Power outage history
Douglas County Washington
2.8hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
22nd most of 31 in Washington 58% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Douglas's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2020 was the worst well-recorded year, at 5.9 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Douglas, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2020 | Windstorm | 1,059 | 7% | 3.2 d | 3.3 d | 62k |
| Nov 6, 2022 | Winter storm | 885 | 6% | 17 h | 5.0 h | 11k |
| Sep 9, 2019 | No storm report | 1,232 | 8% | 7.2 h | 7.0 h | 8.9k |
| Jan 12, 2024 | Winter storm | 1,237 | 8% | 14 h | 48 min | 7.2k |
| Aug 7, 2021 | Wildfire | 1,018 | 6% | 7.2 h | 6.0 h | 5.9k |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Winter storm | 848 | 5% | 13 h | 12 min | 5.5k |
| Aug 24, 2024 | No storm report | 1,287 | 8% | 6.0 h | 7.0 h | 4.3k |
| Nov 1, 2021 | No storm report | 1,181 | 8% | 4.0 h | 10 h | 4.3k |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Winter storm | 1,824 | 12% | 6.2 h | 3.5 h | 3.7k |
| Jan 15, 2020 | No storm report | 574 | 4% | 6.2 h | – | 3.6k |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Wildfire | 383 | 2% | 10 h | – | 3.4k |
| Jul 4, 2023 | No storm report | 1,215 | 8% | 2.8 h | 4.0 h | 3.3k |
| Jul 30, 2021 | No storm report | 1,040 | 7% | 9.2 h | 9.0 h | 3.3k |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Windstorm | 1,029 | 7% | 5.5 h | 3.2 h | 3.2k |
| Oct 14, 2021 | No storm report | 1,018 | 6% | 5.0 h | 9.5 h | 3.1k |
| Aug 30, 2023 | Wildfire | 1,391 | 9% | 2.2 h | 2.2 h | 3.0k |
| May 6, 2025 | No storm report | 1,105 | 7% | 2.8 h | 2.8 h | 3.0k |
| Jan 14, 2025 | No storm report | 316 | 2% | 9.5 h | – | 3.0k |
| Jul 21, 2025 | No storm report | 624 | 4% | 7.0 h | – | 2.7k |
| Nov 7, 2022 | Winter storm | 950 | 6% | 4.2 h | 3.0 h | 2.7k |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Wildfire | 1,090 | 7% | 2.5 h | 2.2 h | 2.7k |
| Aug 25, 2024 | No storm report | 1,251 | 8% | 2.2 h | 2.0 h | 2.6k |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Windstorm | 424 | 3% | 6.0 h | – | 2.5k |
| Aug 18, 2024 | No storm report | 449 | 3% | 6.8 h | – | 2.5k |
| Sep 22, 2025 | No storm report | 424 | 3% | 5.8 h | – | 2.4k |
| Jan 23, 2021 | No storm report | 2,682 | 17% | 1.5 h | 1.2 h | 2.3k |
| Mar 5, 2023 | No storm report | 317 | 2% | 7.2 h | – | 2.3k |
| Aug 15, 2021 | Wildfire | 1,247 | 8% | 1.8 h | 2.8 h | 2.2k |
| Aug 20, 2021 | Wildfire | 1,263 | 8% | 3.2 h | 12 min | 2.2k |
| Jun 11, 2022 | No storm report | 1,021 | 6% | 2.0 h | 1.2 h | 2.0k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Douglas from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 44%
- Windstorm 28%
- Winter storm 13%
- Wildfire 13%
- Thunderstorms 0.8%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Douglas
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Washington territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUD No 2 of Grant County | Political Subdivision | 84 | – | 0.42 | 6.2 | 43k |
| Nespelem Valley Elec Coop, Inc | WA | 192 | – | 0.80 | – | 18k |
| PUD No 1 of Douglas County | Political Subdivision | – | – | – | 3.2 | 17k |
| City of Coulee Dam | WA | – | – | – | – | 12k |
| Bonneville Power Administration | Federal | – | – | – | – | – |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 15,754 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →