Power outages in Story County, IA
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Story County yet. Interstate Power and Light Co, City of Ames - (IA) and Midland Power Coop serve this county.
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No live outage data for Story County yet.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Story County
2014–2025 recordStory County averaged 8.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Iowa counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 9. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 9 hours, starting March 5, 2025.
The largest on record began August 10, 2020, with 35,836 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| August 10, 2020 | 35,836 | 8.4 days | 1,898,254 |
| July 4, 2022 | 9,601 | 45 minutes | 4,883 |
| August 24, 2022 | 8,939 | 45 minutes | 5,600 |
| August 17, 2022 | 7,173 | 1 hour | 5,736 |
| October 27, 2023 | 6,111 | 5 hours | 29,147 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
Cities in Story County
Utilities
- Interstate Power and Light Co no live feed
- City of Ames - (IA) no live feed
- Midland Power Coop no live feed
- Consumers Energy Coop - (IA) no live feed
- City of State Center - (IA) no live feed
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