Power Outages in King County, WA
As of July 18, 2026 17:01 UTC, about 822 customers are without power in King County, WA across 9 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.1 hours.
King County, WA is served by 3 tracked utilities.
- Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy
- CITY OF SEATTLE - (WA)
No active NWS alerts for King County right now.
King County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Red Flag Warning on July 16, 2026.
- Red Flag Warning ×5
Latest King County, WA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 775 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 1,689 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,673 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 4m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,938 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 39m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 500 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 59m
Hardest-hit cities in King 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 King Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in King County went about 6.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 518,386 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 518,386 customers out) · decade average 6.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 455 | 117,262 | 6.0 |
| 2016 | 140 | 129,685 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 66 | 132,417 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 180 | 46,213 | 2.6 |
| 2019 | 121 | 50,401 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 56 | 49,535 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 56 | 215,586 | 9.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 64,404 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 154 | 35,807 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 45 | 518,386 | 27.5 |
| 2025 | 28 | 122,136 | 6.1 |
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 82.8% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 6.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in King County: FAQ
- How often does King County, WA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, King County, WA logged 28 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in King County, WA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 518,386 customers without power, beginning November 8, 2024 and lasting about 53d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in King County, WA right now?
- Yes — about 822 customers are currently without power across 9 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve King County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include CITY OF SEATTLE - (WA), Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy, TANNER ELECTRIC COOP.
Seattle, Bellevue, Kent, Renton, Federal Way, Kirkland, Auburn, Redmond, Sammamish, Shoreline, Burien, Bothell. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the King County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within King County (showing 40 of 86).
98001, 98002, 98003, 98004, 98005, 98006, 98007, 98008, 98010, 98011, 98014, 98019, 98022, 98023, 98024, 98025, 98027, 98028, 98029, 98030, 98031, 98032, 98033, 98034, 98038, 98039, 98040, 98042, 98045, 98047, 98050, 98051, 98052, 98053, 98055, 98056, 98057, 98058, 98059, 98065
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| TANNER ELECTRIC COOP | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| CITY OF SEATTLE - (WA) | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/53033 and /api/v1/counties/53033/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Washington customers). Live data as of .