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Power Outages in Pierce County, WA

As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 17 customers are without power in Pierce County, WA across 6 reported incidents. City of Tacoma - (WA), Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Co, Lakeview Light & Power, Ohop Mutual Light Company, Inc, PUD No 1 of Lewis County - (WA), PUD No 3 of Mason County, Peninsula Light Company, Puget Sound Energy Inc and Tanner Electric Coop publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, City of Milton - (WA), Parkland Light & Water Company, Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy, Town of Eatonville - (WA), Town of Ruston - (WA) and Town of Steilacoom, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 19.4 hours.

Pierce County, WA is served by 16 tracked utilities.

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Scattered outages

17 customers without power

0.0% of Pierce County · across 6 reported incidents.

  • Puget Sound Energy Inc12 out
  • Lakeview Light & Power4 out
  • Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Co1 out

Not counted: no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, City of Milton - (WA), Parkland Light & Water Company, Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy, Town of Eatonville - (WA), Town of Ruston - (WA) and Town of Steilacoom.

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Live status by utility · Pierce County

0.0%of this county's ~194,790 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration, City of Milton - (WA), Parkland Light & Water Company, Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy, Town of Eatonville - (WA), Town of Ruston - (WA), Town of Steilacoom. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: City of Tacoma - (WA), Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Co, Lakeview Light & Power, Ohop Mutual Light Company, Inc, PUD No 1 of Lewis County - (WA), PUD No 3 of Mason County, Peninsula Light Company, Puget Sound Energy Inc, Tanner Electric Coop.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
City of Tacoma - (WA)Live · total onlynot by county------
Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Lakeview Light & PowerLive · total onlynot by county------
Ohop Mutual Light Company, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
PUD No 1 of Lewis County - (WA)Live · total onlynot by county------
PUD No 3 of Mason CountyLive · total onlynot by county------
Peninsula Light CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
Puget Sound Energy IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Tanner Electric CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Bonneville Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------
City of Milton - (WA)No live feedcan't see------
Parkland Light & Water CompanyNo live feedcan't see------
Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergyNo live feedcan't see------
Town of Eatonville - (WA)No live feedcan't see------
Town of Ruston - (WA)No live feedcan't see------
Town of SteilacoomNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Pierce 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.

Power-dependent
6,958
Oxygen service
777
Dialysis (facility)
993
Home health / hospice
1,118
By ZIP code (54)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
98391349≤11232≤11
9837431513231≤11
98387309≤11230≤11
98404239≤11184≤11
98338238≤11179≤11
98445227≤11163≤11
98444226≤11175≤11
98499224≤11163≤11
98498208≤11150≤11
98466204≤11134≤11
98372194≤11127≤11
98371193≤11139≤11
98335193≤111250
98405180≤11116≤11
98373177≤11122≤11
98409160≤11128≤11
98406152≤1198≤11
98375151≤11115≤11
98407150≤11107≤11
98321148≤11107≤11
98408140≤11105≤11
98360111079≤11
98580108≤1188≤11
98332106≤1170≤11
98422105≤1164≤11
98329100≤1178≤11
9832889≤1173≤11
9846787≤11540
98390810640
9844677≤11580
9840270≤11540
9835467≤1145≤11
9841862045≤11
9842454≤1143≤11
98443510370
9834950042≤11
9838844≤1133≤11
9840339≤11280
98465370280
9832736≤1122≤11
98333300210
98303230160
98558220150
98394180130
98439≤110≤110
98438≤110≤110
98433≤110≤110
98421≤110≤110
98417≤11≤11≤110
98385≤11≤11≤110
98351≤110≤110
98330≤110≤110
98323≤110≤110
98304≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Pierce County, WA

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Recent NWS alert activity · Pierce County

Pierce County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.

  • Dense Fog Advisory ×7
  • Frost Advisory ×4
  • Wind Advisory ×3

Latest Pierce County, WA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 43m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 13, 2026

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 752 customers out (0.4% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 59m

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,427 customers out (0.7% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 40m

Outage trend · Pierce County, WA
17customers out · peak 174
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Pierce County, WA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 174 customers out; latest 17 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.050100150200Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Pierce County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Pierce Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Pierce County went about 19.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 107,403 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 19.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Pierce County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 6.3h, 2016 2.0h, 2017 4.0h, 2018 2.7h, 2019 2.7h, 2020 11.5h, 2021 18.3h, 2022 7.3h, 2023 3.7h, 2024 10.8h, 2025 19.4h. Highlighted: 2025.051015206.3h20152.0h20164.0h20172.7h20182.7h201911.5h202018.3h20217.3h20223.7h202310.8h202419.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 86,311 customers out) · decade average 8.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201520638,9546.3
201663714,2292.0
201753213,6754.0
201869329,4962.7
201966223,0682.7
202054652,57111.5
2021524107,40318.3
202251026,8457.3
202368657,1003.7
202448842,33410.8
202554486,31119.4

Cost of power in Pierce County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Pierce 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.

15.0¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 54% since 2015
vs Washington avg 14.7¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

What causes outages here

Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →

Outage causes by share of outage-timeEquipment failure 92.7%, Planned / maintenance 4.7%, Trees / vegetation 2.6%Equipment failureEquipment failure92.7%Planned / maintenancePlanned / maintenance4.7%Trees / vegetationTrees / vegetation2.6%
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A reported cause is available for 0.9% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares are of the portion with a known cause; bars are scaled to the largest cause.
Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
January 7, 2021107,40312d
October 22, 202586,3117d 12h
December 16, 202583,4116d 11h
November 15, 202357,10015h 30m
September 17, 202155,7154d 22h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 8.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively High
EarthquakeRelatively High
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Power outages in Pierce County: FAQ

How often does Pierce County, WA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Pierce County, WA logged 544 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 19.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Pierce County, WA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 107,403 customers without power, beginning January 7, 2021 and lasting about 12d.
Is there a power outage in Pierce County, WA right now?
Yes, about 17 customers are currently without power across 6 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Pierce County, WA?
Tracked electric providers include City of Tacoma - (WA), Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Co, Lakeview Light & Power, Ohop Mutual Light Company, Inc, Peninsula Light Company, Puget Sound Energy Inc.
Nearby counties
King CountyKitsap CountyLewis CountyMason County
Cities & towns in Pierce County

Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Pierce County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Pierce County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pierce County (showing 40 of 57).

98303, 98304, 98321, 98323, 98327, 98328, 98329, 98330, 98332, 98333, 98335, 98338, 98349, 98351, 98354, 98360, 98371, 98372, 98373, 98374, 98375, 98385, 98387, 98388, 98390, 98391, 98394, 98396, 98402, 98403, 98404, 98405, 98406, 98407, 98408, 98409, 98416, 98418, 98421, 98422

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Puget Sound Energy Inc9.7 hrsLive · total only-
PUD No 1 of Lewis County - (WA)11.0 hrsLive · total only-
City of Tacoma - (WA)2.9 hrsLive · total only-
Peninsula Light Company12.4 hrsLive · total only-
Bonneville Power Administration-No live feed-
Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy-No live feed-
PUD No 3 of Mason County-Live · total only-
Tanner Electric Coop-Live · total only-
City of Milton - (WA)-No live feed-
Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Co-Live · total only-
Lakeview Light & Power-Live · total only-
Ohop Mutual Light Company, Inc-Live · total only-

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/53053 and /api/v1/counties/53053/history. Live data as of .