Idaho Power Co, ID
Idaho Power Co's outage record
Idaho's record with Idaho Power Co: 1 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.8 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 47% less outage time than the Idaho state average of 5.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Idaho Power Co looks like
2.8 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 636,130 customers here, Outages at Idaho Power Co run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
How Idaho Power Co's record was measured
Idaho Power Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Idaho territory, serving 636,130 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Idaho as a whole, across every utility that filed: Idaho's outage record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.