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2023 Utah Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Utah customer went without power for about 2.5 hours — the 38th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.5
Peak customers out
19,014
Rank (worst state)
38th
Counties affected
20

Utah outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2023 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Utah counties in 2023

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

1Utah County19,0142Salt Lake County15,3973Cache County14,8564Weber County7,9375Davis County6,0376Washington County5,4757Summit County4,6748Grand County4,5519Rich County3,87810Tooele County3,48111Iron County3,27112Morgan County2,88113Wasatch County2,58614Beaver County2,49015Carbon County1,95916Garfield County1,75217Box Elder County1,74418Millard County1,23919Sanpete County92720Emery County748

Biggest Utah outages of 2023

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Utah CountyAugust 2, 202319,014
Utah CountyOctober 31, 202317,106
Salt Lake CountyMarch 10, 202315,397
Cache CountyMay 14, 202314,856
Salt Lake CountyNovember 14, 202314,828
Salt Lake CountyJuly 30, 202311,634
Utah CountyJuly 18, 202311,476
Salt Lake CountyJanuary 1, 202311,396
Utah CountyDecember 22, 20238,135
Weber CountyOctober 21, 20237,937
Utah by year:20252024202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWV

Part of the 2023 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.