Power Outages in Gooding County, ID
Idaho Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.5 hours.
Gooding County, ID is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/idaho/gooding-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Gooding County, ID". https://massoutage.com/idaho/gooding-county
Idaho Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~7,744 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Idaho Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Gooding 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 (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83330 | 162 | ≤11 | 145 | 0 |
| 83355 | 98 | 0 | 89 | ≤11 |
| 83314 | 16 | ≤11 | 14 | 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 Gooding County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Gooding County right now.
Gooding County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 14, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Fire Weather Watch ×2
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Flash Flood Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Latest Gooding County, ID outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 50m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 355 customers out (4.7% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Gooding County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Gooding County went about 3.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,050 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 3.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 5,589 customers out) · decade average 4.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | 1,753 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,337 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 76 | 5,589 | 10.8 |
| 2018 | 64 | 4,362 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 74 | 7,050 | 9.1 |
| 2020 | 78 | 3,041 | 3.6 |
| 2021 | 94 | 3,994 | 5.0 |
| 2022 | 104 | 3,385 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 105 | 3,569 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 98 | 3,268 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 104 | 3,038 | 3.5 |
Cost of power in Gooding County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Gooding 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.
- Idaho Power Co11.8¢540,032 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 Moderate wildfire exposure · 4.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Gooding County: FAQ
- How often does Gooding County, ID lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Gooding County, ID logged 104 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Gooding County, ID?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,050 customers without power, beginning October 19, 2019 and lasting about 1d 3h.
- Is there a power outage in Gooding County, ID right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Gooding County, ID. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Gooding County, ID?
- Tracked electric providers include Idaho Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Gooding County.
83314, 83330, 83355
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Power Co | 2.9 hrs | Live · total only | - |
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 Idaho customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/16047 and /api/v1/counties/16047/history.