2022 Iowa Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Iowa customer went without power for about 1.6 hours, the 47th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

1.6

vs prior year

▼ 40%

vs 2021

Customer-hours out

2.6M

Peak customers out

23,041

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

91%

of IA customers

Counties reporting

Iowa year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2022

Customer-hours without power across Iowa; July was the worst.

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All 99 Iowa counties, 2022

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

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Monroe County	10.0	40K	4,056	638	322
2	Howard County	7.5	31K	4,177	2,415	382
3	Ida County	5.9	19K	3,231	1,966	130
4	Winneshiek County	5.7	54K	9,369	5,712	488
5	O'Brien County	5.6	28K	5,030	3,169	180
6	Mills County	5.0	36K	7,270	2,540	397
7	Mahaska County	4.8	39K	8,162	3,067	284
8	Calhoun County	4.6	19K	4,092	1,592	164
9	Fremont County	4.5	19K	4,285	3,098	203
10	Allamakee County	4.5	30K	6,750	2,630	283
11	Dickinson County	4.4	29K	6,731	6,731	267
12	Franklin County	4.1	19K	4,637	971	192
13	Audubon County	4.1	10K	2,511	1,422	158
14	Adams County	3.9	7,151	1,844	498	154
15	Ringgold County	3.8	9,653	2,511	506	260
16	Grundy County	3.8	21K	5,507	1,300	206
17	Fayette County	3.8	33K	8,712	1,692	418
18	Tama County	3.6	29K	8,169	3,236	302
19	Appanoose County	3.4	22K	6,572	836	399
20	Worth County	3.3	7,606	2,289	649	232
21	Greene County	3.3	11K	3,417	3,339	205
22	Wayne County	3.2	9,534	2,947	741	201
23	Louisa County	3.1	14K	4,554	698	360
24	Poweshiek County	3.1	21K	6,708	1,950	354
25	Butler County	3.0	15K	4,791	1,336	187
26	Harrison County	2.9	22K	7,620	713	244
27	Humboldt County	2.9	10K	3,507	1,071	211
28	Floyd County	2.9	23K	7,886	1,173	262
29	Warren County	2.7	64K	23,806	5,746	415
30	Jasper County	2.6	41K	15,566	3,270	506
31	Monona County	2.6	19K	7,388	1,422	115
32	Madison County	2.5	24K	9,366	1,887	298
33	Delaware County	2.5	17K	7,035	1,432	286
34	Van Buren County	2.4	7,638	3,146	384	176
35	Decatur County	2.4	8,118	3,356	628	202
36	Woodbury County	2.4	61K	25,626	3,182	750
37	Pocahontas County	2.3	7,285	3,159	386	158
38	Sac County	2.3	8,902	3,895	1,217	127
39	Taylor County	2.2	6,600	2,951	334	184
40	Carroll County	2.2	19K	8,666	3,405	222
41	Plymouth County	2.2	19K	8,581	804	287
42	Iowa County	2.2	15K	6,965	973	377
43	Mitchell County	2.1	14K	6,347	2,130	262
44	Sioux County	2.1	35K	16,993	3,204	223
45	Hardin County	2.0	14K	6,885	2,068	256
46	Shelby County	2.0	14K	7,164	562	222
47	Clinton County	2.0	42K	21,505	3,624	685
48	Union County	2.0	13K	6,645	3,046	314
49	Page County	1.9	17K	9,035	3,628	245
50	Montgomery County	1.9	11K	5,724	4,396	199
51	Palo Alto County	1.9	7,961	4,166	2,190	143
52	Winnebago County	1.9	13K	7,213	1,768	286
53	Crawford County	1.7	16K	9,213	969	148
54	Marshall County	1.7	27K	15,945	3,089	472
55	Lyon County	1.6	8,313	5,090	1,142	75
56	Hancock County	1.6	8,863	5,489	982	286
57	Boone County	1.6	17K	10,670	1,146	454
58	Lucas County	1.6	6,567	4,225	438	272
59	Jefferson County	1.6	11K	6,879	1,345	369
60	Jackson County	1.5	16K	10,302	608	275
61	Johnson County	1.5	118K	77,769	6,548	776
62	Wright County	1.5	8,181	5,538	1,779	279
63	Washington County	1.5	14K	9,700	1,871	454
64	Lee County	1.4	22K	15,486	2,399	604
65	Des Moines County	1.4	25K	18,207	1,586	585
66	Jones County	1.4	12K	8,507	727	358
67	Cerro Gordo County	1.4	40K	29,435	3,211	628
68	Pottawattamie County	1.3	68K	51,132	4,661	717
69	Buchanan County	1.3	16K	12,254	518	311
70	Scott County	1.3	89K	67,611	2,941	958
71	Keokuk County	1.3	6,090	4,684	534	339
72	Cedar County	1.3	12K	8,986	663	381
73	Cherokee County	1.3	7,588	5,968	1,009	131
74	Story County	1.2	78K	63,396	15,704	546
75	Benton County	1.2	16K	13,498	834	421
76	Polk County	1.2	339K	287,095	19,067	894
77	Chickasaw County	1.2	8,152	6,991	1,854	249
78	Dallas County	1.2	68K	58,451	6,523	584
79	Black Hawk County	1.1	64K	57,533	3,477	742
80	Wapello County	1.1	24K	21,960	3,302	635
81	Dubuque County	1.1	51K	46,546	2,127	672
82	Adair County	1.1	3,982	3,686	712	183
83	Webster County	1.1	22K	20,411	1,319	456
84	Buena Vista County	1.0	12K	11,607	2,363	236
85	Guthrie County	1.0	5,440	5,390	817	165
86	Clarke County	1.0	4,255	4,290	183	203
87	Linn County	0.9	108K	118,247	7,585	869
88	Davis County	0.8	3,882	4,718	205	106
89	Henry County	0.8	9,811	11,923	866	349
90	Marion County	0.8	16K	19,876	2,976	289
91	Clay County	0.7	10K	13,668	959	136
92	Hamilton County	0.7	6,392	9,205	363	259
93	Clayton County	0.7	6,784	10,421	376	118
94	Cass County	0.6	6,276	10,329	971	170
95	Bremer County	0.5	7,976	16,028	833	178
96	Muscatine County	0.5	15K	30,353	766	410
97	Kossuth County	0.5	3,614	7,698	247	151
98	Osceola County	0.5	1,656	3,588	235	47
99	Emmet County	0.2	1,331	5,934	302	85

