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Power Outages in Adams County, CO

CORE Electric Cooperative and United Power, Inc have not reported outages here, but they only publishactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. Public Service Co of Colorado publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Morgan County Rural Elec Assn and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.3 hours.

Adams County, CO is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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CORE Electric Cooperative and United Power, Inc only appearin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.

Public Service Co of Colorado publishes no county-level figures.

No live feed for Morgan County Rural Elec Assn and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Adams County

0.0%of this county's ~221,587 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Morgan County Rural Elec Assn, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

Only visible while reporting outages: CORE Electric Cooperative, United Power, Inc. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.

System-wide total only, no county split: Public Service Co of Colorado.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
CORE Electric CooperativeOutages onlynone reported------
Public Service Co of ColoradoLive · total onlynot by county------
United Power, IncOutages onlynone reported------
Morgan County Rural Elec AssnNo live feedcan't see------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Adams 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
9,183
Oxygen service
2,488
Dialysis (facility)
427
Home health / hospice
643
By ZIP code (18)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
8023387019811≤11
80031806≤11746≤11
8002280513743≤11
8022979513749≤11
80601715≤11649≤11
8060269712620≤11
80221632≤11599≤11
80241607≤11566≤11
80260535≤11504≤11
80234454≤114230
80030334≤11305≤11
806032370223≤11
80640176≤11161≤11
80136144≤11134≤11
8001992084≤11
80103510500
8013744041≤11
8004519≤11150

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

🔔 Alerts for Adams County, CO

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Adams County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Adams County

Adams County has been under 40 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 16, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×24
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×9
  • Flood Advisory ×4
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1

Latest Adams County, CO outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 30m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,380 customers out (0.6% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 56m

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026

  6. GREW

    Outage grew to 7,264 customers out (3.0% of the county)

  7. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 4,421 customers out

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 2, 2026

Outage trend · Adams County, CO
0customers out · peak 208
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Adams County, CO: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 208 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0100200300Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Adams County

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

  • Thorntonno outage reported
  • Westminsterno outage reported
  • Commerce Cityno outage reported
  • Brightonno outage reported

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.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Colorado utilities averaged 4.6 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 2.3 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Adams County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.1h, 2016 2.4h, 2017 0.9h, 2018 2.1h, 2019 5.9h, 2020 2.0h, 2021 1.6h, 2022 1.7h, 2023 1.9h, 2024 2.6h, 2025 2.3h. Highlighted: 2019.02461.1h20152.4h20160.9h20172.1h20185.9h20192.0h20201.6h20211.7h20221.9h20232.6h20242.3h2025
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Worst year here was 2019 (peak 102,641 customers out) · decade average 2.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201561910,3081.1
201633430,1362.4
20175964,1340.9
201873512,3162.1
2019524102,6415.9
202061425,0352.0
202182018,8561.6
20226997,7901.7
20236797,1221.9
202499621,5352.6
20251,07349,9422.3

Cost of power in Adams County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Adams 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.

15.9¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 35% since 2015
vs Colorado avg 17.0¢
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 causes outages here

Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →

Outage causes by share of outage-timePlanned / maintenance 47.5%, Equipment failure 44.5%, Animal / wildlife 8%Planned / maintenancePlanned / maintenance47.5%Equipment failureEquipment failure44.5%Animal / wildlifeAnimal / wildlife8%
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A reported cause is available for 1% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares are of the portion with a known cause; bars are scaled to the largest cause.
Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
February 4, 2019102,64161d 15h
April 18, 202549,9424h
March 18, 201630,1369d 23h
October 20, 202025,0357h
April 20, 202421,5351d 3h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Very High winter weather exposure · 2.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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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 CORE Electric Cooperative, Public Service Co of Colorado, United Power, Inc.
Nearby counties
Arapahoe CountyBroomfield CountyDenver CountyJefferson County
Cities & towns in Adams County

Thornton, Westminster, Commerce City, Brighton. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Adams County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Adams County

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.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Public Service Co of Colorado6.0 hrsLive · total only-
CORE Electric Cooperative6.3 hrsOutages only-
United Power, Inc5.1 hrsOutages only-
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration-No live feed-
Morgan County Rural Elec Assn-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 Colorado customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/08001 and /api/v1/counties/08001/history.