Power Outages in Franklin County, WA
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Franklin County, WA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.0 hours.
Franklin County, WA is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/washington/franklin-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Franklin County, WA", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/washington/franklin-county
Not counted: no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration.
100%of this county's ~37,568 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.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUD No 1 of Franklin County | Live · county | 0 | 35,737 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 1 | 7,457 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Avista Corp | Live · county | 0 | 40 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Inland Power & Light Company | Live · county | 0 | 12 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
PUD No 1 of Franklin County, Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc, Avista Corp and Inland Power & Light Company reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99301 | 387 | 13 | 255 | ≤11 |
| 99326 | 17 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 99343 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99335 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99330 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Franklin County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Franklin County right now.
Franklin 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
Hardest-hit cities in Franklin 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 Franklin Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Franklin County went about 0.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,026 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 0.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 1,403 customers out) · decade average 0.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 39 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 39 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 9 | 76 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 386 | 2,026 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 303 | 1,403 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 79 | 544 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 76 | 123 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 74 | 220 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 41 | 43 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 25 | 40 | 0.0 |
Cost of power in Franklin County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Franklin 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.
- Inland Power & Light Company9.6¢42,351 cust
- PUD No 1 of Franklin County10.0¢27,692 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 Moderate ice storms exposure · 0.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Franklin County: FAQ
- How often does Franklin County, WA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Franklin County, WA logged 25 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Franklin County, WA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,026 customers without power, beginning April 24, 2019 and lasting about 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Franklin County, WA right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Franklin County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc, PUD No 1 of Franklin County.
Pasco. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Franklin County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Franklin County.
99301, 99326, 99330, 99335, 99343
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inland Power & Light Company | 8.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc | 7.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| PUD No 1 of Franklin County | - | Live · county | - |
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/53021 and /api/v1/counties/53021/history. Live data as of .