Power Outages in Skagit County, WA
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, about 31 customers are without power in Skagit County, WA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration and Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.2 hours.
Skagit County, WA is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/washington/skagit-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Skagit County, WA", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/washington/skagit-county
Not counted: no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration and Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy.
0.0%of this county's ~62,921 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration, Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy. 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 Snohomish County - (WA) | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puget Sound Energy Inc | Live · county | 31 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Puget Sound Energy Inc reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Skagit County1
Individual outages as listed by Puget Sound Energy Inc, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Trees/Vegetation | - | - | - | Puget Sound Energy Inc |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Skagit 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 (13)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98284 | 218 | ≤11 | 166 | ≤11 |
| 98273 | 199 | ≤11 | 146 | ≤11 |
| 98221 | 175 | ≤11 | 114 | 0 |
| 98274 | 117 | ≤11 | 76 | ≤11 |
| 98233 | 117 | ≤11 | 79 | ≤11 |
| 98237 | 66 | ≤11 | 57 | ≤11 |
| 98257 | 52 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 98232 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 98283 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 98267 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 98263 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 98255 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 98235 | ≤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 Skagit County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Skagit County right now.
Skagit County has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×10
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Skagit County, WA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 7h 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,155 customers out (1.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Skagit 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 Skagit Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Skagit County went about 10.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 22,570 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 10.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 21,175 customers out) · decade average 9.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 223 | 22,570 | 15.6 |
| 2016 | 526 | 9,479 | 8.2 |
| 2017 | 469 | 5,872 | 7.6 |
| 2018 | 540 | 13,218 | 6.2 |
| 2019 | 573 | 5,104 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 565 | 5,839 | 6.9 |
| 2021 | 556 | 21,175 | 22.8 |
| 2022 | 532 | 4,937 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 615 | 5,883 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 519 | 7,206 | 10.0 |
| 2025 | 578 | 14,649 | 10.2 |
Cost of power in Skagit County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Skagit 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.
- Puget Sound Energy Inc17.0¢1,104,338 cust
- PUD No 1 of Snohomish County - (WA)12.1¢349,905 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.
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 9.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Skagit County: FAQ
- How often does Skagit County, WA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Skagit County, WA logged 578 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Skagit County, WA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 22,570 customers without power, beginning October 21, 2015 and lasting about 3h.
- Is there a power outage in Skagit County, WA right now?
- Yes, about 31 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Skagit County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include PUD No 1 of Snohomish County - (WA), Puget Sound Energy Inc, Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Skagit County.
98221, 98232, 98233, 98235, 98237, 98238, 98255, 98257, 98263, 98267, 98273, 98274, 98284
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 | 9.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| PUD No 1 of Snohomish County - (WA) | 5.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy | - | No live feed | - |
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/53057 and /api/v1/counties/53057/history. Live data as of .