Cache County, Utah Power Outages, 2017 to 2023

Cache County, Utah had 6 major outages from 2017 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.25 times the US outage time per person and 0.66 times the Utah rate. It ranks 14 of 25 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 7 years of records.

0.9major outages per year

4 of 7years with a major outage

39 hrslongest major outage

Sep, Octhardest months

September and October made up 49% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Sep 8, 2020, reached 9,189 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 39.2 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2017	57,894	12	1
2018	31,743	22	0
2019	52,304	33	0
2020	173,219	22	1
2021	110,769	38	1
2022	44,395	34	0
2023	154,574	35	3

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Sep 8, 2020	39.2	9,189	135,366
Oct 12, 2021	20.8	8,369	61,605
May 14, 2023	10.0	14,856	49,868
Apr 29, 2017	15.0	2,808	42,120
Oct 1, 2023	10.8	5,121	36,343

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.