Power Outages in Carbon County, UT
PacifiCorp has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. There is no live feed for City of Helper - (UT) and Price Municipal Corporation. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 12.5 hours.
Carbon County, UT is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/utah/carbon-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Carbon County, UT". https://massoutage.com/utah/carbon-county
PacifiCorp only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.
No live feed for City of Helper - (UT) and Price Municipal Corporation: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~4,624 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Helper - (UT), Price Municipal Corporation. 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.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Helper - (UT) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Price Municipal Corporation | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Carbon 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84501 | 480 | 13 | 454 | ≤11 |
| 84526 | 167 | ≤11 | 161 | 0 |
| 84520 | 79 | ≤11 | 76 | 0 |
| 84542 | 58 | ≤11 | 55 | 0 |
| 84539 | 29 | ≤11 | 29 | 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 Carbon County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Carbon County right now.
Carbon County has been under 54 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 12, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×23
- Flood Watch ×13
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×13
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Flood Warning ×2
- Hydrologic Outlook ×1
Latest Carbon County, UT outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6h 20m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 564 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 963 customers out (25% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 571 customers out (15% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Carbon County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Carbon County went about 12.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,849 customers.
The US EIA reports Utah utilities averaged 1.9 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 12.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 1,370 customers out) · decade average 6.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 88 | 3,186 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 172 | 2,975 | 5.9 |
| 2019 | 310 | 1,293 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 233 | 2,271 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 202 | 2,224 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 202 | 3,849 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 235 | 1,959 | 7.4 |
| 2024 | 252 | 1,609 | 10.9 |
| 2025 | 209 | 1,370 | 12.5 |
Cost of power in Carbon County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Carbon 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.
- PacifiCorp13.5¢969,037 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.
Relatively Moderate winter weather exposure · 6.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Carbon County: FAQ
- How often does Carbon County, UT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Carbon County, UT logged 209 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 12.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Carbon County, UT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,849 customers without power, beginning September 14, 2022 and lasting about 1h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Carbon County, UT right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Carbon County, UT. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Carbon County, UT?
- Tracked electric providers include PacifiCorp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Carbon County.
84501, 84520, 84526, 84529, 84539, 84542
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PacifiCorp | 3.5 hrs | Outages only | - |
| City of Helper - (UT) | - | No live feed | - |
| Price Municipal Corporation | - | 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 Utah customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/49007 and /api/v1/counties/49007/history.