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Power Outages in Spokane County, WA

As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Spokane County, WA across 1 reported incident. Avista Corp and Inland Power & Light Company publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, City of Cheney - (WA), Kootenai Electric Cooperative, Modern Electric Water Company and Vera Irrigation District #15, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.1 hours.

Spokane County, WA is served by 8 tracked utilities.

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Scattered outages

5 customers without power

Across 1 reported incident.

Not counted: no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, City of Cheney - (WA), Kootenai Electric Cooperative, Modern Electric Water Company and Vera Irrigation District #15.

Live data as of

Live status by utility · Spokane County

0.0%of this county's ~221,827 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration, City of Cheney - (WA), Kootenai Electric Cooperative, Modern Electric Water Company, Vera Irrigation District #15. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

Only visible while reporting outages: Avista Corp,avista. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.

System-wide total only, no county split: Avista Corp, Inland Power & Light Company.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Avista CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Avista Corp,avistaOutages onlynone reported------
Inland Power & Light CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
Bonneville Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------
City of Cheney - (WA)No live feedcan't see------
Kootenai Electric CooperativeNo live feedcan't see------
Modern Electric Water CompanyNo live feedcan't see------
Vera Irrigation District #15No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Spokane 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
5,915
Oxygen service
1,605
Dialysis (facility)
475
Home health / hospice
871
By ZIP code (35)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
99208566≤11449≤11
99205436≤11340≤11
99206426≤11340≤11
99216344≤11276≤11
99207328≤11268≤11
99223313≤11237≤11
99202266≤11211≤11
99212239≤11182≤11
99006199≤11168≤11
99004199≤11151≤11
99217196≤11149≤11
99201196≤111570
99224184≤11141≤11
99016182≤11135≤11
99203163≤111160
99037137≤11107≤11
99218135≤1194≤11
99022134≤1198≤11
99021114≤11880
99026102≤11800
99019101≤11650
9902796≤1175≤11
9900185≤1174≤11
99003740610
9900562≤1146≤11
9900956≤1147≤11
9902548≤1134≤11
99204370300
99036190≤110
99031130≤110
99030130≤110
99039≤110≤11≤11
99018≤110≤110
99014≤110≤110
99012≤110≤110

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Spokane County

Spokane County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Blowing Dust Advisory on October 9, 2026.

  • Wind Advisory ×6
  • Blowing Dust Advisory ×5
  • Frost Advisory ×4

Latest Spokane 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 39m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 4, 2026

  3. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 695 customers out

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 4, 2026

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 1,642 customers out

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 4, 2026

  7. GREW

    Outage grew to 3,913 customers out (1.6% of the county)

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,602 customers out (0.7% of the county)

Outage trend · Spokane County, WA
5customers out · peak 45
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Spokane County, WA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 45 customers out; latest 5 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0204060Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Spokane 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 Spokane Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Spokane County went about 3.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 217,351 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 3.1 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Spokane County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 51.3h, 2016 1.0h, 2017 0.9h, 2018 0.7h, 2019 3.6h, 2020 3.8h, 2021 10.7h, 2022 2.3h, 2023 1.9h, 2024 2.7h, 2025 3.1h. Highlighted: 2015.020406051.3h20151.0h20160.9h20170.7h20183.6h20193.8h202010.7h20212.3h20221.9h20232.7h20243.1h2025
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Worst year here was 2015 (peak 217,351 customers out) · decade average 7.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2015806217,35151.3
201681212,3951.0
201777421,6230.9
20188646,6060.7
201973533,4243.6
202066117,0963.8
202164948,59010.7
20226897,2202.3
20236659,4191.9
202467725,6442.7
202568527,2583.1

Cost of power in Spokane County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Spokane 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.

13.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 48% 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-timePlanned / maintenance 98.6%, Equipment failure 1.3%, Trees / vegetation 0%Planned / maintenancePlanned / maintenance98.6%Equipment failureEquipment failure1.3%Trees / vegetationTrees / vegetation0%
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A reported cause is available for 13% 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
November 18, 2015217,35112d 18h
November 17, 2015217,35121h 15m
January 13, 202148,5906d 21h
October 9, 201933,4243d 23h
December 17, 202527,2582d 18h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High ice storms exposure · 7.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormVery High
Strong windRelatively High
WildfireRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Spokane County: FAQ

How often does Spokane County, WA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Spokane County, WA logged 685 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Spokane County, WA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 217,351 customers without power, beginning November 18, 2015 and lasting about 12d 18h.
Is there a power outage in Spokane County, WA right now?
Yes, about 5 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Spokane County, WA?
Tracked electric providers include Avista Corp, Avista Corp,avista, Inland Power & Light Company.
Nearby counties
Benewah CountyBonner CountyKootenai CountyLincoln County
Cities & towns in Spokane County

Spokane, Spokane Valley. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Spokane County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Spokane County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Spokane County.

99001, 99003, 99004, 99005, 99006, 99009, 99011, 99012, 99014, 99016, 99018, 99019, 99020, 99021, 99022, 99023, 99025, 99026, 99027, 99030, 99031, 99036, 99037, 99039, 99201, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99206, 99207, 99208, 99212, 99216, 99217, 99218, 99223, 99224, 99251, 99258

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Avista Corp7.9 hrsLive · total only
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Inland Power & Light Company8.9 hrsLive · total only-
Kootenai Electric Cooperative6.1 hrsNo live feed-
Bonneville Power Administration-No live feed-
Avista Corp,avista-Outages only-
Vera Irrigation District #15-No live feed-
Modern Electric Water Company-No live feed-
City of Cheney - (WA)-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/53063 and /api/v1/counties/53063/history. Live data as of .