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Power Outages in Pitkin County, CO

Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc and Public Service Co of Colorado publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Aspen- (CO) and Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc,holycrossenergy. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.

Pitkin County, CO is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc and Public Service Co of Colorado publish no county-level figures.

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Live status by utility · Pitkin County

0.0%of this county's ~17,406 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: City of Aspen- (CO), Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc,holycrossenergy. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc, Public Service Co of Colorado.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Holy Cross Electric Assn, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Public Service Co of ColoradoLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Aspen- (CO)No live feedcan't see------
Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc,holycrossenergyNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Pitkin 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
351
Oxygen service
70
Dialysis (facility)
≤11
Home health / hospice
≤11
By ZIP code (6)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
81623423≤113560
81611217≤111890
81615580520
8165433≤11300
81656180170
81642≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Pitkin County, CO

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Pitkin County

Pitkin County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Winter Weather Advisory ×4
  • Flash Flood Warning ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×3
  • Flood Advisory ×2
  • Freeze Watch ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Pitkin 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 15m

  2. GREW

    Outage grew to 545 customers out (3.1% of the county)

  3. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 183 customers out

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 557 customers out (3.2% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 45m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 143 customers out (1.1% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 14m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 136 customers out (1.1% of the county)

Outage trend · Pitkin County, CO
0customers out · peak 557
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Pitkin County, CO: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 557 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0200400600Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Pitkin County

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

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Pitkin County went about 1.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 12,768 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 1.6 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Pitkin County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 11.6h, 2016 9.0h, 2017 0.2h, 2018 1.2h, 2019 2.5h, 2020 5.1h, 2021 2.8h, 2022 2.2h, 2023 1.8h, 2024 1.9h, 2025 1.6h. Highlighted: 2015.05101511.6h20159.0h20160.2h20171.2h20182.5h20195.1h20202.8h20212.2h20221.8h20231.9h20241.6h2025
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Worst year here was 2015 (peak 3,708 customers out) · decade average 3.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20152373,70811.6
201622511,7289.0
2017262,3530.2
20183151,8711.2
20192672,5162.5
202029012,7685.1
20213093,1922.8
20222632,3742.2
20233012,3541.8
202430812,6051.9
20251986,1841.6

Cost of power in Pitkin County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Pitkin 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.

12.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 15% 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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
October 26, 202012,7684h 15m
August 16, 202412,6053h 30m
May 18, 201611,7281h 15m
July 13, 20256,1841h 45m
August 7, 20164,2071d 22h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
MODERATE

Relatively Low wildfire exposure · 3.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneNot Applicable
TornadoVery Low
Ice stormVery Low
Strong windVery Low
WildfireRelatively Low
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Power outages in Pitkin County: FAQ

How often does Pitkin County, CO lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Pitkin County, CO logged 198 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Pitkin County, CO?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 12,768 customers without power, beginning October 26, 2020 and lasting about 4h 15m.
Is there a power outage in Pitkin County, CO right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Pitkin County, CO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Pitkin County, CO?
Tracked electric providers include Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc, Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc,holycrossenergy.
Nearby counties
Chaffee CountyEagle CountyGarfield CountyGunnison County
ZIP codes in Pitkin County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pitkin County.

81611, 81612, 81615, 81623, 81642, 81654, 81656

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-
Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc1.2 hrsLive · total only-
Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc,holycrossenergy-No live feed-
City of Aspen- (CO)-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/08097 and /api/v1/counties/08097/history.