2023 Utah Power Outage Report
In 2023, the average Utah customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 38th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.5
vs prior year
▼ 9%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
3.1M
Peak customers out
19,752
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of UT customers
Counties reporting
26
Utah year over year
All 26 Utah counties, 2023
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 | 22.9 | 22K | 980 | 980 | 182 |
| 2 | Beaver County | 13.0 | 19K | 1,434 | 1,434 | 207 |
| 3 | Grand County | 11.7 | 47K | 3,998 | 3,998 | 193 |
| 4 | Summit County | 9.2 | 166K | 18,106 | 4,674 | 573 |
| 5 | Morgan County | 7.8 | 23K | 2,901 | 2,881 | 179 |
| 6 | Carbon County | 7.4 | 29K | 3,849 | 1,959 | 235 |
| 7 | Piute County | 5.5 | 3,511 | 643 | 633 | 59 |
| 8 | Weber County | 3.9 | 408K | 103,528 | 7,937 | 726 |
| 9 | Sanpete County | 3.9 | 19K | 4,998 | 927 | 233 |
| 10 | Box Elder County | 3.8 | 88K | 23,064 | 1,744 | 509 |
| 11 | Juab County | 3.5 | 5,819 | 1,654 | 441 | 120 |
| 12 | Cache County | 3.5 | 173K | 49,744 | 14,856 | 552 |
| 13 | Tooele County | 2.5 | 73K | 28,885 | 3,481 | 729 |
| 14 | Millard County | 2.5 | 11K | 4,388 | 1,239 | 269 |
| 15 | Iron County | 2.4 | 63K | 26,673 | 3,271 | 492 |
| 16 | Salt Lake County | 2.3 | 1.2M | 494,047 | 15,397 | 425 |
| 17 | Garfield County | 2.1 | 8,401 | 4,065 | 1,752 | 49 |
| 18 | Utah County | 1.9 | 453K | 239,289 | 19,014 | 364 |
| 19 | Emery County | 1.9 | 7,197 | 3,853 | 748 | 191 |
| 20 | Wasatch County | 1.8 | 36K | 19,626 | 2,586 | 250 |
| 21 | San Juan County | 1.8 | 9,137 | 5,137 | 681 | 91 |
| 22 | Davis County | 1.6 | 202K | 129,095 | 6,037 | 895 |
| 23 | Uintah County | 1.4 | 16K | 11,374 | 449 | 374 |
| 24 | Washington County | 1.2 | 92K | 78,883 | 5,475 | 383 |
| 25 | Sevier County | 0.9 | 6,945 | 8,108 | 494 | 235 |
| 26 | Duchesne County | 0.0 | 27 | 6,214 | 4 | 3 |
Biggest Utah outages of 2023
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 | August 2, 2023 09:15 | August 9, 2023 10:45 | 7d 1h | 19,014 | 39K |
| 2 | Utah County, UT | October 31, 2023 02:15 | October 31, 2023 09:00 | 6h 45m | 17,106 | 4,297 |
| 3 | Salt Lake County, UT | March 10, 2023 07:45 | March 12, 2023 11:15 | 2d 3h | 15,397 | 80K |
| 4 | Cache County, UT | May 14, 2023 04:00 | May 15, 2023 04:45 | 1d | 14,856 | 51K |
| 5 | Salt Lake County, UT | November 14, 2023 14:30 | November 15, 2023 12:00 | 21h 30m | 14,828 | 15K |
| 6 | Salt Lake County, UT | July 30, 2023 09:45 | August 2, 2023 09:30 | 2d 23h | 11,634 | 41K |
| 7 | Utah County, UT | July 18, 2023 15:00 | August 2, 2023 03:00 | 14d 12h | 11,476 | 70K |
| 8 | Salt Lake County, UT | January 1, 2023 09:30 | January 7, 2023 07:30 | 5d 22h | 11,396 | 179K |
| 9 | Utah County, UT | December 22, 2023 01:30 | December 22, 2023 13:00 | 11h 30m | 8,135 | 2,060 |
| 10 | Weber County, UT | October 21, 2023 10:00 | October 21, 2023 23:00 | 13h | 7,937 | 31K |
| 11 | Utah County, UT | February 18, 2023 17:15 | February 19, 2023 00:30 | 7h 15m | 7,122 | 8,917 |
| 12 | Salt Lake County, UT | September 7, 2023 14:00 | September 9, 2023 10:45 | 1d 20h | 6,808 | 12K |
| 13 | Cache County, UT | August 22, 2023 03:15 | August 22, 2023 14:15 | 11h | 6,343 | 26K |
| 14 | Davis County, UT | February 6, 2023 06:15 | February 6, 2023 15:15 | 9h | 6,037 | 11K |
| 15 | Salt Lake County, UT | April 17, 2023 13:15 | April 20, 2023 04:15 | 2d 15h | 5,865 | 18K |
| 16 | Weber County, UT | July 3, 2023 18:45 | July 5, 2023 04:45 | 1d 10h | 5,530 | 11K |
| 17 | Washington County, UT | January 31, 2023 15:30 | January 31, 2023 21:45 | 6h 15m | 5,475 | 7,621 |
| 18 | Davis County, UT | October 23, 2023 11:45 | October 24, 2023 05:15 | 17h 30m | 5,472 | 8,291 |
| 19 | Salt Lake County, UT | October 30, 2023 14:15 | October 31, 2023 10:30 | 20h 15m | 5,212 | 1,919 |
| 20 | Cache County, UT | October 1, 2023 01:45 | October 1, 2023 15:30 | 13h 45m | 5,121 | 38K |
| 21 | Salt Lake County, UT | July 1, 2023 12:00 | July 5, 2023 04:45 | 3d 16h | 5,053 | 22K |
| 22 | Salt Lake County, UT | March 28, 2023 13:30 | April 1, 2023 07:30 | 3d 18h | 5,047 | 22K |
| 23 | Weber County, UT | June 6, 2023 23:00 | June 8, 2023 08:15 | 1d 9h | 5,046 | 10K |
| 24 | Salt Lake County, UT | December 27, 2023 15:30 | December 28, 2023 03:00 | 11h 30m | 5,008 | 5,328 |
| 25 | Washington County, UT | May 12, 2023 22:45 | May 13, 2023 02:30 | 3h 45m | 4,881 | 7,323 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Utah's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.