 |
| 4 | Converse County | 8.0 | 61K | 7,624 | 2,959 | 1,312 |
| 5 | Sweetwater County | 6.8 | 173K | 25,475 | 6,789 | 585 |
| 6 | Weston County | 4.9 | 19K | 3,933 | 1,176 | 270 |
| 7 | Carbon County | 4.2 | 45K | 10,767 | 5,403 | 851 |
| 8 | Big Horn County | 2.9 | 11K | 3,930 | 2,279 | 187 |
| 9 | Campbell County | 2.8 | 77K | 28,060 | 2,923 | 531 |
| 10 | Laramie County | 2.4 | 125K | 52,987 | 19,300 | 613 |
| 11 | Natrona County | 2.1 | 103K | 47,992 | 12,288 | 970 |
| 12 | Sublette County | 2.0 | 10K | 5,123 | 690 | 288 |
| 13 | Hot Springs County | 1.9 | 4,440 | 2,310 | 687 | 123 |
| 14 | Lincoln County | 1.3 | 17K | 12,820 | 1,080 | 265 |
| 15 | Sheridan County | 1.3 | 22K | 17,618 | 1,008 | 245 |
| 16 | Uinta County | 1.2 | 14K | 12,368 | 1,585 | 236 |
| 17 | Park County | 1.0 | 14K | 14,005 | 989 | 277 |
| 18 | Fremont County | 0.9 | 25K | 26,823 | 5,264 | 457 |
| 19 | Teton County | 0.1 | 1,798 | 18,592 | 297 | 124 |
| 20 | Goshen County | 0.1 | 277 | 3,896 | 82 | 14 |
| 21 | Niobrara County | - | 1,568 | - | 162 | 99 |
| 22 | Platte County | - | 12K | - | 408 | 121 |
| 23 | Washakie County | - | 1,600 | - | 588 | 150 |
Biggest Wyoming 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 | Laramie County, WY | March 14, 2020 12:15 | March 19, 2020 05:15 | 4d 17h | 19,300 | 86K |
| 2 | Natrona County, WY | June 27, 2020 06:00 | June 27, 2020 11:00 | 5h | 12,288 | 42K |
| 3 | Albany County, WY | December 18, 2020 18:30 | December 18, 2020 18:45 | 15m | 9,746 | 2,437 |
| 4 | Albany County, WY | August 1, 2020 00:15 | August 1, 2020 07:15 | 7h | 9,723 | 65K |
| 5 | Albany County, WY | June 9, 2020 02:45 | June 12, 2020 04:30 | 3d 1h | 9,664 | 101K |
| 6 | Albany County, WY | October 25, 2020 10:30 | October 25, 2020 18:45 | 8h 15m | 9,444 | 19K |
| 7 | Albany County, WY | September 13, 2020 16:30 | September 13, 2020 19:45 | 3h 15m | 7,612 | 17K |
| 8 | Albany County, WY | November 14, 2020 05:30 | November 14, 2020 07:30 | 2h | 7,591 | 7,601 |
| 9 | Sweetwater County, WY | September 8, 2020 02:30 | September 11, 2020 03:15 | 3d | 6,789 | 135K |
| 10 | Albany County, WY | October 27, 2020 01:45 | October 27, 2020 07:00 | 5h 15m | 6,734 | 9,265 |
| 11 | Carbon County, WY | August 6, 2020 11:15 | August 6, 2020 13:00 | 1h 45m | 5,403 | 8,089 |
| 12 | Fremont County, WY | August 20, 2020 21:45 | August 20, 2020 23:00 | 1h 15m | 5,264 | 1,322 |
| 13 | Fremont County, WY | June 11, 2020 13:15 | June 11, 2020 15:45 | 2h 30m | 3,511 | 5,055 |
| 14 | Carbon County, WY | October 8, 2020 15:15 | October 8, 2020 19:15 | 4h | 3,155 | 3,204 |
| 15 | Converse County, WY | September 7, 2020 20:00 | September 12, 2020 04:15 | 4d 8h | 2,959 | 28K |
| 16 | Campbell County, WY | June 29, 2020 03:00 | June 29, 2020 07:00 | 4h | 2,923 | 6,316 |
| 17 | Campbell County, WY | June 6, 2020 22:45 | June 9, 2020 21:15 | 2d 22h | 2,909 | 11K |
| 18 | Fremont County, WY | September 8, 2020 01:30 | September 10, 2020 15:30 | 2d 14h | 2,880 | 8,770 |
| 19 | Natrona County, WY | September 8, 2020 02:15 | September 11, 2020 13:30 | 3d 11h | 2,728 | 20K |
| 20 | Campbell County, WY | June 27, 2020 21:45 | June 28, 2020 22:45 | 1d 1h | 2,690 | 4,519 |
| 21 | Converse County, WY | June 6, 2020 22:15 | June 8, 2020 03:15 | 1d 5h | 2,578 | 5,634 |
| 22 | Crook County, WY | March 20, 2020 20:15 | March 20, 2020 22:15 | 2h | 2,560 | 2,271 |
| 23 | Laramie County, WY | February 3, 2020 13:45 | February 3, 2020 19:00 | 5h 15m | 2,361 | 1,774 |
| 24 | Campbell County, WY | February 3, 2020 02:15 | February 3, 2020 07:15 | 5h | 2,347 | 4,239 |
| 25 | Big Horn County, WY | August 1, 2020 19:45 | August 1, 2020 22:45 | 3h | 2,279 | 5,477 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 71% of Wyoming'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.