Power Out Map
– 0% of Douglas out 0 customers out in Nevada

Power outage history

Douglas County Nevada

8.2hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

3rd most of 12 in Nevada 1.2× the national median

Worst outage on record Dec 31, 2022 39% of customers out · 90% back in 2.3 days
Hours without power, average customer per year 8.2h / yr State average 2.1 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 4.9 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 2hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 3.7days Dec 31, 2022, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 61% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2023 17 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 24,125 ORNL customer model · 8 well-covered years

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.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
0%100% of customers out

Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

2023 was the worst well-recorded year, at 17 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Douglas, hours without power per customer

DouglasUS median countyNevada average
0 5 10 15 20 3.0 ’15 3.2 ’16 12 ’17 2.1 ’18 4.3 ’19 2.6 ’20 9.3 ’21 7.5 ’22 17 ’23 7.8 ’24 15 ’25 US 6.6 NV 2.1

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
Dec 31, 2022 Winter storm 9,505 39% 3.7 d 2.3 d 330k
Feb 9, 2017 Windstorm 8,607 36% 47 h 6.8 h 104k
Jul 25, 2025 Thunderstorms 1,995 8% 3.6 d 38 h 70k
Dec 10, 2022 Winter storm 5,617 23% 2.0 d 38 h 64k
Jul 21, 2021 No storm report 1,374 6% 2.3 d 11 h 45k
Nov 5, 2025 Windstorm 6,368 26% 13 h 5.5 h 45k
Jun 1, 2024 No storm report 14,036 58% 3.5 h 3.0 h 44k
Jun 27, 2015 Thunderstorms 7,215 30% 8.0 h 7.5 h 36k
Jul 23, 2024 No storm report 14,331 59% 4.5 h 3.5 h 36k
May 12, 2025 Windstorm 7,491 31% 8.5 h 2.8 h 36k
Dec 23, 2021 Winter storm 3,596 15% 32 h 9.5 h 34k
Nov 21, 2022 No storm report 19,982 83% 2.0 h 2.0 h 32k

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.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +4h 90% by +8h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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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.

  • Winter storm 42%
  • No storm on record 39%
  • Windstorm 11%
  • Thunderstorms 5.6%
  • Wildfire 1.9%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Douglas

As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Nevada territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.

Utility Type Outage min / yr Excl. major storms Outages / yr Residential ¢/kWh Customers
Sierra Pacific Power Co Investor Owned 288 240 2.51 13.7 335k

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

Across Nevada

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

All Nevada 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 24,125 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 →