Power Outages in Custer County, ID
There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, Lost River Electric Coop Inc and Salmon River Electric Coop Inc, so we can't see current outages in Custer County, ID. In 2020, the average customer here lost power for about 1.4 hours.
Custer County, ID is served by 3 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/idaho/custer-county
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Custer County, ID". https://massoutage.com/idaho/custer-county
No live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, Lost River Electric Coop Inc and Salmon River Electric Coop Inc: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~2,468 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration, Lost River Electric Coop Inc, Salmon River Electric Coop Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lost River Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salmon River Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Custer 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 (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83226 | 60 | ≤11 | 58 | ≤11 |
| 83251 | 47 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 83278 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 83227 | ≤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 Custer County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Custer County right now.
Custer County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 12, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×5
- Fire Weather Watch ×3
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Red Flag Warning ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Custer County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2020, the average customer in Custer County went about 1.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,104 customers.
The US EIA reports Idaho utilities averaged 5.1 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 315 customers out) · decade average 0.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1,104 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 87 | 100 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | 40 | 315 | 1.4 |
Cost of power in Custer County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Custer 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.
- Salmon River Electric Coop Inc9.9¢2,426 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.
Relatively Low wildfire exposure · 0.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Custer County: FAQ
- How often does Custer County, ID lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Custer County, ID logged 40 distinct outage events in 2020, averaging about 1.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Custer County, ID?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,104 customers without power, beginning January 23, 2017 and lasting about 2h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Custer County, ID right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Custer County, ID. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Custer County.
83226, 83227, 83235, 83251, 83278
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salmon River Electric Coop Inc | 5.9 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Lost River Electric Coop Inc | - | 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 95% of Idaho customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/16037 and /api/v1/counties/16037/history.