Power Outages in Payette County, ID
Is there a power outage in Payette County, ID right now? No. As of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Idaho Power Co in Payette County, ID.
Payette County, ID is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.5 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/idaho/payette-county
- As of
- October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Payette County, ID", live data as of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/idaho/payette-county
No active outages are reported by Idaho Power Co in Payette County.
Report an outage in Payette County, ID
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Idaho Power Co; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~12,154 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Power Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
Idaho Power Co reportsevery 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 Payette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83661 | 194 | ≤11 | 173 | ≤11 |
| 83619 | 154 | ≤11 | 130 | ≤11 |
| 83655 | 70 | ≤11 | 54 | 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 Payette County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Payette County right now.
Payette County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 13, 2026.
- Flash Flood Watch ×2
- Frost Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Payette County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Payette County went about 1.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,320 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 1.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 3,837 customers out) · decade average 1.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12 | 4,695 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 47 | 4,781 | 1.3 |
| 2017 | 53 | 3,006 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 41 | 1,801 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 42 | 1,852 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 61 | 4,372 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 69 | 3,837 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 81 | 879 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 68 | 5,060 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 65 | 7,320 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 86 | 1,269 | 1.5 |
Cost of power in Payette County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Payette 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Moderate wildfire exposure · 1.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Payette County: FAQ
- How often does Payette County, ID lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Payette County, ID logged 86 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Payette County, ID?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,320 customers without power, beginning September 17, 2024 and lasting about 10h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Payette County, ID right now?
- No. As of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Idaho Power Co in Payette County, ID.
- Which utilities serve Payette County, ID?
- Tracked electric providers include Idaho Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Payette County.
83619, 83655, 83661
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Payette County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Idaho →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Power Co | 2.9 hrs | 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/16075 and /api/v1/counties/16075/history.