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2022 Washington Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Washington customer went without power for about 6.6 hours, the 16th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
6.6
vs prior year
▼ 24%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
22.8M
Peak customers out
341,427
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
87%
of WA customers
Counties reporting
33

Washington year over year

Washington: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 9.1h; 2016: 3.2h; 2017: 3.3h; 2018: 2.1h, coverage 71%; 2019: 2.0h, coverage 86%; 2020: 4.2h, coverage 87%; 2021: 8.7h, coverage 87%; 2022: 6.6h, coverage 87%; 2023: 2.6h; 2024: 12.1h; 2025: 7.0h0510150%50%100%9.1h20153.2h20163.3h20172.1h20182.0h20194.2h20208.7h20216.6h20222.6h202312.1h20247.0h2025
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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 Washington; November was the worst.

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Washington customer-hours without power by month, 2022Jan 1.4M, Feb 454K, Mar 445K, Apr 1.5M, May 633K, Jun 549K, Jul 615K, Aug 751K, Sep 663K, Oct 706K, Nov 11.3M, Dec 3.9M05M10M15M1.4MJan454KFeb445KMar1.5MApr633KMay549KJun615KJul751KAug663KSep706KOct11.3MNov3.9MDec
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All 33 Washington counties, 2022

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1San Juan County32.2502K15,56914,732251
2Jefferson County26.7730K27,32218,119294
3Island County26.02.3M87,19636,879541
4Garfield County17.217K968968125
5Lincoln County16.1101K6,3074,212353
6Clallam County15.4675K43,72610,790391
7Kittitas County12.6266K21,0554,113264
8Ferry County11.667K5,8071,164257
9Stevens County11.4351K30,6716,615634
10Whatcom County10.5595K56,74712,732628
11Kitsap County10.31.3M126,24231,667593
12Snohomish County9.66.1M638,029166,046822
13Mason County9.3351K37,5295,450746
14Pierce County7.31.4M190,28226,845510
15Lewis County6.4343K53,91910,712361
16Skagit County5.8359K62,2164,937532
17Thurston County5.4763K141,01712,061590
18King County5.14.9M963,74464,404100
19Columbia County3.15,9801,9601,960104
20Clark County2.9610K210,59531,966724
21Douglas County2.641K15,7541,349340
22Spokane County2.3495K217,3517,220689
23Asotin County2.246K20,7971,421198
24Yakima County2.0238K120,50110,080801
25Whitman County1.779K47,4091,482391
26Benton County1.5117K80,35111,998666
27Adams County1.320K14,910572262
28Walla Walla County1.338K30,0504,627527
29Pend Oreille County0.87,6569,346236107
30Franklin County0.12,93432,73412376
31Cowlitz County0.14,03250,75157828
32Grant County0.12,62950,66714273
33Chelan County0.031550,4561086

Biggest Washington 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
1Snohomish County, WANovember 3, 2022 16:15November 5, 2022 09:451d 17h166,046645K
2Snohomish County, WANovember 5, 2022 11:45November 5, 2022 14:152h 30m144,105210K
3Snohomish County, WANovember 5, 2022 15:00November 13, 2022 00:007d 9h135,0503.7M
4King County, WAOctober 27, 2022 12:30November 13, 2022 07:4516d 19h64,404959K
5King County, WANovember 25, 2022 14:45December 14, 2022 05:4518d 15h63,606980K
6King County, WADecember 17, 2022 15:15January 1, 2023 00:0014d 8h54,759949K
7Snohomish County, WANovember 30, 2022 01:45December 5, 2022 11:455d 10h52,819753K
8Island County, WANovember 5, 2022 04:15November 13, 2022 04:007d 23h36,8792.0M
9Clark County, WADecember 27, 2022 13:30December 29, 2022 21:002d 7h31,966248K
10Kitsap County, WADecember 23, 2022 12:15December 30, 2022 01:006d 12h31,667274K
11King County, WAMarch 28, 2022 02:15April 16, 2022 06:4519d 4h29,996274K
12King County, WAMay 9, 2022 15:00May 22, 2022 05:1512d 14h26,989205K
13Pierce County, WAJuly 6, 2022 14:15July 29, 2022 10:4522d 20h26,845106K
14Pierce County, WANovember 3, 2022 15:45November 9, 2022 06:305d 14h26,185145K
15Clark County, WAJuly 26, 2022 19:00July 27, 2022 09:1514h 15m24,74314K
16Kitsap County, WANovember 29, 2022 19:30December 2, 2022 03:452d 8h19,109168K
17Island County, WAApril 4, 2022 05:00April 5, 2022 07:301d 2h18,99356K
18Jefferson County, WANovember 5, 2022 03:45November 11, 2022 00:155d 20h18,119458K
19Pierce County, WAApril 4, 2022 08:15April 7, 2022 10:303d 2h17,165150K
20Clark County, WAApril 11, 2022 09:15April 13, 2022 17:452d 8h16,233141K
21Pierce County, WAApril 24, 2022 10:30April 24, 2022 23:0012h 30m15,32858K
22King County, WAMay 5, 2022 13:15May 6, 2022 11:0021h 45m15,09926K
23San Juan County, WADecember 24, 2022 16:30December 25, 2022 01:459h 15m14,73291K
24San Juan County, WADecember 23, 2022 01:00December 24, 2022 14:451d 13h14,728155K
25San Juan County, WASeptember 16, 2022 06:45September 16, 2022 13:156h 30m14,55292K
EAGLE-I tracked about 87% of Washington'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.
Washington 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.