Power Outages in Lewis County, ID
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Lewis County, ID. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 16.2 hours.
Lewis County, ID is served by 2 tracked utilities.
No active power outages are currently reported in Lewis County.
No active NWS alerts for Lewis County right now.
Lewis County has been under 84 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Red Flag Warning on August 26, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×46
- Heat Advisory ×13
- Special Weather Statement ×10
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×8
- Red Flag Warning ×4
- Fire Weather Watch ×3
Latest Lewis County, ID outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 160 customers out (8.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 12m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 108 customers out (6.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 133 customers out (7.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 12m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 193 customers out (11% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Lewis County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lewis County went about 16.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 11,126 customers.
Worst year here was 2015 (peak 11,126 customers out) · decade average 12.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 446 | 11,126 | 59.9 |
| 2016 | 81 | 659 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | 123 | 1,998 | 21.2 |
| 2018 | 104 | 926 | 6.4 |
| 2019 | 436 | 1,215 | 9.7 |
| 2020 | 351 | 461 | 6.8 |
| 2021 | 65 | 631 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 89 | 835 | 4.2 |
| 2023 | 73 | 850 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 67 | 1,007 | 4.7 |
| 2025 | 103 | 1,076 | 16.2 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 8.9% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively Low wildfire exposure · 12.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Lewis County: FAQ
- How often does Lewis County, ID lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lewis County, ID logged 103 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 16.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lewis County, ID?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 11,126 customers without power, beginning August 29, 2015 and lasting about 1d 10h.
- Is there a power outage in Lewis County, ID right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lewis County, ID. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Lewis County, ID?
- Tracked electric providers include Avista Corp,avista, CLEARWATER POWER COMPANY.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lewis County.
83523, 83543
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avista Corp,avista | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| CLEARWATER POWER COMPANY | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/16061 and /api/v1/counties/16061/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Idaho customers).