Power Outages in Kootenai County, ID
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Avista Corp, Northern Lights, Inc and Inland Power & Light Company in Kootenai County, ID. There is no live feed for Avista Corp,avista, Bonneville Power Administration and Kootenai Electric Cooperative. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.8 hours.
Kootenai County, ID is served by 6 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/idaho/kootenai-county
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- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Kootenai County, ID", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/idaho/kootenai-county
No active outages are reported by Avista Corp, Northern Lights, Inc and Inland Power & Light Company in Kootenai County.
No live feed for Avista Corp,avista, Bonneville Power Administration and Kootenai Electric Cooperative: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
100%of this county's ~59,574 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Avista Corp,avista, Bonneville Power Administration, Kootenai Electric Cooperative. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avista Corp | Live · county | 0 | 70,511 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Northern Lights, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 267 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Inland Power & Light Company | Live · county | 0 | 48 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Avista Corp,avista | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kootenai Electric Cooperative | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Avista Corp, Northern Lights, Inc and Inland Power & Light Company 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 Kootenai 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 (12)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83854 | 569 | 18 | 471 | ≤11 |
| 83815 | 460 | 15 | 382 | ≤11 |
| 83835 | 349 | ≤11 | 286 | ≤11 |
| 83814 | 316 | ≤11 | 241 | ≤11 |
| 83858 | 216 | ≤11 | 178 | 0 |
| 83801 | 119 | ≤11 | 96 | ≤11 |
| 83869 | 62 | ≤11 | 53 | 0 |
| 83810 | 22 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 83833 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 83876 | 15 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 83803 | 15 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 83842 | ≤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 Kootenai County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Kootenai County right now.
Kootenai County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 12, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Kootenai County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Coeur d'Aleneno outage reported
- Post Fallsno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Kootenai County went about 6.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 27,135 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 6.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 24,557 customers out) · decade average 3.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 623 | 27,135 | 9.9 |
| 2016 | 707 | 1,776 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 654 | 5,939 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 672 | 2,969 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 740 | 12,065 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 642 | 6,314 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 595 | 24,557 | 14.0 |
| 2022 | 597 | 6,632 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 608 | 9,581 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 612 | 9,415 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 651 | 22,012 | 6.8 |
Cost of power in Kootenai County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Kootenai 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.
- Avista Corp11.8¢129,181 cust
- Kootenai Electric Cooperative13.4¢31,004 cust
- Northern Lights, Inc12.2¢18,172 cust
- Inland Power & Light Company9.4¢2,175 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 causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 3.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Kootenai County: FAQ
- How often does Kootenai County, ID lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Kootenai County, ID logged 651 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Kootenai County, ID?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 27,135 customers without power, beginning November 17, 2015 and lasting about 1d.
- Is there a power outage in Kootenai County, ID right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Kootenai County, ID. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Kootenai County, ID?
- Tracked electric providers include Avista Corp, Avista Corp,avista, Inland Power & Light Company, Northern Lights, Inc.
Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Kootenai County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Kootenai County.
83801, 83810, 83814, 83815, 83833, 83835, 83842, 83854, 83858, 83869, 83876
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avista Corp | 7.9 hrs | Live · county | |
| Inland Power & Light Company | 8.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Kootenai Electric Cooperative | 6.1 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Avista Corp,avista | - | No live feed | - |
| Northern Lights, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
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/16055 and /api/v1/counties/16055/history.