County annual report · FIPS 19041
2021 Clay County, IA Power Outage Report
In 2021, customers in Clay County, IA went without power for an average of 0.3 hours, a total of 3,707 customer-hours (Iowa average 2.7 hours). That ranks 99th worst of 99 Iowa counties and 2867th of 2,974 nationally.
Compared with IA, the US and 2020
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Iowa customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Clay 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 | July 2, 2021 03:45 | July 2, 2021 04:45 | 1h | 312 | 312 |
| 2 | July 12, 2021 07:45 | July 12, 2021 09:15 | 1h 30m | 224 | 336 |
| 3 | December 15, 2021 23:45 | December 17, 2021 01:00 | 1d 1h | 166 | 763 |
| 4 | September 19, 2021 16:45 | September 19, 2021 19:45 | 3h | 115 | 180 |
| 5 | May 20, 2021 04:45 | May 20, 2021 05:30 | 45m | 111 | 30 |
| 6 | December 3, 2021 18:45 | December 3, 2021 21:15 | 2h 30m | 109 | 273 |
| 7 | January 3, 2021 11:30 | January 3, 2021 13:45 | 2h 15m | 97 | 213 |
| 8 | April 25, 2021 14:00 | April 25, 2021 15:45 | 1h 45m | 78 | 119 |
| 9 | May 20, 2021 00:45 | May 20, 2021 01:00 | 15m | 68 | 17 |
| 10 | October 13, 2021 19:45 | October 14, 2021 00:15 | 4h 30m | 65 | 74 |
Outage episodes by size in 2021: 6 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 Clay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Lakes Electric Coop | 2021 | 75 min | 0.84 | 65 min | 0.80 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | - | - | - | - |
| North West Rural Electric Coop | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Spencer - (IA) | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 91% of Iowa's customers in 2021; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 13,668 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. Clay County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Clay County, IA 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/iowa/clay-county