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2025 Washington Power Outage Report

In 2025, the average Washington customer went without power for about 7.0 hours, the 11th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
7.0
vs prior year
▼ 42%
vs 2024
Customer-hours out
24.2M
Peak customers out
357,251
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of WA customers
Counties reporting
33

Washington year over year

Washington: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 9.1h; 2016: 3.2h; 2017: 3.3h; 2018: 2.1h, coverage 71%; 2019: 2.0h, coverage 86%; 2020: 4.2h, coverage 87%; 2021: 8.7h, coverage 87%; 2022: 6.6h, coverage 87%; 2023: 2.6h; 2024: 12.1h; 2025: 7.0h0510150%50%100%9.1h20153.2h20163.3h20172.1h20182.0h20194.2h20208.7h20216.6h20222.6h202312.1h20247.0h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2025

Customer-hours without power across Washington; December was the worst.

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Washington customer-hours without power by month, 2025Jan 454K, Feb 3.9M, Mar 551K, Apr 645K, May 693K, Jun 812K, Jul 1.0M, Aug 1.0M, Sep 706K, Oct 5.1M, Nov 830K, Dec 8.5M02.5M5M7.5M10M454KJan3.9MFeb551KMar645KApr693KMay812KJun1.0MJul1.0MAug706KSep5.1MOct830KNov8.5MDec
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All 33 Washington counties, 2025

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Garfield County20.720K968968106
2Pend Oreille County20.1188K9,3462,526222
3Pierce County19.43.7M190,28286,311544
4Kitsap County18.92.4M126,24265,573677
5Ferry County18.4107K5,8071,224163
6Island County17.81.6M87,19647,704522
7Thurston County14.92.1M141,01750,307562
8Clallam County14.5636K43,72613,188588
9Stevens County12.7390K30,6719,427589
10Chelan County12.0606K50,45614,176235
11Kittitas County11.4239K21,0556,665345
12Skagit County10.2638K62,21614,649578
13Jefferson County9.0247K27,32217,647354
14Lincoln County7.346K6,3072,719318
15Lewis County7.1383K53,91915,687633
16Columbia County7.114K1,960916136
17Whatcom County6.7380K56,7476,129607
18King County6.15.9M963,744122,13628
19San Juan County6.194K15,56912,960203
20Mason County5.6209K37,5295,707699
21Asotin County5.3111K20,7972,210197
22Clark County5.21.1M210,59594,192744
23Cowlitz County4.5231K50,75112,176564
24Whitman County4.5211K47,4095,825411
25Walla Walla County3.8115K30,0508,704570
26Yakima County3.5416K120,5014,329660
27Spokane County3.1672K217,35127,258685
28Douglas County2.438K15,7541,255273
29Snohomish County2.21.4M638,02953,684797
30Adams County1.624K14,9101,300250
31Benton County1.078K80,3512,548696
32Franklin County0.01,28732,7344025
33Grant County0.016950,6671010

Biggest Washington outages of 2025

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1King County, WASeptember 30, 2025 06:00November 27, 2025 08:4558d 2h122,1362.4M
2Clark County, WADecember 17, 2025 09:15December 20, 2025 05:002d 19h94,192784K
3Pierce County, WAOctober 22, 2025 14:15October 30, 2025 02:157d 12h86,3111.2M
4Pierce County, WADecember 16, 2025 16:00December 23, 2025 03:006d 11h83,4111.5M
5Kitsap County, WAFebruary 24, 2025 01:45March 1, 2025 05:305d 3h65,5731.7M
6King County, WAFebruary 17, 2025 14:45March 9, 2025 08:1519d 17h63,233792K
7Snohomish County, WADecember 16, 2025 21:00December 19, 2025 01:302d 4h53,684746K
8Thurston County, WAOctober 24, 2025 14:00October 30, 2025 05:455d 15h50,307880K
9Island County, WADecember 15, 2025 08:00December 21, 2025 14:006d 6h47,7041.3M
10Pierce County, WAApril 22, 2025 15:45April 29, 2025 23:307d 7h34,66973K
11Thurston County, WADecember 17, 2025 02:00December 21, 2025 23:004d 21h31,765583K
12Spokane County, WADecember 17, 2025 11:15December 20, 2025 05:452d 18h27,258223K
13King County, WAJuly 14, 2025 13:15July 19, 2025 08:454d 19h22,603117K
14Pierce County, WAOctober 13, 2025 15:45October 14, 2025 09:4518h21,82930K
15Thurston County, WAFebruary 24, 2025 21:30March 2, 2025 21:306d21,133168K
16King County, WANovember 27, 2025 15:30January 1, 2026 00:0034d 8h18,890670K
17Jefferson County, WAMay 27, 2025 20:45May 28, 2025 06:009h 15m17,64726K
18Snohomish County, WAFebruary 23, 2025 19:45February 26, 2025 13:302d 17h16,786180K
19King County, WAJanuary 7, 2025 14:30February 17, 2025 03:4540d 13h16,314289K
20Kitsap County, WAMay 14, 2025 11:00May 14, 2025 11:4545m15,88412K
21Kitsap County, WADecember 15, 2025 12:00December 18, 2025 01:152d 13h15,840124K
22Lewis County, WADecember 17, 2025 07:15December 22, 2025 03:004d 19h15,687150K
23Pierce County, WAOctober 31, 2025 22:00November 2, 2025 18:301d 20h15,14037K
24Skagit County, WAOctober 25, 2025 13:30October 27, 2025 07:151d 17h14,64992K
25Chelan County, WADecember 10, 2025 23:00December 21, 2025 07:1510d 8h14,176444K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Washington's electricity customers in 2025; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Washington by year:2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2025:WVMIAKPAMOVANCAR

Part of the 2025 US Power Outage Report.

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