Power Outages in Otero County, CO
No live outage feed is available for Otero County, CO yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.4 hours.
Otero County, CO is served by local tracked utilities.
Otero County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
No active NWS alerts for Otero County right now.
Hardest-hit cities in Otero County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Otero County went about 0.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,476 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 4,920 customers out) · decade average 3.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 37 | 3,325 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 37 | 1,323 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 33 | 3,420 | 7.5 |
| 2018 | 23 | 2,916 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 42 | 5,476 | 6.1 |
| 2020 | 49 | 1,020 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 53 | 4,920 | 10.9 |
| 2022 | 52 | 965 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 55 | 2,042 | 0.8 |
| 2024 | 52 | 1,032 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 96 | 255 | 0.4 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 3.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Otero County: FAQ
- How often does Otero County, CO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Otero County, CO logged 96 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Otero County, CO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,476 customers without power, beginning October 30, 2019 and lasting about 4h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Otero County, CO right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Otero County, CO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Otero County.
81030, 81050, 81058, 81067, 81077
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/08089 and /api/v1/counties/08089/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Colorado customers).