Power Outages in Payne County, OK
Is there a power outage in Payne County, OK right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Payne County, OK across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Cushing - (OK) and City of Yale - (OK), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Payne County, OK is served by 7 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.1 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/oklahoma/payne-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Payne County, OK", live data as of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/oklahoma/payne-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Cushing - (OK) and City of Yale - (OK).
Report an outage in Payne County, OK
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 Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc, Indian Electric Coop, Inc, Stillwater Utilities Authority, City of Cushing - (OK) and City of Yale - (OK); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
63%of this county's ~42,648 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Cushing - (OK), City of Yale - (OK). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Utilities Authority | Live · county | 0 | 22,361 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co | Live · county | 0 | 3,600 | 0.0% | +1 small outage (<10 each) | 1 | October 19, 2026 19:00 UTC | |
| Indian Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 776 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Verdigris Valley Elec Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc | Live · county | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| City of Cushing - (OK) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Yale - (OK) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Stillwater Utilities Authority, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co, Indian Electric Coop, Inc, Verdigris Valley Elec Coop Inc and Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Payne County2
Individual outages as listed by Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | - | - | Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc | |
| <10 | - | - | October 19, 2026 19:00 UTC | Oklahoma Gas & Electric |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Payne 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74074 | 261 | 18 | 172 | ≤11 |
| 74075 | 153 | 13 | 102 | ≤11 |
| 74023 | 152 | ≤11 | 122 | ≤11 |
| 74059 | 64 | ≤11 | 43 | ≤11 |
| 74085 | 39 | ≤11 | 31 | ≤11 |
| 74032 | 24 | 0 | 20 | ≤11 |
| 74062 | ≤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 Payne County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Payne County right now.
Payne County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×7
- Flood Watch ×7
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Heat Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Payne County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Payne Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Payne County went about 3.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 23,164 customers.
The US EIA reports Oklahoma utilities averaged 5.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 3.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 23,164 customers out) · decade average 2.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 284 | 416 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 87 | 973 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 34 | 635 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 282 | 707 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 552 | 1,711 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 599 | 23,164 | 9.3 |
| 2021 | 828 | 7,173 | 0.9 |
| 2022 | 872 | 4,010 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 842 | 8,347 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 905 | 6,918 | 1.9 |
| 2025 | 922 | 15,249 | 3.1 |
Cost of power in Payne County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Payne 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.
- Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co12.5¢716,295 cust
- Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc12.9¢20,052 cust
- Stillwater Utilities Authority13.8¢19,604 cust
- Indian Electric Coop, Inc13.4¢14,832 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.
Very High ice storms exposure · 2.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Payne County: FAQ
- How often does Payne County, OK lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Payne County, OK logged 922 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Payne County, OK?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 23,164 customers without power, beginning October 26, 2020 and lasting about 8d 8h.
- Is there a power outage in Payne County, OK right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Payne County, OK across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Cushing - (OK) and City of Yale - (OK), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Payne County, OK?
- Tracked electric providers include Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc, Indian Electric Coop, Inc, Stillwater Utilities Authority.
Stillwater. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Payne County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Payne County.
74023, 74032, 74059, 74062, 74074, 74075, 74077, 74078, 74085
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 Payne County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Oklahoma →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc | 4.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Indian Electric Coop, Inc | 1.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Stillwater Utilities Authority | 17.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co | - | Live · county | Outage map ↗ |
| City of Cushing - (OK) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Yale - (OK) | - | 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 0% of Oklahoma customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/40119 and /api/v1/counties/40119/history. Live data as of .