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Power Outages in Whatcom County, WA

Puget Sound Energy Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, City of Blaine - (WA), City of Sumas - (WA), PUD No 1 of Whatcom County and Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.7 hours.

Whatcom County, WA is served by 6 tracked utilities.

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Puget Sound Energy Inc publishes no county-level figures.

No live feed for Bonneville Power Administration, City of Blaine - (WA), City of Sumas - (WA), PUD No 1 of Whatcom County and Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Whatcom County

0.0%of this county's ~58,060 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration, City of Blaine - (WA), City of Sumas - (WA), PUD No 1 of Whatcom County, 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: Puget Sound Energy Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Puget Sound Energy IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Bonneville Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------
City of Blaine - (WA)No live feedcan't see------
City of Sumas - (WA)No live feedcan't see------
PUD No 1 of Whatcom CountyNo live feedcan't see------
Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergyNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Whatcom 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
1,676
Oxygen service
325
Dialysis (facility)
143
Home health / hospice
286
By ZIP code (15)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
9822634818250≤11
9822529312206≤11
98248190≤11151≤11
98230175≤11136≤11
98229172≤11123≤11
98264145≤11106≤11
9824765≤1152≤11
9826642034≤11
9824026≤11190
98276200160
98244200150
9829513012≤11
98281≤110≤110
98262≤110≤110
98220≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Whatcom County, WA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Whatcom County or any town and utility in it.

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

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Recent NWS alert activity · Whatcom County

Whatcom County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.

  • Dense Fog Advisory ×6
  • Wind Advisory ×2
  • Tsunami Warning ×1

Latest Whatcom County, WA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 7h 34m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated January 1, 2001

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated January 1, 2001

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 1,194 customers out

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated January 1, 2001

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated January 1, 2001

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated January 1, 2001

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated January 1, 2001

Outage trend · Whatcom County, WA
0customers out · peak 159
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Whatcom County, WA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 159 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.050100150200Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Whatcom County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Bellinghamno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Whatcom County went about 6.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 54,372 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 6.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Whatcom County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 35.0h, 2016 12.6h, 2017 17.5h, 2018 6.4h, 2019 6.7h, 2020 12.0h, 2021 21.7h, 2022 10.5h, 2023 5.7h, 2024 9.8h, 2025 6.7h. Highlighted: 2015.01020304035.0h201512.6h201617.5h20176.4h20186.7h201912.0h202021.7h202110.5h20225.7h20239.8h20246.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2015 (peak 54,372 customers out) · decade average 13.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201525654,37235.0
201655322,87812.6
201758616,58817.5
20186118,4056.4
201962513,2946.7
202060815,07912.0
202163217,65121.7
202262812,73210.5
20237537,3765.7
20246807,9539.8
20256076,1296.7

Cost of power in Whatcom County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Whatcom 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.

17.0¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 63% 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-timeEquipment failure 97.5%, Planned / maintenance 1.7%, Trees / vegetation 0.7%, Vehicle / accident 0%, Animal / wildlife 0%Equipment failureEquipment failure97.5%Planned / maintenancePlanned / maintenance1.7%Trees / vegetationTrees / vegetation0.7%Vehicle / accidentVehicle / accident0%Animal / wildlifeAnimal / wildlife0%
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A reported cause is available for 51.4% 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
August 26, 201554,3729d 18h
October 19, 201547,3912d 13h
March 9, 201622,8782d 9h
October 14, 201617,6873d 4h
October 15, 202117,6511d 10h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High ice storms exposure · 13.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormVery High
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Whatcom County: FAQ

How often does Whatcom County, WA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Whatcom County, WA logged 607 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Whatcom County, WA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 54,372 customers without power, beginning August 26, 2015 and lasting about 9d 18h.
Is there a power outage in Whatcom County, WA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Whatcom County, WA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Whatcom County, WA?
Tracked electric providers include Puget Sound Energy Inc, Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy.
Nearby counties
Okanogan CountySan Juan CountySkagit County
Cities & towns in Whatcom County

Bellingham. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Whatcom County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Whatcom County

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

98220, 98225, 98226, 98229, 98230, 98240, 98244, 98247, 98248, 98262, 98264, 98266, 98276, 98281, 98283, 98295

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Puget Sound Energy Inc9.7 hrsLive · total only-
Bonneville Power Administration-No live feed-
Puget Sound Energy Inc,pugetsoundenergy-No live feed-
City of Blaine - (WA)-No live feed-
City of Sumas - (WA)-No live feed-
PUD No 1 of Whatcom County-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/53073 and /api/v1/counties/53073/history.