Outage Almanac

Oregon power outages

34 counties with outage records. Pick one to see its history.

Oregon averaged 1.12 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 14 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. February and September made up 55% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Tillamook County had the most outage time per resident of 32 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Tillamook County1.8743.39
2Clackamas County5.11442.73
3Lincoln County2.4972.23
4Marion County2.62022.07
5Clatsop County2.6511.83
6Douglas County1.92311.72
7Wallowa County0.9221.44
8Josephine County2.91121.22
9Curry County2.0261.19
10Linn County2.74971.04
10Multnomah County3.62661.04
12Yamhill County3.31321.02
13Polk County1.81381.00
14Jackson County2.32290.93
15Coos County1.6680.87
16Jefferson County0.7500.75
17Grant County0.6320.74
18Baker County0.3100.71
19Umatilla County1.9520.61
20Morrow County0.1500.57
21Benton County1.01040.53
22Union County0.7160.52
23Washington County1.71320.51
24Lane County1.05630.48
25Crook County1.0290.47
26Klamath County0.9620.44
27Deschutes County0.9500.28
28Malheur County0.290.26
29Harney County0.3150.19
30Hood River County0.3100.17
31Lake County0.0None0.14
32Wasco County0.2260.13

Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.

When outages hit Oregon

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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.