Biggest Iowa outages of 2022

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

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#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Polk County, IA	April 23, 2022 12:15	April 25, 2022 08:15	1d 20h	19,067	18K
2	Story County, IA	July 5, 2022 12:45	July 5, 2022 17:45	5h	15,704	10K
3	Story County, IA	July 4, 2022 21:15	July 5, 2022 01:00	3h 45m	15,524	24K
4	Story County, IA	August 24, 2022 13:30	August 24, 2022 15:15	1h 45m	8,939	5,602
5	Linn County, IA	July 5, 2022 22:30	July 7, 2022 02:30	1d 4h	7,585	14K
6	Polk County, IA	March 5, 2022 18:30	March 9, 2022 22:15	4d 3h	7,554	51K
7	Story County, IA	August 17, 2022 13:00	August 17, 2022 14:45	1h 45m	7,173	5,739
8	Dickinson County, IA	May 11, 2022 15:15	May 12, 2022 06:15	15h	6,731	6,684
9	Dickinson County, IA	April 23, 2022 17:00	April 23, 2022 20:45	3h 45m	6,731	11K
10	Johnson County, IA	January 12, 2022 17:15	January 12, 2022 21:00	3h 45m	6,548	3,033
11	Dallas County, IA	July 23, 2022 11:00	July 23, 2022 22:45	11h 45m	6,523	23K
12	Polk County, IA	July 6, 2022 05:30	July 7, 2022 07:15	1d 1h	6,162	30K
13	Johnson County, IA	July 1, 2022 10:45	July 1, 2022 17:00	6h 15m	5,789	4,003
14	Warren County, IA	March 5, 2022 19:45	March 8, 2022 16:30	2d 20h	5,746	33K
15	Winneshiek County, IA	July 24, 2022 04:30	July 26, 2022 00:15	1d 19h	5,712	29K
16	Polk County, IA	November 7, 2022 07:30	November 7, 2022 13:15	5h 45m	5,575	5,196
17	Johnson County, IA	December 14, 2022 15:30	December 15, 2022 01:15	9h 45m	5,492	4,150
18	Polk County, IA	August 19, 2022 08:30	August 19, 2022 10:45	2h 15m	5,271	1,320
19	Polk County, IA	August 7, 2022 23:30	August 9, 2022 08:00	1d 8h	5,256	13K
20	Polk County, IA	July 5, 2022 11:45	July 6, 2022 01:45	14h	4,807	2,228
21	Polk County, IA	August 16, 2022 01:00	August 16, 2022 02:45	1h 45m	4,784	2,506
22	Story County, IA	October 27, 2022 16:30	October 27, 2022 17:30	1h	4,726	3,228
23	Pottawattamie County, IA	March 25, 2022 14:45	March 25, 2022 17:30	2h 45m	4,661	2,149
24	Johnson County, IA	June 28, 2022 13:00	June 29, 2022 00:45	11h 45m	4,645	3,079
25	Dallas County, IA	June 13, 2022 12:00	June 13, 2022 13:30	1h 30m	4,464	3,349

EAGLE-I tracked about 91% of Iowa's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Iowa by year:2025 2024 2023 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2022:ME FL WV NC VT AK MI VA

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.

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