Power Outages in Josephine County, OR
Is there a power outage in Josephine County, OR right now? No. As of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC, no outages are reported by PacifiCorp in Josephine County, OR.
Josephine County, OR is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 11.5 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/oregon/josephine-county
- As of
- October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Josephine County, OR", live data as of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/oregon/josephine-county
No active outages are reported by PacifiCorp in Josephine County.
Report an outage in Josephine 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; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~49,510 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
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 Josephine 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 (10)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97527 | 580 | 19 | 468 | ≤11 |
| 97526 | 510 | 14 | 413 | ≤11 |
| 97523 | 149 | ≤11 | 120 | ≤11 |
| 97532 | 52 | ≤11 | 36 | 0 |
| 97538 | 25 | ≤11 | 22 | 0 |
| 97534 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 97544 | 20 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 97497 | 15 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 97543 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 97531 | ≤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 Josephine County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Josephine County right now.
Josephine County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 13, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Freeze Warning ×1
- Freeze Watch ×1
Latest Josephine County, OR outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 7h 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 503 customers out (1.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 35m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 503 customers out (1.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10h 5m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 600 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,693 customers out (3.5% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 595 customers out (1.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Josephine County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Josephine County went about 11.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 43,968 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 11.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 10,816 customers out) · decade average 7.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 297 | 2,872 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 651 | 42,716 | 4.5 |
| 2019 | 773 | 3,774 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | 777 | 10,816 | 11.5 |
| 2021 | 802 | 43,968 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | 772 | 12,394 | 10.1 |
| 2023 | 710 | 15,594 | 7.9 |
| 2024 | 719 | 4,463 | 9.6 |
| 2025 | 601 | 13,635 | 11.5 |
Cost of power in Josephine County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Josephine 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. 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 · 7.1 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 Josephine County: FAQ
- How often does Josephine County, OR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Josephine County, OR logged 601 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 11.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Josephine County, OR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 43,968 customers without power, beginning January 27, 2021 and lasting about 1d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Josephine County, OR right now?
- No. As of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC, no outages are reported by PacifiCorp in Josephine County, OR.
- Which utilities serve Josephine County, OR?
- Tracked electric providers include PacifiCorp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Josephine County.
97497, 97523, 97526, 97527, 97531, 97532, 97534, 97538, 97543, 97544
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 Josephine 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 | - |
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/41033 and /api/v1/counties/41033/history.