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2022 Utah Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Utah customer went without power for about 2.7 hours — the 36th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.7
Peak customers out
119,719
Rank (worst state)
36th
Counties affected
20

Utah outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2022 highlighted.

1.0h20171.9h20182.5h20198.7h20202.6h20212.7h20222.5h20233.1h20243.1h2025

Hardest-hit Utah counties in 2022

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Utah County119,7192Salt Lake County22,4853Tooele County11,2374Weber County7,3225Davis County6,0306Cache County5,6097Box Elder County5,5628Washington County5,2699Carbon County4,62410Summit County4,46111Iron County4,45812Rich County3,76113Millard County3,04414Morgan County2,77215Uintah County2,56016Wasatch County2,47517Sanpete County2,34418Emery County2,32419Grand County1,75220Garfield County1,744

Biggest Utah outages of 2022

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Utah CountyMarch 24, 2022119,719
Utah CountyMarch 16, 202226,212
Salt Lake CountyNovember 7, 202222,485
Salt Lake CountyMarch 6, 202213,708
Tooele CountyApril 19, 202211,237
Salt Lake CountyJanuary 12, 20229,805
Utah CountyApril 19, 20229,728
Utah CountyApril 5, 20229,713
Salt Lake CountyApril 11, 20229,188
Utah CountyOctober 6, 20229,111
Utah by year:20252024202320212020201920182017
Other states in 2022:MENCFLWVVTAK

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.