Power Outages in Thurston County, WA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Thurston County, WA across 1 reported incident. PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor County, PUD No 1 of Lewis County - (WA), 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 Centralia - (WA) 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 14.9 hours.
Thurston County, WA is served by 7 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/washington/thurston-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Thurston County, WA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/washington/thurston-county
Not counted: no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, City of Centralia - (WA) and Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy.
0.0%of this county's ~142,614 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration, City of Centralia - (WA), Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor County, PUD No 1 of Lewis County - (WA), Puget Sound Energy Inc, Tanner Electric Coop.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor County | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PUD No 1 of Lewis County - (WA) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puget Sound Energy Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tanner Electric Coop | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Centralia - (WA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Thurston 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 (10)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98503 | 407 | ≤11 | 283 | ≤11 |
| 98501 | 401 | ≤11 | 264 | ≤11 |
| 98502 | 292 | ≤11 | 184 | ≤11 |
| 98512 | 255 | ≤11 | 164 | ≤11 |
| 98513 | 245 | ≤11 | 158 | ≤11 |
| 98516 | 219 | ≤11 | 154 | 0 |
| 98597 | 200 | ≤11 | 144 | ≤11 |
| 98506 | 157 | ≤11 | 96 | ≤11 |
| 98589 | 87 | 0 | 68 | ≤11 |
| 98576 | 46 | 0 | 37 | ≤11 |
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 Thurston County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Thurston County right now.
Thurston County has been under 17 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×10
- Frost Advisory ×4
- Wind Advisory ×3
Latest Thurston County, WA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 40m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 572 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 6m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,718 customers out (1.9% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Thurston 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 Thurston Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Thurston County went about 14.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 50,307 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 14.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 50,307 customers out) · decade average 6.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 203 | 25,109 | 5.3 |
| 2016 | 508 | 12,265 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | 469 | 38,367 | 9.3 |
| 2018 | 614 | 17,852 | 3.6 |
| 2019 | 523 | 15,020 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 585 | 8,080 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 578 | 39,455 | 10.7 |
| 2022 | 590 | 12,061 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 687 | 9,922 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 555 | 19,162 | 7.5 |
| 2025 | 562 | 50,307 | 14.9 |
Cost of power in Thurston County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Thurston 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 Grays Harbor County12.7¢40,116 cust
- PUD No 1 of Lewis County - (WA)10.1¢29,779 cust
- City of Centralia - (WA)9.9¢9,118 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 Moderate ice storms exposure · 6.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Thurston County: FAQ
- How often does Thurston County, WA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Thurston County, WA logged 562 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Thurston County, WA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 50,307 customers without power, beginning October 24, 2025 and lasting about 5d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Thurston County, WA right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Thurston County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include Puget Sound Energy Inc, Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy.
Lacey, Olympia. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Thurston County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Thurston County.
98501, 98502, 98503, 98505, 98506, 98512, 98513, 98516, 98530, 98556, 98576, 98579, 98589, 98597
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 · total only | - |
| PUD No 1 of Lewis County - (WA) | 11.0 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| PUD No 1 of Grays Harbor County | 17.3 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| City of Centralia - (WA) | 2.4 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy | - | No live feed | - |
| Tanner Electric Coop | - | 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/53067 and /api/v1/counties/53067/history. Live data as of .