Power Outages in Whitman County, WA
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Whitman County, WA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Avista Corp,avista, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.5 hours.
Whitman County, WA is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/washington/whitman-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Whitman County, WA", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/washington/whitman-county
Not counted: no live feed for Avista Corp,avista.
100%of this county's ~18,473 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Avista Corp,avista. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avista Corp | Live · county | 5 | 23,797 | 0.0% | - | 1 | October 19, 2026 16:30 UTC | |
| Inland Power & Light Company | Live · county | 0 | 2,325 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Clearwater Power Company | Live · county | 0 | 156 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 22 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Avista Corp,avista | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Avista Corp, Inland Power & Light Company, Clearwater Power Company and Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Whitman 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 (18)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99163 | 113 | ≤11 | 80 | 0 |
| 99111 | 46 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 99161 | 23 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 99033 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 99171 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99130 | 12 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99179 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99176 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99170 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99158 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99149 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99143 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99136 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 |
| 99128 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99125 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 99113 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99102 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 99017 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤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 Whitman County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Whitman County right now.
Whitman County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Blowing Dust Advisory on October 9, 2026.
- Wind Advisory ×6
- Blowing Dust Advisory ×5
- Frost Advisory ×2
Latest Whitman County, WA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 55m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,009 customers out (4.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Whitman 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 Whitman Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Whitman County went about 4.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 16,959 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 4.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2015 (peak 16,959 customers out) · decade average 2.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 539 | 16,959 | 6.1 |
| 2016 | 433 | 2,164 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 384 | 949 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 396 | 1,452 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 678 | 3,724 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | 632 | 2,580 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 426 | 2,109 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 391 | 1,482 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 429 | 3,807 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 432 | 2,925 | 2.0 |
| 2025 | 411 | 5,825 | 4.5 |
Cost of power in Whitman County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Whitman 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.
- Avista Corp14.2¢247,159 cust
- Inland Power & Light Company9.6¢42,351 cust
- Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc9.6¢6,365 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 Low ice storms exposure · 2.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Whitman County: FAQ
- How often does Whitman County, WA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Whitman County, WA logged 411 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Whitman County, WA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 16,959 customers without power, beginning November 17, 2015 and lasting about 20h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Whitman County, WA right now?
- Yes, about 5 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Whitman County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include Avista Corp, Avista Corp,avista, Inland Power & Light Company.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Whitman County.
99017, 99033, 99102, 99111, 99113, 99125, 99128, 99130, 99136, 99143, 99149, 99158, 99161, 99163, 99170, 99171, 99174, 99176, 99179, 99333
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avista Corp | 7.9 hrs | Live · county | |
| Inland Power & Light Company | 8.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Big Bend Electric Coop, Inc | 7.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Avista Corp,avista | - | No live feed | - |
| Clearwater Power Company | - | Live · county | - |
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/53075 and /api/v1/counties/53075/history. Live data as of .