Power Outages in Denver County, CO
Is there a power outage in Denver County, CO right now? No. As of October 20, 2026 08:20 UTC, no outages are reported by Public Service Co of Colorado in Denver County, CO.
Denver County, CO is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.0 hours.
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- October 20, 2026 08:20 UTC
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No active outages are reported by Public Service Co of Colorado in Denver County.
Report an outage in Denver County, CO
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Public Service Co of Colorado; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~356,227 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of Colorado | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
Public Service Co of Colorado reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Denver 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.
By ZIP code (26)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80219 | 900 | 13 | 790 | ≤11 |
| 80247 | 583 | ≤11 | 534 | ≤11 |
| 80204 | 523 | ≤11 | 462 | ≤11 |
| 80231 | 521 | ≤11 | 479 | ≤11 |
| 80210 | 484 | ≤11 | 434 | 0 |
| 80220 | 471 | ≤11 | 413 | ≤11 |
| 80239 | 427 | ≤11 | 392 | ≤11 |
| 80237 | 390 | ≤11 | 360 | ≤11 |
| 80222 | 389 | ≤11 | 352 | ≤11 |
| 80207 | 387 | ≤11 | 342 | ≤11 |
| 80212 | 385 | ≤11 | 353 | ≤11 |
| 80209 | 375 | ≤11 | 348 | 0 |
| 80211 | 374 | ≤11 | 345 | ≤11 |
| 80249 | 362 | ≤11 | 310 | ≤11 |
| 80205 | 361 | ≤11 | 313 | ≤11 |
| 80224 | 327 | ≤11 | 299 | ≤11 |
| 80236 | 318 | ≤11 | 288 | ≤11 |
| 80223 | 301 | ≤11 | 264 | ≤11 |
| 80206 | 291 | ≤11 | 252 | 0 |
| 80218 | 244 | ≤11 | 216 | 0 |
| 80238 | 234 | ≤11 | 200 | ≤11 |
| 80202 | 209 | ≤11 | 170 | 0 |
| 80216 | 190 | ≤11 | 162 | ≤11 |
| 80203 | 184 | ≤11 | 153 | 0 |
| 80246 | 141 | ≤11 | 131 | 0 |
| 80230 | 137 | ≤11 | 118 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Denver County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Denver County right now.
Denver County has been under 28 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 16, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×20
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Freeze Warning ×1
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
Latest Denver County, CO outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6d 5h
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 700 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 8d 6h
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 4,159 customers out (1.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Denver County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Denverno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Denver County went about 2.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 61,512 customers.
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 2.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 61,512 customers out) · decade average 2.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 387 | 9,377 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 330 | 21,787 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 592 | 9,426 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 613 | 27,960 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | 388 | 61,512 | 5.5 |
| 2020 | 527 | 40,714 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 704 | 23,477 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 859 | 32,049 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 470 | 19,020 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 960 | 28,569 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 1,074 | 16,168 | 2.0 |
Cost of power in Denver County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Denver 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.
- Public Service Co of Colorado15.9¢1,379,910 cust
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.
Relatively High high winds exposure · 2.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Denver County: FAQ
- How often does Denver County, CO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Denver County, CO logged 1,074 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Denver County, CO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 61,512 customers without power, beginning February 25, 2019 and lasting about 22d 10h.
- Is there a power outage in Denver County, CO right now?
- No. As of October 20, 2026 08:20 UTC, no outages are reported by Public Service Co of Colorado in Denver County, CO.
- Which utilities serve Denver County, CO?
- Tracked electric providers include Public Service Co of Colorado.
Denver. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Denver County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Denver County.
80202, 80203, 80204, 80205, 80206, 80207, 80209, 80210, 80211, 80212, 80216, 80218, 80219, 80220, 80222, 80223, 80224, 80230, 80231, 80236, 80237, 80238, 80239, 80246, 80247, 80249, 80264, 80266, 80290, 80293, 80294
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 Denver County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Colorado →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of Colorado | 6.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
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/08031 and /api/v1/counties/08031/history.