Power Outages in Adams County, CO
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Adams County, CO. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.3 hours.
Adams County, CO is served by 2 tracked utilities.
No active power outages are currently reported in Adams County.
No active NWS alerts for Adams County right now.
Adams County has been under 259 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on August 30, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×79
- Special Weather Statement ×62
- Heat Advisory ×40
- Flood Advisory ×27
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×24
- Flash Flood Warning ×12
Latest Adams County, CO outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 18m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 579 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 32m
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,442 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,442 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,442 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,442 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,440 customers out (0.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Adams County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Thorntonno active outage
- Westminsterno active outage
- Commerce Cityno active outage
- Brightonno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Adams County went about 2.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 102,641 customers.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 102,641 customers out) · decade average 2.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 619 | 10,308 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 334 | 30,136 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 596 | 4,134 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | 735 | 12,316 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 524 | 102,641 | 5.9 |
| 2020 | 614 | 25,035 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 820 | 18,856 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 699 | 7,790 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 679 | 7,122 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 996 | 21,535 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 1,073 | 49,942 | 2.3 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 4.6% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Very High winter weather exposure · 2.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Adams County: FAQ
- How often does Adams County, CO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Adams County, CO logged 1,073 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Adams County, CO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 102,641 customers without power, beginning February 4, 2019 and lasting about 61d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Adams County, CO right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Adams County, CO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Adams County, CO?
- Tracked electric providers include INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELEC ASSN, UNITED POWER, INC.
Thornton, Westminster, Commerce City, Brighton. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Adams County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Adams County.
80011, 80019, 80022, 80024, 80030, 80031, 80045, 80102, 80103, 80136, 80221, 80229, 80233, 80234, 80241, 80260, 80601, 80602, 80603, 80640
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELEC ASSN | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| UNITED POWER, INC | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/08001 and /api/v1/counties/08001/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Colorado customers).