Power Outages in Thurston County, WA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 11 customers are without power in Thurston County, WA across 2 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.9 hours.
Thurston County, WA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Thurston County right now.
Thurston 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 Thurston County, WA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,351 customers out (1.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 12m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,750 customers out (1.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 25m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 611 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 744 customers out
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.
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 |
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 100% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
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 11 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Thurston County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include 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,pugetsoundenergy | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/53067 and /api/v1/counties/53067/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Washington customers). Live data as of .