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2023 Modoc County, CA Power Outage Report
In 2023, customers in Modoc County, CA went without power for an average of 1.1 hours, a total of 7,315 customer-hours (California average 7.9 hours). That ranks 54th worst of 57 California counties and 2632nd of 2,977 nationally.
Compared with CA, the US and 2022
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of California customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Modoc County, 2023
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 30, 2023 01:30 | May 30, 2023 01:45 | 15m | 1,226 | 307 |
| 2 | August 5, 2023 00:15 | August 5, 2023 04:45 | 4h 30m | 400 | 605 |
| 3 | August 6, 2023 01:45 | August 6, 2023 06:30 | 4h 45m | 400 | 1,588 |
| 4 | August 22, 2023 13:30 | August 22, 2023 15:00 | 1h 30m | 400 | 466 |
| 5 | December 2, 2023 23:15 | December 3, 2023 05:30 | 6h 15m | 343 | 2,059 |
| 6 | December 8, 2023 03:15 | December 8, 2023 04:45 | 1h 30m | 343 | 432 |
| 7 | January 8, 2023 18:00 | January 8, 2023 18:45 | 45m | 342 | 172 |
| 8 | October 9, 2023 14:45 | October 9, 2023 15:00 | 15m | 298 | 75 |
| 9 | February 24, 2023 01:00 | February 24, 2023 02:15 | 1h 15m | 96 | 120 |
| 10 | September 25, 2023 21:00 | September 25, 2023 21:45 | 45m | 75 | 38 |
Outage episodes by size in 2023: 8 reached 100+ customers, 1 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Modoc County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2023, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | 2023 | 8.2 hrs | 1.42 | 1.9 hrs | 0.99 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 2023 | 11.9 hrs | 2.22 | 4.3 hrs | 1.56 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Surprise Valley Electrification | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of California's customers in 2023; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 6,598 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Modoc County has data for 2017–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Modoc County, CA annual power outage report, 2023, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2023/california/modoc-county