2024 Washington Power Outage Report
In 2024, the average Washington customer went without power for about 12.1 hours, the 11th worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
12.1
vs prior year
▲ 359%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
42.1M
Peak customers out
706,953
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of WA customers
Counties reporting
34
Washington year over year
All 34 Washington counties, 2024
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 | King County | 27.5 | 26.5M | 963,744 | 518,386 | 45 |
| 2 | Garfield County | 17.7 | 17K | 968 | 968 | 151 |
| 3 | Ferry County | 16.6 | 96K | 5,807 | 1,653 | 197 |
| 4 | Clallam County | 14.7 | 641K | 43,726 | 19,331 | 567 |
| 5 | Island County | 11.7 | 1.0M | 87,196 | 41,350 | 505 |
| 6 | Kitsap County | 11.7 | 1.5M | 126,242 | 25,186 | 594 |
| 7 | Kittitas County | 11.5 | 243K | 21,055 | 8,531 | 256 |
| 8 | Pierce County | 10.8 | 2.1M | 190,282 | 42,334 | 488 |
| 9 | Skagit County | 10.0 | 621K | 62,216 | 7,206 | 519 |
| 10 | Whatcom County | 9.8 | 558K | 56,747 | 7,953 | 680 |
| 11 | Stevens County | 9.2 | 283K | 30,671 | 5,993 | 631 |
| 12 | Thurston County | 7.5 | 1.1M | 141,017 | 19,162 | 555 |
| 13 | Lewis County | 7.3 | 395K | 53,919 | 11,153 | 561 |
| 14 | Mason County | 7.1 | 267K | 37,529 | 9,672 | 766 |
| 15 | Jefferson County | 6.8 | 187K | 27,322 | 4,869 | 285 |
| 16 | Snohomish County | 6.6 | 4.2M | 638,029 | 108,734 | 853 |
| 17 | Cowlitz County | 5.1 | 260K | 50,751 | 7,598 | 639 |
| 18 | San Juan County | 5.0 | 79K | 15,569 | 4,464 | 237 |
| 19 | Walla Walla County | 4.1 | 124K | 30,050 | 7,364 | 552 |
| 20 | Lincoln County | 4.1 | 26K | 6,307 | 718 | 359 |
| 21 | Yakima County | 3.9 | 475K | 120,501 | 37,233 | 776 |
| 22 | Columbia County | 3.4 | 6,645 | 1,960 | 907 | 113 |
| 23 | Chelan County | 3.1 | 157K | 50,456 | 5,884 | 220 |
| 24 | Spokane County | 2.7 | 595K | 217,351 | 25,644 | 677 |
| 25 | Douglas County | 2.7 | 43K | 15,754 | 1,824 | 334 |
| 26 | Asotin County | 2.6 | 54K | 20,797 | 7,043 | 207 |
| 27 | Pend Oreille County | 2.3 | 21K | 9,346 | 662 | 141 |
| 28 | Clark County | 2.2 | 467K | 210,595 | 23,952 | 740 |
| 29 | Whitman County | 2.0 | 94K | 47,409 | 2,925 | 432 |
| 30 | Benton County | 0.8 | 67K | 80,351 | 5,820 | 748 |
| 31 | Adams County | 0.8 | 12K | 14,910 | 228 | 244 |
| 32 | Franklin County | 0.0 | 1,221 | 32,734 | 43 | 41 |
| 33 | Grant County | 0.0 | 669 | 50,667 | 57 | 25 |
| 34 | Okanogan County | 0.0 | 1 | 24,937 | 1 | 2 |
Biggest Washington outages of 2024
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King County, WA | November 8, 2024 17:00 | January 1, 2025 00:00 | 53d 7h | 518,386 | 22.9M |
| 2 | King County, WA | September 3, 2024 00:00 | September 16, 2024 11:45 | 13d 11h | 197,763 | 234K |
| 3 | Snohomish County, WA | November 19, 2024 22:00 | November 28, 2024 00:30 | 8d 2h | 108,734 | 2.9M |
| 4 | Snohomish County, WA | December 18, 2024 08:30 | December 18, 2024 17:45 | 9h 15m | 57,220 | 101K |
| 5 | King County, WA | August 10, 2024 08:45 | August 22, 2024 07:15 | 11d 22h | 49,126 | 413K |
| 6 | King County, WA | January 7, 2024 16:30 | January 21, 2024 04:15 | 13d 11h | 47,661 | 606K |
| 7 | King County, WA | June 1, 2024 14:00 | June 19, 2024 13:30 | 17d 23h | 45,235 | 441K |
| 8 | Pierce County, WA | December 9, 2024 16:30 | December 21, 2024 04:15 | 11d 11h | 42,334 | 281K |
| 9 | Island County, WA | December 11, 2024 19:45 | December 17, 2024 04:30 | 5d 8h | 41,350 | 449K |
| 10 | Island County, WA | November 4, 2024 11:00 | November 7, 2024 03:30 | 2d 16h | 38,750 | 92K |
| 11 | Island County, WA | February 28, 2024 11:30 | March 1, 2024 07:30 | 1d 20h | 37,402 | 25K |
| 12 | Yakima County, WA | May 30, 2024 14:45 | May 31, 2024 07:45 | 17h | 37,233 | 29K |
| 13 | King County, WA | March 8, 2024 15:00 | March 12, 2024 12:45 | 3d 21h | 32,362 | 166K |
| 14 | Pierce County, WA | January 9, 2024 04:15 | January 13, 2024 04:15 | 4d | 29,167 | 256K |
| 15 | Pierce County, WA | June 2, 2024 21:45 | June 12, 2024 04:15 | 9d 6h | 28,717 | 172K |
| 16 | Spokane County, WA | September 25, 2024 16:00 | September 28, 2024 09:15 | 2d 17h | 25,644 | 146K |
| 17 | Kitsap County, WA | November 20, 2024 04:15 | November 27, 2024 04:00 | 6d 23h | 25,186 | 441K |
| 18 | King County, WA | April 19, 2024 13:45 | April 22, 2024 11:45 | 2d 22h | 24,804 | 119K |
| 19 | Pierce County, WA | March 19, 2024 15:45 | March 20, 2024 06:00 | 14h 15m | 24,764 | 54K |
| 20 | Clark County, WA | March 26, 2024 16:00 | March 26, 2024 20:45 | 4h 45m | 23,952 | 24K |
| 21 | Pierce County, WA | November 19, 2024 16:15 | November 28, 2024 06:45 | 8d 14h | 23,731 | 354K |
| 22 | Clark County, WA | May 11, 2024 15:45 | May 11, 2024 16:45 | 1h | 21,473 | 9,671 |
| 23 | Snohomish County, WA | March 16, 2024 23:00 | March 17, 2024 04:00 | 5h | 21,431 | 10K |
| 24 | Yakima County, WA | June 21, 2024 14:45 | June 22, 2024 13:45 | 23h | 20,920 | 30K |
| 25 | Kitsap County, WA | December 11, 2024 15:30 | December 17, 2024 07:00 | 5d 15h | 20,721 | 205K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Washington's electricity customers in 2024; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.