Power outages in Carson City, NV
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Carson City yet. Sierra Pacific Power Co serves this county.
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No live outage data for Carson City yet.
Sierra Pacific Power Cono live feedServes this county, per federal utility records.
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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.Outage map
County outline
Outage history in Carson City
2014–2025 recordCarson City averaged 17.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Nevada counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 21. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 7.5 hours, starting February 2, 2025.
The largest on record began August 31, 2016, with 11,297 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
17.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.4.1 dayslongest on record (December 2022)
11,297most customers out at once
| 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 31, 2016 | 11,297 | 8 hours | 29,571 |
| December 31, 2022 | 9,209 | 4.1 days | 281,746 |
| July 20, 2015 | 4,540 | 15 minutes | 1,135 |
| July 15, 2018 | 4,539 | 45 minutes | 2,601 |
| August 7, 2016 | 4,523 | 2 hours | 7,848 |
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 Carson City
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