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2016 Colorado Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Colorado customer went without power for about 1.7 hours — the 38th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.7
Peak customers out
41,639
Rank (worst state)
38th
Counties affected
20

Colorado outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2016 highlighted.

1.2h20151.7h20161.5h20171.6h20183.3h20192.2h20202.8h20212.6h20222.1h20234.7h20244.6h2025

Hardest-hit Colorado counties in 2016

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Boulder County41,6392Weld County39,6183Adams County30,1364Arapahoe County24,6765Denver County21,7876Larimer County20,8207El Paso County15,7218Jefferson County13,1799Pitkin County11,72810Pueblo County6,44211Archuleta County6,27712Mesa County5,20413Eagle County4,45614Conejos County3,96215Douglas County3,85316Garfield County3,41517Summit County3,38618Alamosa County3,06919La Plata County3,00620Logan County2,817

Biggest Colorado outages of 2016

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Boulder CountyMarch 16, 201641,639
Weld CountyMarch 23, 201639,618
Adams CountyMarch 18, 201630,136
Arapahoe CountySeptember 13, 201624,676
Denver CountyMarch 18, 201621,787
Arapahoe CountyMarch 22, 201621,131
Larimer CountyMarch 23, 201620,820
El Paso CountyAugust 20, 201615,721
Jefferson CountyMarch 23, 201613,179
Denver CountyJanuary 25, 201612,596
Colorado by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMEFL

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.