Power Outages in Salt Lake County, UT
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 39 customers are without power in Salt Lake County, UT across 11 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.7 hours.
Salt Lake County, UT is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Salt Lake County right now.
Salt Lake County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Extreme Heat Watch ×1
- Flood Advisory ×1
Latest Salt Lake County, UT outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,051 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,028 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 792 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 5m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,847 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Salt Lake County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Salt Lake Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Salt Lake County went about 2.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 91,704 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 91,704 customers out) · decade average 3.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 203 | 11,607 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 509 | 15,378 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 204 | 20,046 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 331 | 91,704 | 12.1 |
| 2021 | 457 | 22,470 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 454 | 22,485 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 425 | 15,397 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 395 | 21,719 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 377 | 18,820 | 2.7 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 30.6% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Very High winter weather exposure · 3.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Salt Lake County: FAQ
- How often does Salt Lake County, UT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Salt Lake County, UT logged 377 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Salt Lake County, UT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 91,704 customers without power, beginning September 6, 2020 and lasting about 21d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Salt Lake County, UT right now?
- Yes — about 39 customers are currently without power across 11 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Salt Lake County, UT?
- Tracked electric providers include PACIFICORP.
Salt Lake City, West Valley City, West Jordan, Sandy, South Jordan, Millcreek, Herriman, Taylorsville, Draper, Murray, Riverton. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Salt Lake County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Salt Lake County (showing 40 of 42).
84006, 84009, 84020, 84044, 84047, 84065, 84070, 84081, 84084, 84088, 84092, 84093, 84094, 84095, 84096, 84101, 84102, 84103, 84104, 84105, 84106, 84107, 84108, 84109, 84111, 84112, 84113, 84114, 84115, 84116, 84117, 84118, 84119, 84120, 84121, 84123, 84124, 84128, 84129, 84138
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PACIFICORP | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/49035 and /api/v1/counties/49035/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Utah customers). Live data as of .