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Power Outages in Maricopa County, AZ

Is there a power outage in Maricopa County, AZ right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:15 UTC, about 171 customers are without power in Maricopa County, AZ across 17 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Buckeye Water C&D District, Electrical Dist No8 Maricopa, Gila River Indian Utility Authority (GRICUA), Harquahala Valley Pwr District, Maricopa County M W C Dist #1, Ocotillo Water Conserv. Dist., Tohono O'Odham Utility Authority, Town of Wickenburg, USBIA-San Carlos Project and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.

Maricopa County, AZ is served by 13 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.

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171 customers without power

0.0% of Maricopa County · across 17 reported incidents.

Utility ETR: October 19, 2026 10:15 UTC (utility's estimate)

  • Arizona Public Service Co87 out
  • Salt River Project84 out

Not counted: no live feed for Buckeye Water C&D District, Electrical Dist No8 Maricopa, Gila River Indian Utility Authority (GRICUA), Harquahala Valley Pwr District, Maricopa County M W C Dist #1, Ocotillo Water Conserv. Dist., Tohono O'Odham Utility Authority, Town of Wickenburg, USBIA-San Carlos Project and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.

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No outage contact on file for Arizona Public Service Co, Salt River Project, Gila River Indian Utility Authority (GRICUA), WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, USBIA-San Carlos Project, Tohono O'Odham Utility Authority and 7 more; check your electric bill or the utility's website.

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Live status by utility · Maricopa County

1.0%of this county's ~1,814,205 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Buckeye Water C&D District, Electrical Dist No8 Maricopa, Gila River Indian Utility Authority (GRICUA), Harquahala Valley Pwr District, Maricopa County M W C Dist #1, Ocotillo Water Conserv. Dist., Tohono O'Odham Utility Authority, Town of Wickenburg, USBIA-San Carlos Project, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
City of Mesa - (AZ)Live · county017,5010.0%---
Arizona Public Service CoLive · county87---6October 19, 2026 10:15 UTC
Salt River ProjectLive · county84---11-
Buckeye Water C&D DistrictNo live feedcan't see------
Electrical Dist No8 MaricopaNo live feedcan't see------
Gila River Indian Utility Authority (GRICUA)No live feedcan't see------
Harquahala Valley Pwr DistrictNo live feedcan't see------
Maricopa County M W C Dist #1No live feedcan't see------
Ocotillo Water Conserv. Dist.No live feedcan't see------
Tohono O'Odham Utility AuthorityNo live feedcan't see------
Town of WickenburgNo live feedcan't see------
USBIA-San Carlos ProjectNo live feedcan't see------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------

City of Mesa - (AZ), Arizona Public Service Co and Salt River Project reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Active outages in Maricopa County17

Individual outages as listed by Arizona Public Service Co, Salt River Project, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.

CustomersCauseCrew statusUtility ETRStartedUtility
23Temporary equipment problems-October 19, 2026 11:30 UTCArizona Public Service Co
21Planned outage-October 19, 2026 10:15 UTCArizona Public Service Co
19----Salt River Project
17----Salt River Project
13Temporary equipment problems-October 19, 2026 13:04 UTCArizona Public Service Co
13Being Investigated-October 19, 2026 14:30 UTCArizona Public Service Co
13----Salt River Project
12Temporary equipment problems-October 19, 2026 12:00 UTCArizona Public Service Co
8----Salt River Project
8----Salt River Project
8----Salt River Project
5Planned outage-October 19, 2026 11:30 UTCArizona Public Service Co
4----Salt River Project
3----Salt River Project
2----Salt River Project
1----Salt River Project
1----Salt River Project

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Maricopa Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.

Power-dependent
32,883
Oxygen service
6,677
Dialysis (facility)
3,712
Home health / hospice
4,076
By ZIP code (129)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
8535183727669≤11
8537573117556≤11
8537459912454≤11
85345500≤11390≤11
853084821735913
85205479≤11381≤11
8524846617346≤11
85382458≤11339≤11
8520844119358≤11
85206432≤11345≤11
85209428≤11330≤11
8525542313292≤11
8532640915319≤11
85032409≤11320≤11
85383400≤11261≤11
8533839622280≤11
8520738715274≤11
85254361≤11268≤11
8502236016257≤11
8537334812264≤11
85301348≤11272≤11
8539533416250≤11
85225329≤11234≤11
8539632513237≤11
85201321≤11249≤11
85204320≤11244≤11
85260317≤11229≤11
85268306≤112340
85331296≤11210≤11
85387294≤11209≤11
85029293≤11230≤11
85224290≤11215≤11
85020289≤11217≤11
85086286≤11209≤11
85302285≤11215≤11
8537927816208≤11
85249276≤11190≤11
85282265≤11185≤11
85212263≤11190≤11
85021263≤11200≤11
85234257≤11183≤11
85251253≤11192≤11
85027252≤11188≤11
85381251≤11170≤11
85213251≤11189≤11
85298249≤11170≤11
85257246≤11177≤11
85023245≤11184≤11
85258240≤11159≤11
8534023813172≤11
85041232≤11159≤11
85053225≤11171≤11
85388222≤11169≤11
85051222≤11165≤11
85339221≤11147≤11
85202220≤11144≤11
85304219≤11158≤11
85050219≤11157≤11
85283218≤11148≤11
85296214≤11142≤11
85306212≤11150≤11
85044211≤11138≤11
85018210≤11145≤11
85323206≤11145≤11
85215203≤11139≤11
85203200≤11141≤11
85042195≤11134≤11
8503719515130≤11
85008193≤11138≤11
85226192≤11121≤11
85028191≤11148≤11
85392189≤11133≤11
85015185≤11131≤11
85259184≤11128≤11
85033178≤11130≤11
85016175≤11124≤11
85262174≤11107≤11
85233173≤11123≤11
85040173≤11112≤11
85009166≤11121≤11
85295163≤11118≤11
85390162≤11135≤11
85048158≤11100≤11
85210156≤11117≤11
85250154≤11116≤11
85303153≤11113≤11
85297153≤1199≤11
85335149≤11111≤11
85353147≤1196≤11
85286144≤111020
85035142≤1199≤11
85014142≤11105≤11
85253141≤1189≤11
85310138≤11980
85085136≤1188≤11
85024131≤11100≤11
85266129≤1181≤11
85013126≤11910
85031123≤1190≤11
85083117≤1189≤11
85017114≤1186≤11
85019112≤1183≤11
85378102≤1177≤11
8500695≤11680
8500393≤11650
8508791≤1169≤11
8500790≤1156≤11
8528188≤1149≤11
8504385≤1157≤11
8535583≤1165≤11
8528483≤11450
8505483063≤11
8500475≤1146≤11
8536174≤11570
8536368≤1153≤11
8526368≤1135≤11
8530564≤1145≤11
8535455≤1149≤11
8530754≤11420
8501246≤1136≤11
8537745≤11330
8503427≤11220
8504524018≤11
8525622012≤11
85343≤110≤110
85337≤110≤110
85322≤110≤110
85320≤110≤110
85264≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Maricopa County, AZ

