Power Outages in Deschutes County, OR
Is there a power outage in Deschutes County, OR right now? None reported. As of October 20, 2026 10:25 UTC, no outages are reported by Midstate Electric Coop, Inc, Harney Electric Coop, Inc and PacifiCorp in Deschutes County, OR. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration and Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR).
Deschutes County, OR is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.9 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/oregon/deschutes-county
- As of
- October 20, 2026 10:25 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Deschutes County, OR", live data as of October 20, 2026 10:25 UTC. https://massoutage.com/oregon/deschutes-county
No active outages are reported by Midstate Electric Coop, Inc, Harney Electric Coop, Inc and PacifiCorp in Deschutes County.
No live feed for Bonneville Power Administration and Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Deschutes County, OR
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 PacifiCorp, Bonneville Power Administration, Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR), Harney Electric Coop, Inc and Midstate Electric Coop, Inc; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
12%of this county's ~143,077 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration, Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midstate Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 16,671 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Harney Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| PacifiCorp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Midstate Electric Coop, Inc, Harney Electric Coop, Inc and PacifiCorp 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 Deschutes 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 (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97756 | 615 | ≤11 | 484 | ≤11 |
| 97702 | 557 | ≤11 | 412 | ≤11 |
| 97701 | 521 | ≤11 | 414 | ≤11 |
| 97739 | 379 | ≤11 | 320 | 0 |
| 97759 | 114 | ≤11 | 77 | ≤11 |
| 97707 | 93 | ≤11 | 68 | 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 Deschutes County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Deschutes County right now.
Deschutes County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 10, 2026.
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Deschutes County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Bendno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Deschutes County went about 2.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 38,705 customers.
The US EIA reports Oregon utilities averaged 4.3 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 2.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 38,705 customers out) · decade average 1.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 454 | 5,356 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 714 | 11,167 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 740 | 3,941 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 580 | 4,931 | 2.7 |
| 2021 | 784 | 8,197 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 753 | 34,638 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 669 | 18,382 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 707 | 14,164 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 699 | 38,705 | 2.9 |
Cost of power in Deschutes County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Deschutes 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.
- PacifiCorp15.2¢552,756 cust
- Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR)10.5¢35,385 cust
- Midstate Electric Coop, Inc11.9¢18,875 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.
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 wildfire exposure · 1.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Deschutes County: FAQ
- How often does Deschutes County, OR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Deschutes County, OR logged 699 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Deschutes County, OR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 38,705 customers without power, beginning September 8, 2025 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Deschutes County, OR right now?
- None reported. As of October 20, 2026 10:25 UTC, no outages are reported by Midstate Electric Coop, Inc, Harney Electric Coop, Inc and PacifiCorp in Deschutes County, OR. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration and Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR).
- Which utilities serve Deschutes County, OR?
- Tracked electric providers include Midstate Electric Coop, Inc, PacifiCorp.
Bend. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Deschutes County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Deschutes County.
97701, 97702, 97703, 97707, 97709, 97712, 97739, 97756, 97760
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 Deschutes County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Oregon →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | 3.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR) | - | No live feed | - |
| Harney Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| Midstate Electric Coop, 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 Oregon customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/41017 and /api/v1/counties/41017/history.