2022 Utah Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Utah customer went without power for about 2.7 hours, the 37th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.7
vs prior year
▲ 5%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
3.5M
Peak customers out
119,973
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
80%
of UT customers
Counties reporting
26
Utah year over year
All 26 Utah 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 | Rich County | 20.6 | 20K | 980 | 980 | 124 |
| 2 | Morgan County | 12.2 | 35K | 2,901 | 2,772 | 145 |
| 3 | Piute County | 9.4 | 6,073 | 643 | 643 | 49 |
| 4 | Beaver County | 7.6 | 11K | 1,434 | 467 | 185 |
| 5 | Garfield County | 7.5 | 31K | 4,065 | 1,744 | 56 |
| 6 | Juab County | 7.4 | 12K | 1,654 | 1,586 | 111 |
| 7 | Summit County | 6.8 | 124K | 18,106 | 4,461 | 564 |
| 8 | Sanpete County | 6.2 | 31K | 4,998 | 2,344 | 215 |
| 9 | Weber County | 4.2 | 430K | 103,528 | 7,322 | 834 |
| 10 | Tooele County | 4.0 | 115K | 28,885 | 11,237 | 795 |
| 11 | Millard County | 4.0 | 17K | 4,388 | 3,044 | 255 |
| 12 | Carbon County | 3.9 | 15K | 3,849 | 3,849 | 202 |
| 13 | Grand County | 3.7 | 15K | 3,998 | 1,752 | 263 |
| 14 | Utah County | 3.7 | 877K | 239,289 | 119,719 | 295 |
| 15 | Iron County | 3.3 | 87K | 26,673 | 4,458 | 499 |
| 16 | Box Elder County | 3.1 | 72K | 23,064 | 5,562 | 467 |
| 17 | Emery County | 2.9 | 11K | 3,853 | 2,324 | 225 |
| 18 | Salt Lake County | 2.3 | 1.2M | 494,047 | 22,485 | 454 |
| 19 | Wasatch County | 2.0 | 39K | 19,626 | 2,475 | 168 |
| 20 | Uintah County | 2.0 | 22K | 11,374 | 2,560 | 350 |
| 21 | Davis County | 1.5 | 193K | 129,095 | 6,030 | 869 |
| 22 | Sevier County | 1.3 | 11K | 8,108 | 544 | 262 |
| 23 | Cache County | 1.2 | 59K | 49,744 | 5,609 | 467 |
| 24 | Washington County | 0.8 | 64K | 78,883 | 5,269 | 368 |
| 25 | San Juan County | 0.7 | 3,744 | 5,137 | 330 | 106 |
| 26 | Duchesne County | 0.1 | 589 | 6,214 | 42 | 5 |
Biggest Utah 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 | Utah County, UT | March 24, 2022 15:30 | March 27, 2022 00:00 | 2d 8h | 119,719 | 361K |
| 2 | Utah County, UT | March 16, 2022 16:45 | March 18, 2022 23:30 | 2d 6h | 26,212 | 152K |
| 3 | Salt Lake County, UT | November 7, 2022 05:45 | November 8, 2022 08:30 | 1d 2h | 22,485 | 49K |
| 4 | Salt Lake County, UT | March 6, 2022 00:15 | March 12, 2022 07:45 | 6d 7h | 13,708 | 154K |
| 5 | Tooele County, UT | April 19, 2022 23:45 | April 20, 2022 19:00 | 19h 15m | 11,237 | 15K |
| 6 | Salt Lake County, UT | January 12, 2022 15:15 | January 13, 2022 06:15 | 15h | 9,805 | 15K |
| 7 | Utah County, UT | April 19, 2022 15:15 | April 20, 2022 02:15 | 11h | 9,728 | 2,583 |
| 8 | Utah County, UT | April 5, 2022 17:15 | April 6, 2022 04:45 | 11h 30m | 9,713 | 2,462 |
| 9 | Salt Lake County, UT | April 11, 2022 08:45 | April 14, 2022 06:00 | 2d 21h | 9,188 | 15K |
| 10 | Utah County, UT | October 6, 2022 15:00 | October 6, 2022 23:15 | 8h 15m | 9,111 | 17K |
| 11 | Salt Lake County, UT | February 15, 2022 14:00 | February 16, 2022 10:45 | 20h 45m | 8,243 | 4,445 |
| 12 | Salt Lake County, UT | April 20, 2022 09:45 | April 21, 2022 07:45 | 22h | 7,921 | 13K |
| 13 | Salt Lake County, UT | December 23, 2022 12:00 | December 24, 2022 14:00 | 1d 2h | 7,795 | 17K |
| 14 | Salt Lake County, UT | May 13, 2022 10:45 | May 14, 2022 07:45 | 21h | 7,385 | 9,664 |
| 15 | Weber County, UT | August 19, 2022 06:00 | August 20, 2022 23:15 | 1d 17h | 7,322 | 5,082 |
| 16 | Salt Lake County, UT | March 23, 2022 13:45 | March 24, 2022 04:00 | 14h 15m | 6,136 | 7,309 |
| 17 | Utah County, UT | July 21, 2022 11:30 | August 16, 2022 03:00 | 25d 15h | 6,118 | 58K |
| 18 | Davis County, UT | October 8, 2022 19:15 | October 9, 2022 01:30 | 6h 15m | 6,030 | 7,790 |
| 19 | Weber County, UT | July 2, 2022 01:45 | July 2, 2022 09:00 | 7h 15m | 6,013 | 4,367 |
| 20 | Utah County, UT | August 21, 2022 20:15 | August 24, 2022 06:30 | 2d 10h | 5,949 | 4,989 |
| 21 | Salt Lake County, UT | August 20, 2022 14:15 | August 21, 2022 07:45 | 17h 30m | 5,934 | 6,611 |
| 22 | Salt Lake County, UT | March 19, 2022 08:00 | March 20, 2022 09:30 | 1d 1h | 5,834 | 1,728 |
| 23 | Weber County, UT | August 12, 2022 14:00 | August 12, 2022 19:15 | 5h 15m | 5,655 | 14K |
| 24 | Cache County, UT | December 20, 2022 06:45 | December 20, 2022 09:30 | 2h 45m | 5,609 | 3,579 |
| 25 | Box Elder County, UT | March 23, 2022 14:15 | March 23, 2022 17:45 | 3h 30m | 5,562 | 6,792 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 80% of Utah'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.