2022 Nevada Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Nevada customer went without power for about 1.7 hours, the 44th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.7
vs prior year
▲ 0%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
2.4M
Peak customers out
24,874
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
97%
of NV customers
Counties reporting
15
Nevada year over year
All 15 Nevada counties, 2022
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 | 16.3 | 36K | 2,219 | 2,219 | 75 |
| 2 | Lander County | 12.4 | 37K | 2,984 | 1,710 | 262 |
| 3 | Douglas County | 8.4 | 203K | 24,125 | 22,149 | 457 |
| 4 | Pershing County | 7.9 | 21K | 2,671 | 1,825 | 123 |
| 5 | Elko County | 7.6 | 56K | 7,290 | 7,152 | 336 |
| 6 | Humboldt County | 5.3 | 50K | 9,456 | 2,168 | 378 |
| 7 | Eureka County | 4.1 | 7,876 | 1,938 | 369 | 44 |
| 8 | Washoe County | 3.0 | 734K | 244,311 | 15,388 | 961 |
| 9 | Nye County | 2.4 | 63K | 26,896 | 8,146 | 672 |
| 10 | Lyon County | 1.6 | 45K | 28,135 | 3,503 | 457 |
| 11 | Churchill County | 1.4 | 17K | 12,212 | 824 | 241 |
| 12 | Carson City | 1.4 | 41K | 30,607 | 6,214 | 331 |
| 13 | Storey County | 1.1 | 6,623 | 6,273 | 359 | 35 |
| 14 | Clark County | 1.0 | 1.1M | 1,008,802 | 16,373 | 742 |
| 15 | Esmeralda County | - | 9,541 | - | 405 | 49 |
Biggest Nevada outages of 2022
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas County, NV | November 21, 2022 13:30 | November 21, 2022 17:00 | 3h 30m | 22,149 | 53K |
| 2 | Clark County, NV | July 28, 2022 02:45 | August 2, 2022 07:30 | 5d 4h | 16,373 | 110K |
| 3 | Washoe County, NV | December 30, 2022 18:45 | January 1, 2023 00:00 | 1d 5h | 15,388 | 30K |
| 4 | Clark County, NV | December 4, 2022 15:00 | December 5, 2022 12:00 | 21h | 15,184 | 29K |
| 5 | Washoe County, NV | May 13, 2022 07:00 | May 13, 2022 09:00 | 2h | 13,178 | 22K |
| 6 | Clark County, NV | August 11, 2022 11:45 | August 17, 2022 21:15 | 6d 9h | 12,808 | 71K |
| 7 | Washoe County, NV | January 3, 2022 18:00 | January 6, 2022 12:45 | 2d 18h | 12,660 | 110K |
| 8 | Clark County, NV | July 14, 2022 14:15 | July 16, 2022 06:15 | 1d 16h | 12,198 | 14K |
| 9 | Clark County, NV | February 15, 2022 13:45 | February 16, 2022 12:15 | 22h 30m | 11,152 | 5,001 |
| 10 | Clark County, NV | June 8, 2022 12:30 | June 11, 2022 10:30 | 2d 22h | 10,856 | 11K |
| 11 | Washoe County, NV | August 4, 2022 01:00 | August 4, 2022 08:15 | 7h 15m | 9,490 | 22K |
| 12 | Douglas County, NV | October 5, 2022 15:45 | October 6, 2022 01:30 | 9h 45m | 9,178 | 10K |
| 13 | Washoe County, NV | September 26, 2022 09:30 | September 27, 2022 12:45 | 1d 3h | 8,831 | 9,431 |
| 14 | Washoe County, NV | August 18, 2022 04:15 | August 18, 2022 19:15 | 15h | 8,745 | 24K |
| 15 | Clark County, NV | March 26, 2022 10:45 | March 28, 2022 07:15 | 1d 20h | 8,469 | 9,814 |
| 16 | Nye County, NV | December 29, 2022 15:15 | December 29, 2022 17:45 | 2h 30m | 8,146 | 5,145 |
| 17 | Washoe County, NV | May 19, 2022 01:15 | May 19, 2022 03:00 | 1h 45m | 8,135 | 9,009 |
| 18 | Washoe County, NV | July 30, 2022 04:45 | July 30, 2022 09:15 | 4h 30m | 7,724 | 15K |
| 19 | Elko County, NV | February 17, 2022 18:45 | February 17, 2022 19:00 | 15m | 7,152 | 1,788 |
| 20 | Washoe County, NV | November 1, 2022 15:30 | November 2, 2022 11:00 | 19h 30m | 7,065 | 10K |
| 21 | Nye County, NV | October 12, 2022 06:15 | October 12, 2022 19:45 | 13h 30m | 6,969 | 22K |
| 22 | Washoe County, NV | November 7, 2022 08:00 | November 8, 2022 06:45 | 22h 45m | 6,649 | 29K |
| 23 | Washoe County, NV | August 14, 2022 09:30 | August 14, 2022 21:00 | 11h 30m | 6,405 | 40K |
| 24 | Clark County, NV | November 10, 2022 12:00 | November 10, 2022 22:15 | 10h 15m | 6,394 | 4,901 |
| 25 | Clark County, NV | October 12, 2022 06:30 | October 12, 2022 12:00 | 5h 30m | 6,388 | 25K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 97% of Nevada'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.
Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.