Power Outages in Yakima County, WA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Yakima County, WA across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.5 hours.
Yakima County, WA is served by 1 tracked utility.
- Red Flag WarningSEVERE
Yakima County has been under 19 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Red Flag Warning on July 18, 2026.
- Red Flag Warning ×10
- Heat Advisory ×7
- Wind Advisory ×2
Latest Yakima County, WA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 47m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated July 16, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated July 16, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated July 16, 2026
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,720 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,720 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,721 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,721 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Yakima 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 Yakima Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Yakima County went about 3.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 37,233 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 13,560 customers out) · decade average 2.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 310 | 23,563 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | 814 | 14,852 | 2.3 |
| 2019 | 814 | 10,263 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 763 | 13,560 | 4.1 |
| 2021 | 783 | 10,327 | 2.2 |
| 2022 | 801 | 10,080 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 801 | 6,561 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 776 | 37,233 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 660 | 4,329 | 3.5 |
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 23.7% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 2.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Yakima County: FAQ
- How often does Yakima County, WA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Yakima County, WA logged 660 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Yakima County, WA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 37,233 customers without power, beginning May 30, 2024 and lasting about 17h.
- Is there a power outage in Yakima County, WA right now?
- Yes — about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Yakima County, WA?
- Tracked electric providers include PACIFICORP.
Yakima. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Yakima County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Yakima County.
98901, 98902, 98903, 98908, 98921, 98923, 98930, 98932, 98933, 98935, 98936, 98937, 98938, 98939, 98942, 98947, 98948, 98951, 98952, 98953
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PACIFICORP | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/53077 and /api/v1/counties/53077/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Washington customers). Live data as of .