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2023 Washington Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Washington customer went without power for about 2.6 hours, the 36th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.6
vs prior year
▼ 60%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
9.1M
Peak customers out
57,520
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
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, 2023

Customer-hours without power across Washington; November was the worst.

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Washington customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 1.2M, Feb 761K, Mar 398K, Apr 404K, May 597K, Jun 615K, Jul 691K, Aug 828K, Sep 968K, Oct 419K, Nov 1.3M, Dec 874K0500k1M1.5M1.2MJan761KFeb398KMar404KApr597KMay615KJun691KJul828KAug968KSep419KOct1.3MNov874KDec
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All 33 Washington counties, 2023

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 County22.3347K15,56914,753240
2Ferry County9.957K5,8071,244239
3Lincoln County9.862K6,3072,645414
4Garfield County8.17,843968274142
5Stevens County6.4195K30,6714,733633
6Whatcom County5.7324K56,7477,376753
7Clallam County5.4236K43,7268,962340
8Jefferson County5.1139K27,3223,065295
9Skagit County4.5277K62,2165,883615
10Mason County4.2158K37,5293,391827
11Kitsap County3.8482K126,2426,166700
12Pierce County3.7701K190,28257,100686
13Lewis County3.4184K53,91911,418452
14King County3.33.1M963,74435,807154
15Kittitas County2.860K21,05510,749262
16Thurston County2.7382K141,0179,922687
17Island County2.4212K87,1963,631534
18Benton County2.1172K80,35117,777629
19Pend Oreille County2.120K9,346386109
20Douglas County2.133K15,7541,391346
21Spokane County1.9406K217,3519,419665
22Columbia County1.63,1931,960895105
23Clark County1.6337K210,59533,777684
24Adams County1.523K14,910833241
25Yakima County1.5183K120,5016,561801
26Whitman County1.467K47,4093,807429
27Walla Walla County1.341K30,0503,622527
28Asotin County1.225K20,7973,274216
29Snohomish County1.1719K638,02916,216924
30Chelan County1.154K50,4561,82920
31Cowlitz County0.736K50,7511,013216
32Franklin County0.14,70532,73422074
33Grant County0.14,92650,66724670

Biggest Washington outages of 2023

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Pierce County, WANovember 15, 2023 17:00November 16, 2023 08:3015h 30m57,10078K
2King County, WAJanuary 9, 2023 10:15January 22, 2023 19:1513d 9h35,807277K
3Clark County, WAJanuary 10, 2023 09:15January 11, 2023 00:0014h 45m33,77734K
4King County, WANovember 30, 2023 15:30December 14, 2023 13:4513d 22h32,985226K
5Clark County, WAJuly 25, 2023 13:30July 25, 2023 20:457h 15m27,51540K
6King County, WAOctober 30, 2023 15:45November 6, 2023 04:006d 12h26,838201K
7Clark County, WAMay 16, 2023 00:00May 16, 2023 13:3013h 30m22,02934K
8King County, WAJanuary 4, 2023 15:45January 7, 2023 08:002d 16h21,938368K
9Pierce County, WANovember 11, 2023 07:15November 14, 2023 09:153d 2h18,31171K
10Pierce County, WASeptember 14, 2023 12:15September 15, 2023 06:4518h 30m18,0434,893
11Benton County, WAFebruary 18, 2023 19:30February 22, 2023 02:303d 7h17,77723K
12King County, WANovember 11, 2023 03:45November 15, 2023 14:154d 10h16,708152K
13Snohomish County, WAFebruary 26, 2023 06:45February 27, 2023 06:1523h 30m16,21629K
14King County, WAFebruary 3, 2023 17:30February 11, 2023 06:157d 12h15,47862K
15San Juan County, WASeptember 25, 2023 13:30September 26, 2023 22:301d 9h14,753113K
16San Juan County, WASeptember 28, 2023 05:15September 28, 2023 11:156h14,73856K
17San Juan County, WASeptember 27, 2023 05:15September 27, 2023 11:156h14,73888K
18King County, WANovember 6, 2023 06:00November 8, 2023 15:152d 9h14,60012K
19King County, WANovember 25, 2023 12:30November 30, 2023 14:155d 1h14,194113K
20Pierce County, WAOctober 7, 2023 04:30October 9, 2023 23:302d 19h12,39417K
21King County, WAAugust 6, 2023 14:15August 19, 2023 09:1512d 19h11,801137K
22King County, WAFebruary 20, 2023 15:15February 22, 2023 13:301d 22h11,66779K
23Snohomish County, WAOctober 26, 2023 05:15October 26, 2023 09:304h 15m11,6253,080
24Lewis County, WAMay 15, 2023 23:00May 16, 2023 13:3014h 30m11,41811K
25King County, WAMarch 9, 2023 15:00March 25, 2023 02:4515d 11h10,88782K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Washington'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.
Washington by year:2025202420222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWVLAMS

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.