Outage Almanac

Idaho power outages

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

Idaho averaged 0.48 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 36 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. January and November made up 29% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Boise County had the most outage time per resident of 35 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Boise County2.4304.00
2Clearwater County3.1783.60
3Benewah County1.8852.99
4Bonner County4.21032.79
5Idaho County2.1321.61
6Valley County1.6211.41
7Bear Lake County0.6211.32
8Power County0.5481.26
9Lincoln County0.2121.09
10Boundary County1.6401.07
11Gooding County0.3200.81
12Fremont County0.180.75
12Kootenai County1.71320.75
14Blaine County0.7300.73
15Latah County1.7340.52
16Elmore County0.3190.48
17Jerome County0.290.46
18Bingham County0.6560.44
19Teton County0.0None0.39
20Madison County0.3240.38
21Bonneville County0.3280.35
21Jefferson County0.3280.35
23Nez Perce County0.7300.33
24Owyhee County0.1120.31
25Caribou County0.3120.30
25Franklin County0.0None0.30
25Gem County0.2100.30
28Twin Falls County0.6120.27
29Bannock County0.3280.26
30Washington County0.180.23
31Cassia County0.0None0.20
32Payette County0.0None0.17
33Canyon County0.6220.16
34Ada County0.4160.14
35Minidoka County0.0None0.05

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

When outages hit Idaho

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