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Recent NWS alert activity · Maricopa County

Maricopa County has been under 151 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 17, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×32
  • Flash Flood Warning ×31
  • Flood Advisory ×27
  • Flood Warning ×20
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×12
  • Dust Advisory ×9

Latest Maricopa County, AZ outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 35m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 19, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 19, 2026

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,051 customers out (0.1% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 9m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 29,053 customers out (1.7% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 4m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,586 customers out (0.1% of the county)

Outage trend · Maricopa County, AZ
146customers out · peak 1,095
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 16:10 UTC
Maricopa County, AZ: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1,095 customers out; latest 146 as of Oct 19, 2026 16:10 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05001k1.5k6 PMOct 196 AM12 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Maricopa County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Maricopa Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Maricopa County went about 1.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 109,160 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Arizona utilities averaged 1.2 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.6 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Maricopa County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.5h, 2016 0.6h, 2017 1.1h, 2018 2.1h, 2019 1.0h, 2020 1.3h, 2021 1.8h, 2022 1.9h, 2023 1.6h, 2024 1.4h, 2025 1.6h. Highlighted: 2018.01230.5h20150.6h20161.1h20172.1h20181.0h20191.3h20201.8h20211.9h20221.6h20231.4h20241.6h2025
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Worst year here was 2018 (peak 109,160 customers out) · decade average 1.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201527021,5060.5
201663817,6260.6
201727829,8241.1
2018222109,1602.1
201930844,7981.0
202039749,5711.3
202146372,3801.8
202246391,2391.9
202347783,3241.6
202447933,7721.4
202545862,4471.6

Cost of power in Maricopa County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Maricopa County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.

15.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 27% since 2015
vs Arizona avg 15.4¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
July 9, 2018109,1601d 2h
October 3, 202291,2391d 22h
September 1, 202383,3241d 18h
August 11, 202172,38012d 5h
August 8, 201863,2979d 23h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Very High high winds exposure · 1.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windVery High
FloodingVery High
Heat waveVery High
WildfireRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Maricopa County: FAQ

How often does Maricopa County, AZ lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Maricopa County, AZ logged 458 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Maricopa County, AZ?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 109,160 customers without power, beginning July 9, 2018 and lasting about 1d 2h.
Is there a power outage in Maricopa County, AZ right now?
Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:15 UTC, about 171 customers are without power in Maricopa County, AZ across 17 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Buckeye Water C&D District, Electrical Dist No8 Maricopa, Gila River Indian Utility Authority (GRICUA), Harquahala Valley Pwr District, Maricopa County M W C Dist #1, Ocotillo Water Conserv. Dist., Tohono O'Odham Utility Authority, Town of Wickenburg, USBIA-San Carlos Project and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Which utilities serve Maricopa County, AZ?
Tracked electric providers include Arizona Public Service Co, City of Mesa - (AZ), Salt River Project.
Nearby counties
Gila CountyLa Paz CountyPima CountyPinal County
Cities & towns in Maricopa County

Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Scottsdale, Peoria, Tempe, Surprise, Goodyear, Buckeye, Avondale, Queen Creek. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Maricopa County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Maricopa County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Maricopa County (showing 40 of 135).

85003, 85004, 85006, 85007, 85008, 85009, 85012, 85013, 85014, 85015, 85016, 85017, 85018, 85019, 85020, 85021, 85022, 85023, 85024, 85026, 85027, 85028, 85029, 85031, 85032, 85033, 85034, 85035, 85037, 85040, 85041, 85042, 85043, 85044, 85045, 85048, 85050, 85051, 85053, 85054

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Maricopa County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Arizona →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Arizona Public Service Co1.2 hrsLive · county-
Salt River Project1.1 hrsLive · county-
Gila River Indian Utility Authority (GRICUA)4.4 hrsNo live feed-
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration-No live feed-
USBIA-San Carlos Project-No live feed-
Tohono O'Odham Utility Authority-No live feed-
Ocotillo Water Conserv. Dist.-No live feed-
Town of Wickenburg-No live feed-
Maricopa County M W C Dist #1-No live feed-
Electrical Dist No8 Maricopa-No live feed-
Buckeye Water C&D District-No live feed-
Harquahala Valley Pwr District-No live feed-

Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Arizona customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/04013 and /api/v1/counties/04013/history. Live data as of .