Power Outages in Pierce County, WA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Pierce County, WA across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 19.4 hours.
Pierce County, WA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
No active NWS alerts for Pierce County right now.
Pierce County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Red Flag Warning on July 16, 2026.
- Red Flag Warning ×2
Latest Pierce County, WA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 49m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 597 customers out (0.3% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Pierce 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 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.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 86,311 customers out) · decade average 8.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 206 | 38,954 | 6.3 |
| 2016 | 637 | 14,229 | 2.0 |
| 2017 | 532 | 13,675 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | 693 | 29,496 | 2.7 |
| 2019 | 662 | 23,068 | 2.7 |
| 2020 | 546 | 52,571 | 11.5 |
| 2021 | 524 | 107,403 | 18.3 |
| 2022 | 510 | 26,845 | 7.3 |
| 2023 | 686 | 57,100 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 488 | 42,334 | 10.8 |
| 2025 | 544 | 86,311 | 19.4 |
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 99.5% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 8.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
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 5 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Pierce County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy, TANNER ELECTRIC COOP.
Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Pierce County level shown above.
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.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| TANNER ELECTRIC COOP | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/53053 and /api/v1/counties/53053/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Washington customers). Live data as of .