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Power Outages in Jackson County, OR

As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 205 customers are without power in Jackson County, OR across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Ashland - (OR), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.9 hours.

Jackson County, OR is served by 2 tracked utilities.

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October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
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Jackson County, OR
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Scattered outages

205 customers without power

0.2% of Jackson County · across 1 reported incident.

Not counted: no live feed for City of Ashland - (OR).

Live data as of

Live status by utility · Jackson County

0.0%of this county's ~126,480 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Ashland - (OR). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

Only visible while reporting outages: PacifiCorp. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
PacifiCorpOutages only205------
City of Ashland - (OR)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Jackson 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.

Power-dependent
3,009
Oxygen service
520
Dialysis (facility)
198
Home health / hospice
563
By ZIP code (15)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
9750464420494≤11
9750153822442≤11
97502405≤11335≤11
97520235≤11165≤11
97524226≤11176≤11
97503139≤111150
97537118≤11102≤11
97530109≤1180≤11
9754098≤1167≤11
9753985≤1164≤11
9753580≤11670
9752569≤11520
97536210160
97541200160
9752217≤11150

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Jackson County, OR

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Jackson County or any town and utility in it.

◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Jackson County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Jackson County

Jackson County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 13, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
  • Frost Advisory ×5
  • Special Weather Statement ×4
  • Flood Advisory ×1
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Jackson County, OR outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 5m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,178 customers out (0.9% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 9h 45m

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 1,980 customers out

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 6,944 customers out

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 11,796 customers out (9.4% of the county)

Outage trend · Jackson County, OR
205customers out · peak 232
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Jackson County, OR: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 232 customers out; latest 205 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0100200300Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Jackson County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Jackson Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Jackson County went about 5.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 30,096 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 5.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2017–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Jackson County average outage hours per customer by year2017–2025: 2017 0.5h, 2018 1.3h, 2019 2.6h, 2020 17.7h, 2021 2.1h, 2022 3.2h, 2023 3.9h, 2024 7.1h, 2025 5.9h. Highlighted: 2020.051015200.5h20171.3h20182.6h201917.7h20202.1h20213.2h20223.9h20237.1h20245.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 23,628 customers out) · decade average 4.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20173803,7340.5
20188546,7181.3
201986019,2102.6
202083823,62817.7
202185630,0962.1
20228078,9133.2
202382613,2313.9
202479315,7697.1
202565425,7765.9

Cost of power in Jackson County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Jackson 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.

15.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 36% since 2015
vs Oregon avg 16.0¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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 causes outages here

Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →

Outage causes by share of outage-timePlanned / maintenance 56.9%, Equipment failure 43.1%Planned / maintenancePlanned / maintenance56.9%Equipment failureEquipment failure43.1%
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A reported cause is available for 0.4% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares are of the portion with a known cause; bars are scaled to the largest cause.
Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
June 28, 202130,0961d 11h
July 7, 202525,77610d 5h
September 7, 202023,62814d 14h
July 10, 201919,2101d 15h
June 12, 202018,9861d 7h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High winter weather exposure · 4.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

WildfireRelatively High
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Jackson County: FAQ

How often does Jackson County, OR lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Jackson County, OR logged 654 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Jackson County, OR?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 30,096 customers without power, beginning June 28, 2021 and lasting about 1d 11h.
Is there a power outage in Jackson County, OR right now?
Yes, about 205 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Jackson County, OR?
Tracked electric providers include PacifiCorp.
Nearby counties
Cities & towns in Jackson County

Medford. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Jackson County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Jackson County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jackson County.

97501, 97502, 97503, 97504, 97520, 97522, 97524, 97525, 97530, 97535, 97536, 97537, 97539, 97540, 97541

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
PacifiCorp3.5 hrsOutages only-
City of Ashland - (OR)-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/41029 and /api/v1/counties/41029/history. Live data as of .