Power Outages in Chelan County, WA
PUD No 1 of Chelan County - (WA) publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 12.0 hours.
Chelan County, WA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/washington/chelan-county
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- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Chelan County, WA". https://massoutage.com/washington/chelan-county
PUD No 1 of Chelan County - (WA) publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Bonneville Power Administration: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~48,861 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: PUD No 1 of Chelan County - (WA).
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUD No 1 of Chelan County - (WA) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Chelan 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 (10)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98801 | 355 | ≤11 | 287 | ≤11 |
| 98816 | 70 | ≤11 | 52 | ≤11 |
| 98826 | 64 | 0 | 44 | ≤11 |
| 98815 | 45 | ≤11 | 34 | ≤11 |
| 98831 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 98822 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 98828 | 17 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 98847 | 14 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 98836 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 98821 | ≤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 Chelan County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Chelan County right now.
Chelan County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on September 14, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
Latest Chelan 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: 717 customers out (1.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Chelan County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Chelan County went about 12.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 14,176 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 12.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 14,176 customers out) · decade average 2.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 101 | 1,200 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 266 | 1,254 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 105 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 108 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,829 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 220 | 5,884 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 235 | 14,176 | 12.0 |
Cost of power in Chelan County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Chelan 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.
- PUD No 1 of Chelan County - (WA)3.8¢42,571 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 wildfire exposure · 2.4 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 Chelan County: FAQ
- How often does Chelan County, WA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Chelan County, WA logged 235 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 12.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Chelan County, WA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 14,176 customers without power, beginning December 10, 2025 and lasting about 10d 8h.
- Is there a power outage in Chelan County, WA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Chelan County, WA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Chelan County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include PUD No 1 of Chelan County - (WA).
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Chelan County.
98801, 98811, 98815, 98816, 98817, 98821, 98822, 98826, 98828, 98831, 98836, 98847, 98852
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUD No 1 of Chelan County - (WA) | 5.5 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | 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/53007 and /api/v1/counties/53007/history.