Nevada major outage reports
Nevada is named in 54 DOE reports for 2014 to 2023, and Nevada ranks 24th of 51 by count and 17th per resident. Nevada runs above the U.S. average, at 17.2 per million people. Nevada peaked in 2020 with 19; physical attacks, vandalism and suspicious activity lead with 69% of Nevada's reports. The largest customer count in a Nevada-only report is 1,400,000, dated 18 Aug 2020. Treat 54 as DOE-threshold filings, not every Nevada outage.
Nevada reports by year
Nevada filed 12 in 2014 to 2018 and 42 in 2019 to 2023, a rise of 250%, with 35% of the Nevada total landing in 2020.
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What Nevada reports are about
| Cause | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Physical attacks, vandalism and suspicious activity | 37 | 69% |
| Equipment failures and system operations | 11 | 20% |
| Severe weather and natural disasters | 6 | 11% |
| Type | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vandalism | 22 | 41% |
| System Operations | 8 | 15% |
| Severe Weather | 6 | 11% |
| Actual Physical Attack | 6 | 11% |
| Suspicious Activity | 3 | 6% |
| Transmission Interruption | 3 | 6% |
9 of the 54 Nevada reports also name another state, while 45 name Nevada alone.
Largest Nevada reports by customers affected
14 of 45 reports naming only Nevada list customers, and 7 list 50,000 or more. Tables on this page show those Nevada-only reports.
| Began | Area | Type | Customers | Length | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2020 | Nevada | Severe Weather | 1,400,000 | 7.0 h | 7,800 |
| 19 Aug 2020 | Nevada | Severe Weather | 1,400,000 | 7.0 h | 7,500 |
| 6 Sep 2020 | Nevada | Severe Weather | 1,400,000 | 5.0 h | 8,180 |
| 10 Jul 2021 | Nevada: Clark County, Washoe County | Transmission Interruption | 1,300,000 | 3.0 h | 9,000 |
| 11 Jul 2021 | Nevada: Clark County, Washoe County | Transmission Interruption | 1,300,000 | 3.0 h | 9,000 |
| 9 Sep 2021 | Nevada: Clark County, Washoe County | System Operations | 1,300,000 | 3.0 h | 8,000 |
| 27 Mar 2016 | Nevada: Clark County | Sabotage | 110,000 | 1.0 h | — |
| 26 Sep 2020 | Nevada: Clark County | Actual Physical Attack | 13,000 | 0.4 h | 26 |
| 23 Mar 2023 | Nevada: Clark County | Actual Physical Attack/Vandalism | 11,479 | — | 24 |
| 12 Jul 2020 | Nevada: Washoe County | Actual Physical Attack | 10,000 | 6.6 h | 36 |
Longest Nevada reports
| Began | Area | Type | Customers | Length | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr 2019 | Nevada: Carson City, Consolidated Municipality of, Washoe County, Churchill County | Actual Physical Attack | — | 5.1 days | — |
| 1 Aug 2021 | Nevada: Clark County | Vandalism | — | 3.0 days | — |
| 24 Nov 2017 | Nevada: Clark County | Vandalism | — | 2.0 days | — |
| 29 Oct 2023 | Nevada | Suspicious activity | — | 36.0 h | — |
| 1 Feb 2019 | Nevada | Vandalism | 1 | 8.9 h | — |
Latest Nevada reports on file
| Began | Area | Type | Customers | Length | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Nov 2023 | Nevada | Theft - Suspicious activity | — | 2.0 h | — |
| 10 Nov 2023 | Nevada | Vandalism - Theft - Suspicious activity | — | — | — |
| 29 Oct 2023 | Nevada | Suspicious activity | — | 36.0 h | — |
| 23 Mar 2023 | Nevada: Clark County | Actual Physical Attack/Vandalism | 11,479 | — | 24 |
| 15 Aug 2022 | Nevada: Clark County | Vandalism | — | — | — |
| 26 Jun 2022 | Nevada: Clark County | Vandalism | — | 5.6 h | — |
| 27 Jan 2022 | Nevada: Clark County | Vandalism | — | — | — |
| 29 Dec 2021 | Nevada: Clark County | System Operations | — | 1.0 h | — |
| 9 Sep 2021 | Nevada: Clark County, Washoe County | System Operations | 1,300,000 | 3.0 h | 8,000 |
| 1 Aug 2021 | Nevada: Clark County | Vandalism | — | 3.0 days | — |
| 26 Jul 2021 | Nevada: Clark County | Vandalism | — | — | — |
| 11 Jul 2021 | Nevada: Clark County, Washoe County | Transmission Interruption | 1,300,000 | 3.0 h | 9,000 |
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Sources
DOE OE-417 files hold 54 Nevada reports; snapshot 9 Dec 2024, method.
Questions
How many Nevada reports are in the DOE files?
Nevada appears in 54 reports, 24th among states and DC, and 9 of them also name a second state.
Which Nevada report lists the most customers?
In Nevada-only reports the top customer count is 1,400,000, a Severe Weather report that began 18 Aug 2020 (Nevada).
What are typical OE-417 reports in Nevada?
The top DOE type in Nevada is Vandalism; physical attacks, vandalism and suspicious activity cover 69% of Nevada's reports.
Are outage reports in Nevada going up?
Nevada filed 12 in 2014 to 2018 and 42 in 2019 to 2023, a rise of 250%. The Nevada count may also reflect new filing habits.