Power Out Map
– 0% of Ferry out 0 customers out in Washington

Power outage history

Ferry County Washington

17hours

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

2nd most of 31 in Washington 2.5× the national median

Worst outage on record Sep 7, 2020 38% of customers out · 90% back in 2.8 days
Hours without power, average customer per year 17h / yr State average 5.3 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 8.0 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 5hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 5.1days Sep 7, 2020, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 54% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2020 35 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 5,807 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 Ferry'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

2020 was the worst well-recorded year, at 35 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Ferry, hours without power per customer

FerryUS median countyWashington average
0 10 20 30 40 ’15 6.2 ’16 12 ’17 21 ’18 6.1 ’19 35 ’20 14 ’21 12 ’22 9.9 ’23 17 ’24 18 ’25 US 6.6 WA 5.3

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 Wildfire 2,203 38% 5.1 d 2.8 d 112k
Aug 11, 2018 Wildfire 1,411 24% 2.3 d 8.0 h 50k
Nov 13, 2020 Winter storm 2,608 45% 41 h 29 h 35k
Aug 23, 2024 No storm report 1,653 28% 26 h 17 h 33k
Jan 24, 2018 Winter storm 1,642 28% 29 h 31 h 30k
Dec 17, 2025 Windstorm 845 15% 2.5 d 2.2 d 26k
Sep 25, 2017 No storm report 1,979 34% 11 h 11 h 21k
Nov 7, 2022 Winter storm 1,012 17% 42 h 41 h 19k
Jun 8, 2023 Thunderstorms 1,244 21% 16 h 14 h 18k
Apr 16, 2025 No storm report 1,224 21% 18 h 22 h 17k
Nov 15, 2021 Windstorm 1,314 23% 19 h 11 h 16k
Apr 18, 2025 No storm report 1,022 18% 11 h 17 h 11k

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 +14h 90% by +18h

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 Ferry from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • No storm on record 46%
  • Wildfire 29%
  • Winter storm 16%
  • Windstorm 6.1%
  • Thunderstorms 2.6%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Ferry

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
Avista Corp Investor Owned 200 119 0.97 14.2 247k
PUD No 1 of Ferry County WA – – – 10.7 37k
Nespelem Valley Elec Coop, Inc WA 192 – 0.80 – 18k
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

Across Washington

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

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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 5,807 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 →