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2022 Colorado Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Colorado customer went without power for about 2.6 hours, the 38th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.6
vs prior year
▼ 6%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
7.3M
Peak customers out
136,669
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
84%
of CO customers
Counties reporting
52

Colorado year over year

Colorado: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.2h; 2016: 1.7h; 2017: 1.5h; 2018: 1.6h, coverage 88%; 2019: 3.2h, coverage 83%; 2020: 2.2h, coverage 84%; 2021: 2.8h, coverage 83%; 2022: 2.6h, coverage 84%; 2023: 2.1h; 2024: 4.7h; 2025: 4.5h02460%50%100%1.2h20151.7h20161.5h20171.6h20183.2h20192.2h20202.8h20212.6h20222.1h20234.7h20244.5h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2022

Customer-hours without power across Colorado; May was the worst.

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Colorado customer-hours without power by month, 2022Jan 501K, Feb 126K, Mar 338K, Apr 463K, May 2.6M, Jun 629K, Jul 611K, Aug 538K, Sep 377K, Oct 359K, Nov 320K, Dec 485K01M2M3M501KJan126KFeb338KMar463KApr2.6MMay629KJun611KJul538KAug377KSep359KOct320KNov485KDec
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All 52 Colorado counties, 2022

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Clear Creek County22.989K3,8771,972310
2Conejos County22.786K3,7933,793188
3Park County12.475K6,0163,161433
4Cheyenne County8.812K1,4121,381157
5Kit Carson County6.826K3,8182,15385
6Teller County6.762K9,3076,863374
7Summit County6.199K16,1317,502348
8Jefferson County6.11.7M278,20757,450661
9Mineral County6.04,7247934413
10Costilla County5.111K2,089446112
11La Plata County4.9180K36,9865,282607
12Pueblo County4.7246K52,22611,097452
13Delta County4.554K11,8744,408208
14Fremont County4.586K19,0185,009193
15Rio Grande County4.030K7,5552,752195
16San Juan County3.41,8475492129
17Archuleta County3.328K8,4822,060368
18Boulder County3.3550K166,61330,294770
19Gilpin County3.38,6102,62678653
20Routt County3.260K18,5281,914443
21Crowley County3.27,6652,4081,62431
22Elbert County3.030K10,1071,211408
23Arapahoe County2.9944K323,11319,343870
24Denver County2.91.1M398,89832,049859
25Saguache County2.58,1193,26087544
26Pitkin County2.229K12,7682,374263
27Weld County2.1261K122,3238,781895
28Lake County2.17,3423,471268103
29Custer County2.16,1912,9301,64424
30Chaffee County2.126K12,3414,878159
31Mesa County2.0153K78,5427,864634
32Logan County1.913K6,7071,519244
33Alamosa County1.917K9,2881,096248
34Broomfield County1.967K36,1826,296317
35Moffat County1.816K9,049906300
36Adams County1.7410K243,0367,790699
37Garfield County1.657K34,9043,589489
38Lincoln County1.65,6733,630254160
39Otero County1.45,8974,20696552
40Montrose County1.435K24,9745,432302
41Douglas County1.3207K157,25110,627837
42Morgan County1.015K14,5011,232129
43Baca County0.99161,0502616
44Larimer County0.9134K154,6804,686796
45Gunnison County0.913K14,72940748
46El Paso County0.8302K361,67810,383735
47Hinsdale County0.75427731116
48Eagle County0.730K43,4291,327409
49Rio Blanco County0.14585,5661627
50Washington County0.01694,309483
51Grand County0.037319,0924520
52Ouray County0.0354,32672

Biggest Colorado outages of 2022

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Jefferson County, COMay 20, 2022 10:45May 26, 2022 11:456d 1h57,450913K
2Denver County, COMay 17, 2022 07:45May 25, 2022 05:457d 22h32,049455K
3Boulder County, COJanuary 1, 2022 00:00January 7, 2022 19:306d 19h30,294275K
4Jefferson County, CODecember 29, 2022 02:15January 1, 2023 00:002d 21h21,13850K
5Arapahoe County, COMay 20, 2022 18:45May 25, 2022 02:154d 7h19,343393K
6Arapahoe County, COOctober 17, 2022 11:00October 17, 2022 18:457h 45m16,65010K
7Denver County, COOctober 6, 2022 15:00October 8, 2022 03:451d 12h14,82227K
8Denver County, CONovember 5, 2022 14:15November 6, 2022 01:0010h 45m11,9479,891
9Denver County, COAugust 4, 2022 12:15August 17, 2022 08:4512d 20h11,48552K
10Pueblo County, COOctober 28, 2022 15:30October 28, 2022 16:0030m11,0974,430
11Pueblo County, COMay 21, 2022 09:15May 24, 2022 01:002d 15h10,943147K
12Douglas County, COMarch 14, 2022 16:00March 14, 2022 20:154h 15m10,6272,726
13El Paso County, COMay 20, 2022 18:15May 23, 2022 10:152d 16h10,38325K
14Denver County, COJune 27, 2022 17:15June 28, 2022 02:159h9,53212K
15Denver County, CODecember 6, 2022 14:30December 7, 2022 08:0017h 30m8,85815K
16Weld County, CONovember 15, 2022 07:45November 16, 2022 00:4517h8,7815,232
17Denver County, CODecember 28, 2022 14:45December 31, 2022 04:152d 13h8,56848K
18Jefferson County, COJuly 26, 2022 12:15July 30, 2022 00:303d 12h8,50134K
19El Paso County, CONovember 29, 2022 23:45November 30, 2022 02:453h8,0442,031
20Boulder County, CODecember 29, 2022 01:45December 30, 2022 08:151d 6h7,99024K
21El Paso County, COJuly 15, 2022 15:30July 17, 2022 00:451d 9h7,9642,660
22Mesa County, COApril 21, 2022 15:30April 22, 2022 01:009h 30m7,8641,975
23Adams County, COJune 25, 2022 12:15June 26, 2022 04:1516h7,79021K
24El Paso County, COSeptember 7, 2022 14:30September 8, 2022 04:1513h 45m7,78211K
25Denver County, COSeptember 4, 2022 12:45September 4, 2022 16:303h 45m7,6305,938
EAGLE-I tracked about 84% of Colorado's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Colorado by year:2025202420232021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2022:MEFLWVNCVTAKMIVA

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.