Power Outages in Gilliam County, OR
As of October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC, no outages are reported by PacifiCorp in Gilliam County, OR. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, Columbia Basin Elec Cooperative, Inc and Wasco Electric Coop, Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.4 hours.
Gilliam County, OR is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/oregon/gilliam-county
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- October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Gilliam County, OR", live data as of October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC. https://massoutage.com/oregon/gilliam-county
No active outages are reported by PacifiCorp in Gilliam County.
No live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, Columbia Basin Elec Cooperative, Inc and Wasco Electric Coop, Inc: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~1,853 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration, Columbia Basin Elec Cooperative, Inc, Wasco Electric Coop, Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Columbia Basin Elec Cooperative, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wasco Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
PacifiCorp 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 Gilliam 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97823 | 14 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 97812 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
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 Gilliam County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Gilliam County right now.
Gilliam County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 13, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Gilliam County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Gilliam County went about 6.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 567 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 6.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 535 customers out) · decade average 2.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 20 | 548 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 81 | 422 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | 70 | 280 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 33 | 42 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 44 | 197 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 30 | 536 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 40 | 535 | 6.4 |
| 2025 | 38 | 567 | 6.4 |
Cost of power in Gilliam County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Gilliam 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
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.
Relatively Low wildfire exposure · 2.6 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 Gilliam County: FAQ
- How often does Gilliam County, OR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Gilliam County, OR logged 38 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Gilliam County, OR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 567 customers without power, beginning July 3, 2025 and lasting about 4h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Gilliam County, OR right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Gilliam County, OR. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Gilliam County, OR?
- Tracked electric providers include PacifiCorp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Gilliam County.
97812, 97823
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | 3.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Columbia Basin Elec Cooperative, Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Wasco Electric Coop, Inc | - | 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 Oregon customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/41021 and /api/v1/counties/41021/history.