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Power Outages in El Paso County, CO

Is there a power outage in El Paso County, CO right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in El Paso County, CO across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for City of Fountain, Southeast Colorado Power Assn and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.

El Paso County, CO is served by 8 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.9 hours.

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Scattered outages

2 customers without power

Across 2 reported incidents.

Utility ETR: October 19, 2026 14:55 UTC (utility's estimate)

Not counted: no live feed for City of Fountain, Southeast Colorado Power Assn and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.

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No outage contact on file for Public Service Co of Colorado, CORE Electric Cooperative, Southeast Colorado Power Assn, Mountain View Elec Assn, Inc, Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC, City of Fountain and 1 more; check your electric bill or the utility's website.

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Live status by utility · El Paso County

88%of this county's ~369,776 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Fountain, Southeast Colorado Power 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. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
City of Colorado Springs - (CO)Live · county2264,9260.0%-2October 19, 2026 14:55 UTC
Mountain View Elec Assn, IncLive · county060,0440.0%---
Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLCLive · county0---0-
CORE Electric CooperativeOutages onlynone reported------
Public Service Co of ColoradoLive · county0---0-
City of FountainNo live feedcan't see------
Southeast Colorado Power AssnNo live feedcan't see------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------

City of Colorado Springs - (CO), Mountain View Elec Assn, Inc, Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC and Public Service Co of Colorado reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in El Paso County

Town-by-town counts as reported by City of Colorado Springs - (CO), most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .

TownUtilityOutServed% outUtility ETRSmall outages
80918City of Colorado Springs - (CO)121,8640.0%--
80919City of Colorado Springs - (CO)113,1850.0%October 19, 2026 14:55 UTC-
Show 32 towns with no outages
80809City of Colorado Springs - (CO)01,0050.0%--
80817City of Colorado Springs - (CO)0450.0%--
80819City of Colorado Springs - (CO)05230.0%--
80829City of Colorado Springs - (CO)03,1970.0%--
80840City of Colorado Springs - (CO)01,1820.0%--
80902City of Colorado Springs - (CO)050.0%--
80903City of Colorado Springs - (CO)011,2410.0%--
80904City of Colorado Springs - (CO)012,9340.0%--
80905City of Colorado Springs - (CO)09,6810.0%--
80906City of Colorado Springs - (CO)018,1640.0%--
80907City of Colorado Springs - (CO)017,6040.0%--
80908City of Colorado Springs - (CO)06,1500.0%--
80909City of Colorado Springs - (CO)017,5480.0%--
80910City of Colorado Springs - (CO)014,2300.0%--
80911City of Colorado Springs - (CO)06,3110.0%--
80913City of Colorado Springs - (CO)0450.0%--
80914City of Colorado Springs - (CO)0470.0%--
80915City of Colorado Springs - (CO)09,5640.0%--
80916City of Colorado Springs - (CO)017,5010.0%--
80917City of Colorado Springs - (CO)014,6550.0%--
80920City of Colorado Springs - (CO)017,7320.0%--
80921City of Colorado Springs - (CO)08,9180.0%--
80922City of Colorado Springs - (CO)010,8460.0%--
80923City of Colorado Springs - (CO)014,6310.0%--
80924City of Colorado Springs - (CO)09,8190.0%--
80925City of Colorado Springs - (CO)02820.0%--
80926City of Colorado Springs - (CO)07130.0%--
80927City of Colorado Springs - (CO)04,2310.0%--
80929City of Colorado Springs - (CO)0630.0%--
80938City of Colorado Springs - (CO)06020.0%--
80939City of Colorado Springs - (CO)03010.0%--
80951City of Colorado Springs - (CO)01070.0%--

