Boise County, Idaho Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Boise County, Idaho had 22 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 4.00 times the US outage time per person and 8.27 times the Idaho rate. It ranks 1 of 35 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

2.4major outages per year

8 of 9years with a major outage

30 hrslongest major outage

Aug, Dechardest months

August and December made up 24% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jul 26, 2018, reached 2,934 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 23.5 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Idaho counties

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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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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	11,528	2	0
2016	60,119	16	2
2017	108,156	38	2
2018	120,752	15	2
2019	75,637	16	2
2020	78,892	26	2
2021	108,035	35	6
2022	93,532	29	3
2023	98,162	14	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
Jul 26, 2018	23.5	2,934	64,042
Sep 29, 2023	13.8	3,429	44,024
Dec 2, 2018	22.0	1,610	27,816
Aug 10, 2019	9.2	3,426	25,775
Oct 19, 2019	11.8	4,282	24,067

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.