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2021 Modoc County, CA Power Outage Report
In 2021, customers in Modoc County, CA went without power for an average of 2.1 hours, a total of 14K customer-hours (California average 6.6 hours). That ranks 55th worst of 57 California counties and 2167th of 2,974 nationally.
Compared with CA, the US and 2020
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of California customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Modoc County, 2021
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 22, 2021 15:15 | June 22, 2021 19:00 | 3h 45m | 2,714 | 6,054 |
| 2 | June 10, 2021 05:30 | June 10, 2021 06:15 | 45m | 1,248 | 827 |
| 3 | August 4, 2021 22:15 | August 4, 2021 23:15 | 1h | 1,241 | 748 |
| 4 | January 3, 2021 09:15 | January 3, 2021 14:30 | 5h 15m | 396 | 2,079 |
| 5 | May 29, 2021 00:30 | May 29, 2021 01:30 | 1h | 342 | 256 |
| 6 | December 13, 2021 20:45 | December 13, 2021 21:30 | 45m | 340 | 172 |
| 7 | February 16, 2021 05:30 | February 16, 2021 10:00 | 4h 30m | 338 | 1,521 |
| 8 | June 12, 2021 20:45 | June 13, 2021 01:00 | 4h 15m | 135 | 541 |
| 9 | October 17, 2021 23:45 | October 18, 2021 00:45 | 1h | 76 | 76 |
| 10 | October 22, 2021 07:30 | October 22, 2021 09:30 | 2h | 76 | 151 |
Outage episodes by size in 2021: 8 reached 100+ customers, 3 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 2021, 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 | 2021 | 4.3 hrs | 1.86 | 2.0 hrs | 1.19 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 2021 | 10.4 hrs | 1.84 | 3.6 hrs | 1.32 |
| 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 95% of California's customers in 2021; 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, 2021, 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/2021/california/modoc-county