Tooele County, Utah Power Outages, 2017 to 2023

Tooele County, Utah had 4 major outages from 2017 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.30 times the US outage time per person and 0.78 times the Utah rate. It ranks 10 of 25 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 7 years of records.

0.6major outages per year

3 of 7years with a major outage

24 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Aprhardest months

June and April made up 28% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jun 6, 2020, reached 1,778 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 24.5 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Utah counties

MostLeast

Outage impact by year

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

25K

50K

75K

100K

2017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2017	48,839	12	0
2018	52,617	25	1
2019	29,246	36	0
2020	69,610	29	2
2021	86,212	37	1
2022	91,939	39	0
2023	49,079	44	0

When outages hit

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

10%

15%

20%

JanJFebFMarMAprAMayMJunJJulJAugASepSOctONovNDecD

Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Jun 6, 2020	24.5	1,778	24,291
Aug 27, 2017	2.5	11,178	23,074
Apr 20, 2022	1.8	11,237	15,274
Jun 19, 2022	3.0	5,259	15,076
Jul 12, 2021	3.0	4,725	14,173

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.

Look up another county

Counties ranked nearby

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.