2021 Nevada Power Outage Report
In 2021, the average Nevada customer went without power for about 1.7 hours, the 48th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.7
vs prior year
▲ 41%
vs 2020
Customer-hours out
2.4M
Peak customers out
40,705
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
97%
of NV customers
Counties reporting
15
Nevada year over year
All 15 Nevada counties, 2021
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 | Mineral County | 19.2 | 43K | 2,219 | 2,219 | 93 |
| 2 | Douglas County | 9.4 | 226K | 24,125 | 3,596 | 407 |
| 3 | Lander County | 6.6 | 20K | 2,984 | 2,743 | 232 |
| 4 | Pershing County | 4.2 | 11K | 2,671 | 1,797 | 132 |
| 5 | Humboldt County | 4.1 | 39K | 9,456 | 2,805 | 398 |
| 6 | Churchill County | 3.6 | 44K | 12,212 | 7,730 | 278 |
| 7 | Elko County | 2.7 | 20K | 7,290 | 2,590 | 292 |
| 8 | Eureka County | 2.2 | 4,356 | 1,938 | 377 | 38 |
| 9 | Lyon County | 2.0 | 55K | 28,135 | 2,374 | 424 |
| 10 | Washoe County | 1.8 | 440K | 244,311 | 21,246 | 918 |
| 11 | Nye County | 1.6 | 43K | 26,896 | 2,150 | 536 |
| 12 | Clark County | 1.4 | 1.4M | 1,008,802 | 40,695 | 791 |
| 13 | Carson City | 0.9 | 28K | 30,607 | 2,313 | 305 |
| 14 | Storey County | 0.8 | 4,870 | 6,273 | 792 | 33 |
| 15 | Esmeralda County | - | 14K | - | 396 | 37 |
Biggest Nevada outages of 2021
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 | February 13, 2021 21:45 | February 17, 2021 11:30 | 3d 13h | 40,695 | 323K |
| 2 | Washoe County, NV | June 18, 2021 00:15 | June 18, 2021 13:30 | 13h 15m | 21,246 | 48K |
| 3 | Clark County, NV | April 22, 2021 15:30 | April 23, 2021 03:30 | 12h | 15,888 | 4,127 |
| 4 | Clark County, NV | April 3, 2021 03:30 | April 4, 2021 05:15 | 1d 1h | 15,840 | 24K |
| 5 | Clark County, NV | July 25, 2021 19:30 | July 31, 2021 11:30 | 5d 16h | 14,747 | 95K |
| 6 | Clark County, NV | February 9, 2021 08:00 | February 9, 2021 10:00 | 2h | 13,743 | 21K |
| 7 | Clark County, NV | October 31, 2021 13:00 | November 3, 2021 13:30 | 3d | 13,243 | 6,199 |
| 8 | Clark County, NV | October 11, 2021 18:15 | October 13, 2021 12:15 | 1d 18h | 11,420 | 49K |
| 9 | Clark County, NV | April 30, 2021 12:15 | May 2, 2021 09:45 | 1d 21h | 10,601 | 17K |
| 10 | Clark County, NV | December 13, 2021 13:30 | December 28, 2021 04:30 | 14d 15h | 10,339 | 60K |
| 11 | Clark County, NV | March 11, 2021 15:30 | March 13, 2021 06:45 | 1d 15h | 9,851 | 16K |
| 12 | Washoe County, NV | June 28, 2021 15:45 | June 30, 2021 13:45 | 1d 22h | 9,816 | 31K |
| 13 | Clark County, NV | September 19, 2021 18:15 | September 20, 2021 06:15 | 12h | 9,467 | 10K |
| 14 | Washoe County, NV | September 9, 2021 23:15 | September 11, 2021 01:45 | 1d 2h | 9,253 | 12K |
| 15 | Washoe County, NV | August 1, 2021 01:30 | August 1, 2021 12:15 | 10h 45m | 8,391 | 21K |
| 16 | Clark County, NV | June 29, 2021 11:00 | July 2, 2021 00:45 | 2d 13h | 7,874 | 20K |
| 17 | Churchill County, NV | August 1, 2021 07:00 | August 1, 2021 22:00 | 15h | 7,730 | 18K |
| 18 | Clark County, NV | July 13, 2021 02:30 | July 15, 2021 11:45 | 2d 9h | 7,677 | 30K |
| 19 | Clark County, NV | January 23, 2021 02:45 | January 23, 2021 13:30 | 10h 45m | 6,934 | 7,219 |
| 20 | Washoe County, NV | June 12, 2021 08:30 | June 12, 2021 13:00 | 4h 30m | 6,903 | 7,672 |
| 21 | Clark County, NV | February 27, 2021 22:45 | February 28, 2021 14:00 | 15h 15m | 6,079 | 20K |
| 22 | Clark County, NV | January 25, 2021 16:30 | January 29, 2021 06:45 | 3d 14h | 5,951 | 24K |
| 23 | Washoe County, NV | June 2, 2021 15:00 | June 3, 2021 03:15 | 12h 15m | 5,742 | 3,741 |
| 24 | Clark County, NV | June 27, 2021 07:45 | June 28, 2021 07:15 | 23h 30m | 5,597 | 13K |
| 25 | Clark County, NV | July 22, 2021 13:15 | July 24, 2021 03:45 | 1d 14h | 5,322 | 26K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 97% of Nevada's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.