Power Outages in Benton County, WA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Benton County, WA across 1 reported incident. Benton Rural Electric Assn, PUD No 1 of Benton County and PUD No 1 of Klickitat County publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, City of Richland - (WA) and PUD No 1 of Benton County,bentonpud, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.0 hours.
Benton County, WA is served by 7 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/washington/benton-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Benton County, WA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/washington/benton-county
Not counted: no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, City of Richland - (WA) and PUD No 1 of Benton County,bentonpud.
0.0%of this county's ~91,643 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration, City of Richland - (WA), PUD No 1 of Benton County,bentonpud. 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.
System-wide total only, no county split: Benton Rural Electric Assn, PUD No 1 of Benton County, PUD No 1 of Klickitat County.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Rural Electric Assn | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PUD No 1 of Benton County | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PUD No 1 of Klickitat County | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PacifiCorp | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Richland - (WA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PUD No 1 of Benton County,bentonpud | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Benton 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99336 | 379 | ≤11 | 273 | ≤11 |
| 99337 | 284 | ≤11 | 195 | ≤11 |
| 99352 | 238 | ≤11 | 160 | ≤11 |
| 99354 | 169 | ≤11 | 116 | 0 |
| 99338 | 140 | ≤11 | 89 | 0 |
| 99353 | 131 | ≤11 | 94 | ≤11 |
| 99320 | 113 | ≤11 | 85 | ≤11 |
| 99350 | 89 | ≤11 | 53 | ≤11 |
| 99346 | ≤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 Benton County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Benton County right now.
Benton County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 13, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
Latest Benton County, WA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 627 customers out (0.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Benton 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 Benton Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Benton County went about 1.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 17,777 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 1.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 17,777 customers out) · decade average 1.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 86 | 95 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 564 | 5,345 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 550 | 5,530 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 574 | 4,072 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 666 | 11,998 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 629 | 17,777 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 748 | 5,820 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 696 | 2,548 | 1.0 |
Cost of power in Benton County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Benton 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.
- PacifiCorp14.3¢114,998 cust
- PUD No 1 of Benton County9.1¢50,835 cust
- City of Richland - (WA)10.0¢26,340 cust
- Benton Rural Electric Assn9.7¢13,864 cust
- PUD No 1 of Klickitat County12.6¢11,977 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 High ice storms exposure · 1.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Benton County: FAQ
- How often does Benton County, WA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Benton County, WA logged 696 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Benton County, WA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 17,777 customers without power, beginning February 18, 2023 and lasting about 3d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Benton County, WA right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Benton County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include Benton Rural Electric Assn, PUD No 1 of Benton County, PUD No 1 of Benton County,bentonpud.
Kennewick, Richland. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Benton County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Benton County.
98944, 99320, 99336, 99337, 99338, 99345, 99346, 99350, 99352, 99353, 99354
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 Richland - (WA) | 0.6 hrs | No live feed | - |
| PUD No 1 of Benton County | 0.6 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| PUD No 1 of Klickitat County | - | Live · total only | - |
| Benton Rural Electric Assn | - | Live · total only | - |
| PUD No 1 of Benton County,bentonpud | - | 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/53005 and /api/v1/counties/53005/history. Live data as of .