Power Outages in Routt County, CO
Is there a power outage in Routt County, CO right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 21:45 UTC, about 12 customers are without power in Routt County, CO across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Mountain Parks Electric, Inc, Town of Oak Creek - (CO) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Routt County, CO is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.1 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/colorado/routt-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 21:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Routt County, CO", live data as of October 19, 2026 21:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/colorado/routt-county
Not counted: no live feed for Mountain Parks Electric, Inc, Town of Oak Creek - (CO) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.
Report an outage in Routt 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, Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc, Mountain Parks Electric, Inc, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration and Town of Oak Creek - (CO); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
100%of this county's ~11,357 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Mountain Parks Electric, Inc, Town of Oak Creek - (CO), WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc | Live · county | 12 | 20,946 | 0.1% | - | - | - | |
| Public Service Co of Colorado | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Mountain Parks Electric, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Oak Creek - (CO) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc 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.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Routt 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80487 | 230 | ≤11 | 201 | ≤11 |
| 81639 | 58 | ≤11 | 55 | 0 |
| 80467 | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 80483 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 80428 | 15 | 0 | 12 | ≤11 |
| 80479 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 80469 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
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 Routt County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Routt County right now.
Routt County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×7
- Winter Weather Advisory ×4
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Flash Flood Watch ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Wind Advisory ×1
Latest Routt County, CO outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6h 50m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 506 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 1,096 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 2,033 customers out (9.7% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 504 customers out (2.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Routt County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Routt Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Routt County went about 4.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,907 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 4.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 1,733 customers out) · decade average 2.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 32 | 296 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 517 | 1,135 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 434 | 677 | 2.7 |
| 2022 | 443 | 1,914 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 414 | 1,784 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 399 | 1,733 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 340 | 2,907 | 4.1 |
Cost of power in Routt County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Routt 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
- Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc17.0¢23,604 cust
- Mountain Parks Electric, Inc17.5¢19,571 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 Moderate winter weather exposure · 2.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Routt County: FAQ
- How often does Routt County, CO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Routt County, CO logged 340 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Routt County, CO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,907 customers without power, beginning June 10, 2025 and lasting about 2h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Routt County, CO right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 21:45 UTC, about 12 customers are without power in Routt County, CO across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Mountain Parks Electric, Inc, Town of Oak Creek - (CO) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Routt County, CO?
- Tracked electric providers include Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Routt County.
80428, 80463, 80467, 80469, 80479, 80483, 80487, 81639, 81653
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 Routt 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 | - |
| Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc | 4.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Mountain Parks Electric, Inc | 3.0 hrs | No live feed | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Town of Oak Creek - (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/08107 and /api/v1/counties/08107/history. Live data as of .