Power Outages in Adams County, WA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Adams County, WA across 1 reported incident. Avista Corp, Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc and Inland Power & Light Company publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Avista Corp,avista, Bonneville Power Administration and PUD No 2 of Grant County - (WA), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.
Adams County, WA is served by 6 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/washington/adams-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Adams County, WA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/washington/adams-county
Not counted: no live feed for Avista Corp,avista, Bonneville Power Administration and PUD No 2 of Grant County - (WA).
0.0%of this county's ~7,281 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Avista Corp,avista, Bonneville Power Administration, PUD No 2 of Grant County - (WA). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Avista Corp, Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc, Inland Power & Light Company.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avista Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inland Power & Light Company | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Avista Corp,avista | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PUD No 2 of Grant County - (WA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Adams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99344 | 65 | ≤11 | 38 | ≤11 |
| 99169 | 32 | ≤11 | 27 | 0 |
| 99371 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99341 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 99105 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 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 Adams County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Adams County right now.
Adams County has been under 30 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 13, 2026.
- Blowing Dust Advisory ×11
- Wind Advisory ×6
- Frost Advisory ×4
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Dust Advisory ×2
- Freeze Warning ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Adams 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 Adams Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Adams County went about 1.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,585 customers.
The US EIA reports Washington utilities averaged 6.6 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 1,462 customers out) · decade average 1.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 234 | 2,575 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 239 | 2,585 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 261 | 1,382 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 318 | 339 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 416 | 1,462 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 263 | 2,054 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 262 | 572 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 241 | 833 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 244 | 228 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 250 | 1,300 | 1.6 |
Cost of power in Adams County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Adams 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.
- Avista Corp14.2¢247,159 cust
- PUD No 2 of Grant County - (WA)6.2¢43,160 cust
- Inland Power & Light Company9.6¢42,351 cust
- Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc9.6¢6,365 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 Low high winds exposure · 1.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Adams County: FAQ
- How often does Adams County, WA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Adams County, WA logged 250 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Adams County, WA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,585 customers without power, beginning April 9, 2016 and lasting about 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Adams County, WA right now?
- Yes, about 5 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Adams County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include Avista Corp,avista, Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc, Inland Power & Light Company.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Adams County.
99105, 99169, 99341, 99344, 99371
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avista Corp | 7.9 hrs | Live · total only | |
| Inland Power & Light Company | 8.9 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc | 7.5 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Avista Corp,avista | - | No live feed | - |
| PUD No 2 of Grant County - (WA) | - | 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 Washington customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/53001 and /api/v1/counties/53001/history. Live data as of .