Active outages in El Paso County0

No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in El Paso 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
18,140
Oxygen service
4,851
Dialysis (facility)
516
Home health / hospice
1,346
By ZIP code (39)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
809181,289201,203≤11
809091,087≤111,015≤11
80907938≤11884≤11
80911914≤11863≤11
80906910≤11860≤11
8091786318815≤11
80904811≤11765≤11
80920799≤11742≤11
8083179816734≤11
80132762≤11694≤11
80919726≤11677≤11
80923694≤116560
80910654≤11611≤11
80908639≤11587≤11
80922629≤11586≤11
80921606≤11570≤11
80916604≤11562≤11
80915557≤11523≤11
8081752213488≤11
80905431≤11408≤11
80903374≤11344≤11
80924348≤113170
80808239≤11225≤11
80927197≤11178≤11
80925186≤11175≤11
8082915101420
8080991≤11850
8013376≤11730
8092667≤11600
8086450≤1147≤11
80951430400
8092842≤11410
80930280260
80938220200
8093912≤11≤110
80929≤110≤110
80914≤110≤110
80902≤110≤11≤11
80840≤11≤11≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for El Paso County, CO

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

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Recent NWS alert activity · El Paso County

El Paso County has been under 53 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×20
  • Special Weather Statement ×18
  • Freeze Warning ×6
  • Flood Watch ×5
  • Freeze Watch ×2
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1

Latest El Paso 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 45m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 4, 2026

  3. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 717 customers out

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,670 customers out (0.7% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 11m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 672 customers out (0.2% of the county)

Outage trend · El Paso County, CO
2customers out · peak 40
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 14:50 UTC
El Paso County, CO: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 40 customers out; latest 2 as of Oct 19, 2026 14:50 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.01020304012 PM6 PMOct 196 AM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in El Paso County went about 0.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 33,979 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 0.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
El Paso County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.3h, 2016 0.9h, 2017 1.6h, 2018 0.2h, 2019 0.5h, 2020 0.9h, 2021 2.9h, 2022 0.8h, 2023 1.1h, 2024 1.2h, 2025 0.9h. Highlighted: 2021.01230.3h20150.9h20161.6h20170.2h20180.5h20190.9h20202.9h20210.8h20221.1h20231.2h20240.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 33,979 customers out) · decade average 1.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20156658,2720.3
201686715,7210.9
201794320,2511.6
20187534,3330.2
20196807,3120.5
202096323,6130.9
202185933,9792.9
202273510,3830.8
202363711,0861.1
202471410,9441.2
20256988,8230.9

Cost of power in El Paso County

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Estimated residential electricity price for El Paso 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.

15.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 24% 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 that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
December 15, 202133,9798d 10h
July 13, 202023,6132h 45m
January 9, 201720,2513d 20h
June 9, 202116,1753h
August 20, 201615,7215h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Very High winter weather exposure · 1.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
WildfireRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in El Paso County: FAQ

How often does El Paso County, CO lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, El Paso County, CO logged 698 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in El Paso County, CO?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 33,979 customers without power, beginning December 15, 2021 and lasting about 8d 10h.
Is there a power outage in El Paso County, CO right now?
Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in El Paso County, CO across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for City of Fountain, Southeast Colorado Power Assn and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Which utilities serve El Paso County, CO?
Tracked electric providers include CORE Electric Cooperative, City of Colorado Springs - (CO), Mountain View Elec Assn, Inc.
Nearby counties
Douglas CountyElbert CountyFremont CountyLincoln County
Cities & towns in El Paso County

Colorado Springs. Town-level outage counts are in the municipalities table above.

ZIP codes in El Paso County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within El Paso County (showing 40 of 41).

80132, 80133, 80808, 80809, 80817, 80819, 80829, 80831, 80840, 80864, 80902, 80903, 80904, 80905, 80906, 80907, 80908, 80909, 80910, 80911, 80913, 80914, 80915, 80916, 80917, 80918, 80919, 80920, 80921, 80922, 80923, 80924, 80925, 80926, 80927, 80928, 80929, 80930, 80938, 80939

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 El Paso County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Colorado →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Public Service Co of Colorado6.0 hrsLive · county-
CORE Electric Cooperative6.3 hrsOutages only-
Southeast Colorado Power Assn21.5 hrsNo live feed-
Mountain View Elec Assn, Inc2.2 hrsLive · county-
Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC1.6 hrsLive · county-
City of Colorado Springs - (CO)0.7 hrsLive · countyOutage map ↗
City of Fountain0.7 hrsNo live feed-
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration-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/08041 and /api/v1/counties/08041/history. Live data as of .