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2022 Oregon Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Oregon customer went without power for about 7.0 hours, the 12th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
7.0
vs prior year
▼ 66%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
14.4M
Peak customers out
168,640
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
90%
of OR customers
Counties reporting
35

Oregon year over year

Oregon: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 3.2h; 2016: 2.8h; 2017: 3.7h; 2018: 2.0h, coverage 75%; 2019: 3.7h, coverage 86%; 2020: 8.7h, coverage 90%; 2021: 20.5h, coverage 90%; 2022: 7.0h, coverage 90%; 2023: 3.0h; 2024: 11.8h; 2025: 6.0h01020300%50%100%3.2h20152.8h20163.7h20172.0h20183.7h20198.7h202020.5h20217.0h20223.0h202311.8h20246.0h2025
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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 Oregon; December was the worst.

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Oregon customer-hours without power by month, 2022Jan 1.2M, Feb 214K, Mar 424K, Apr 1.5M, May 385K, Jun 493K, Jul 495K, Aug 683K, Sep 2.4M, Oct 578K, Nov 1.2M, Dec 4.8M02M4M6M1.2MJan214KFeb424KMar1.5MApr385KMay493KJun495KJul683KAug2.4MSep578KOct1.2MNov4.8MDec
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All 35 Oregon counties, 2022

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Wallowa County26.6108K4,0794,079258
2Tillamook County24.5519K21,19016,730207
3Clatsop County18.7435K23,30216,760547
4Clackamas County15.02.7M183,59037,223485
5Lincoln County11.7368K31,57711,248190
6Coos County11.6470K40,67014,226284
7Josephine County10.2498K48,98712,394772
8Yamhill County10.0481K47,9228,081542
9Curry County8.4140K16,67010,797307
10Marion County8.1831K102,06220,242592
11Polk County7.8248K31,80315,895502
12Multnomah County7.73.0M388,77267,481532
13Linn County7.0491K70,43011,259782
14Grant County6.028K4,6484,377129
15Washington County5.71.5M268,60340,396564
16Jefferson County5.079K16,0068,569382
17Benton County4.9239K48,4568,096599
18Union County4.367K15,6254,745340
19Lane County4.2727K174,2637,030138
20Crook County4.137K9,0931,655392
21Klamath County3.4133K39,61431,042774
22Douglas County3.2212K66,05113,096594
23Jackson County3.2396K125,3188,913807
24Hood River County3.123K7,2307,182214
25Umatilla County3.0132K43,2752,229721
26Deschutes County2.4332K141,07134,638753
27Baker County2.020K10,0981,031214
28Sherman County1.72,4521,40428671
29Morrow County1.517K10,8881,990249
30Lake County1.36,2414,99271586
31Harney County1.26,9925,6052,554101
32Malheur County1.222K18,1643,063108
33Gilliam County1.01,6321,64019744
34Wasco County0.79,15113,36869551
35Columbia County0.13,95428,3127429

Biggest Oregon outages of 2022

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Multnomah County, ORApril 10, 2022 22:45April 15, 2022 15:154d 16h67,481713K
2Washington County, ORDecember 25, 2022 22:45January 1, 2023 00:006d 1h40,396533K
3Clackamas County, ORDecember 27, 2022 01:15January 1, 2023 00:004d 22h37,223760K
4Deschutes County, ORAugust 9, 2022 13:45August 10, 2022 08:4519h34,63828K
5Multnomah County, ORDecember 27, 2022 02:00January 1, 2023 00:004d 22h31,521631K
6Klamath County, ORJune 6, 2022 13:00June 6, 2022 16:003h31,04224K
7Multnomah County, ORNovember 2, 2022 04:15November 6, 2022 05:154d 1h22,621161K
8Marion County, ORDecember 26, 2022 19:30January 1, 2023 00:005d 4h20,242227K
9Clackamas County, ORSeptember 8, 2022 12:15October 5, 2022 00:4526d 12h18,782929K
10Clackamas County, ORJanuary 4, 2022 16:30January 10, 2022 14:305d 22h18,199125K
11Multnomah County, ORDecember 20, 2022 06:30December 27, 2022 01:006d 18h18,191236K
12Clatsop County, ORDecember 27, 2022 05:00December 30, 2022 20:303d 15h16,760235K
13Tillamook County, ORDecember 23, 2022 10:30January 1, 2023 00:008d 13h16,730399K
14Polk County, ORJune 10, 2022 10:15June 10, 2022 22:3012h 15m15,89550K
15Coos County, ORJanuary 1, 2022 00:00January 9, 2022 15:158d 15h14,226251K
16Douglas County, OROctober 30, 2022 03:00October 30, 2022 07:454h 45m13,09611K
17Clackamas County, ORApril 4, 2022 04:00April 14, 2022 03:159d 23h12,652153K
18Josephine County, ORDecember 27, 2022 07:00December 31, 2022 03:153d 20h12,394275K
19Multnomah County, ORJanuary 4, 2022 11:45January 9, 2022 00:004d 12h12,35834K
20Clatsop County, ORJanuary 2, 2022 19:45January 4, 2022 01:451d 6h12,33629K
21Clatsop County, ORJanuary 6, 2022 23:45January 8, 2022 01:301d 1h11,8568,796
22Multnomah County, ORNovember 6, 2022 07:15November 9, 2022 05:452d 22h11,499100K
23Linn County, ORNovember 7, 2022 15:30November 8, 2022 06:3015h11,2593,346
24Lincoln County, ORJune 21, 2022 06:45June 21, 2022 07:0015m11,2482,812
25Lincoln County, ORJanuary 1, 2022 00:00January 9, 2022 15:158d 15h10,92185K
EAGLE-I tracked about 90% of Oregon'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.
Oregon by year:2025202420232021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2022:MEFLWVNCVTAKMIVA

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.

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