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Power Outages in Summit County, CO

Public Service Co of Colorado publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Mountain Parks Electric, Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.9 hours.

Summit County, CO is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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Public Service Co of Colorado publishes no county-level figures.

No live feed for Mountain Parks Electric, Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Summit County

0.0%of this county's ~16,304 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Mountain Parks Electric, Inc, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Public Service Co of Colorado.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Public Service Co of ColoradoLive · total onlynot by county------
Mountain Parks Electric, IncNo live feedcan't see------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Summit 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
694
Oxygen service
50
Dialysis (facility)
≤11
Home health / hospice
44
By ZIP code (4)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
80424213≤11207≤11
80498194≤11182≤11
8043514401390
8044312301180

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

🔔 Alerts for Summit County, CO

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

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Recent NWS alert activity · Summit County

Summit County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Winter Weather Advisory on October 15, 2026.

  • Winter Weather Advisory ×3

Latest Summit County, CO outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 9m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 497 customers out (3.1% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 40m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 295 customers out (1.8% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 5m

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 19, 2026

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 18, 2026

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 18, 2026

Outage trend · Summit County, CO
0customers out · peak 7
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Summit County, CO: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 7 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.02468Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Summit 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 Summit County went about 14.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 16,131 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 14.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Summit County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 4.1h, 2016 3.1h, 2017 9.5h, 2018 13.9h, 2019 9.7h, 2020 6.5h, 2021 6.0h, 2022 6.1h, 2023 7.4h, 2024 14.3h, 2025 14.9h. Highlighted: 2025.0510154.1h20153.1h20169.5h201713.9h20189.7h20196.5h20206.0h20216.1h20227.4h202314.3h202414.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 6,654 customers out) · decade average 8.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201523010,9024.1
20161933,3863.1
201722313,4979.5
20183316,16913.9
201938116,1319.7
20203583,9896.5
20213204,6536.0
20223487,5026.1
20233544,7027.4
20244048,23814.3
20255486,65414.9

Cost of power in Summit County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Summit 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.

15.9¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 37% 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
February 8, 201916,13112h 30m
September 18, 201713,49717d 20h
September 19, 201510,90230m
November 26, 20248,2382h 45m
December 1, 20227,5022h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate winter weather exposure · 8.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneNot Applicable
TornadoVery Low
Ice stormVery Low
Strong windRelatively Low
WildfireVery Low
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Power outages in Summit County: FAQ

How often does Summit County, CO lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Summit County, CO logged 548 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Summit County, CO?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 16,131 customers without power, beginning February 8, 2019 and lasting about 12h 30m.
Is there a power outage in Summit County, CO right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Summit County, CO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Summit County, CO?
Tracked electric providers include Public Service Co of Colorado.
Nearby counties
Clear Creek CountyEagle CountyGrand CountyLake County
ZIP codes in Summit County

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

80424, 80435, 80443, 80498

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-
Mountain Parks Electric, Inc3.0 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/08117 and /api/v1/counties/08117/history.