Power Outages in San Juan County, WA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in San Juan County, WA across 1 reported incident. Orcas Power & Light Coop publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.1 hours.
San Juan County, WA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/washington/san-juan-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in San Juan County, WA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/washington/san-juan-county
0.0%of this county's ~15,704 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Orcas Power & Light Coop.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orcas Power & Light Coop | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in San Juan 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 (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98250 | 60 | ≤11 | 42 | ≤11 |
| 98245 | 41 | ≤11 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 98261 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 98286 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 98280 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 98279 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98243 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 |
| 98222 | ≤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 San Juan County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for San Juan County right now.
San Juan County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 5, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×4
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest San Juan County, WA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 471 customers out (3.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in San Juan 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 San Juan Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in San Juan County went about 6.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 14,753 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 6.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 14,732 customers out) · decade average 11.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 14 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2,301 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | 127 | 3,423 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 276 | 4,858 | 5.1 |
| 2021 | 255 | 14,431 | 24.0 |
| 2022 | 251 | 14,732 | 32.2 |
| 2023 | 240 | 14,753 | 22.3 |
| 2024 | 237 | 4,464 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 203 | 12,960 | 6.1 |
Cost of power in San Juan County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for San Juan 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.
- Orcas Power & Light Coop19.0¢14,034 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 Low winter weather exposure · 11.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in San Juan County: FAQ
- How often does San Juan County, WA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, San Juan County, WA logged 203 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in San Juan County, WA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 14,753 customers without power, beginning September 25, 2023 and lasting about 1d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in San Juan County, WA right now?
- Yes, about 2 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve San Juan County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include Orcas Power & Light Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within San Juan County.
98222, 98243, 98245, 98250, 98261, 98279, 98280, 98286, 98297
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orcas Power & Light Coop | 5.4 hrs | 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/53055 and /api/v1/counties/53055/history. Live data as of .