Power outages in Elko County, NV
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Elko County yet. Sierra Pacific Power Co, Mt Wheeler Power, Inc and Wells Rural Electric Co serve this county.
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No live outage data for Elko 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.Outage map
Outage history in Elko County
2014–2025 recordElko County averaged 41 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Nevada counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 43. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 16 hours, starting April 27, 2025.
The largest on record began February 11, 2020, with 11,916 customers out at once.
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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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| February 11, 2020 | 11,916 | 45 minutes | 8,529 |
| March 10, 2023 | 11,855 | 6.5 hours | 33,757 |
| February 7, 2017 | 8,701 | 7.5 hours | 13,243 |
| February 17, 2022 | 7,152 | 15 minutes | 1,788 |
| January 4, 2017 | 6,133 | 3 hours | 8,105 |
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 Elko County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- Sierra Pacific Power Co no live feed
- Mt Wheeler Power, Inc no live feed
- Wells Rural Electric Co no live feed
- Raft Rural Elec Coop Inc no live feed
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