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Power Outages in Lincoln County, WY

PacifiCorp has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. Lower Valley Energy Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Bridger Valley Elec Assn, Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.4 hours.

Lincoln County, WY is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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PacifiCorp only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.

Lower Valley Energy Inc publishes no county-level figures.

No live feed for Bridger Valley Elec Assn, Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Lincoln County

0.0%of this county's ~12,741 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Bridger Valley Elec Assn, Inc, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

Only visible while reporting outages: PacifiCorp. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.

System-wide total only, no county split: Lower Valley Energy Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Lower Valley Energy IncLive · total onlynot by county------
PacifiCorpOutages onlynone reported------
Bridger Valley Elec Assn, IncNo live feedcan't see------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Lincoln 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
644
Oxygen service
214
Dialysis (facility)
66
Home health / hospice
176
By ZIP code (13)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
83110165≤111630
83101131≤11125≤11
8312711901130
8312843≤11410
83123300290
83118250250
83111240230
83126220220
83114220200
8312017016≤11
83112170170
83124≤110≤110
83122≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Lincoln County, WY

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

◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Lincoln County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Lincoln County

Lincoln County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 12, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×11
  • Freeze Warning ×3
  • Hydrologic Outlook ×2

Latest Lincoln County, WY outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 19m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 348 customers out (2.7% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 15m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,193 customers out (17% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 55m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 130 customers out (1.0% of the county)

Outage trend · Lincoln County, WY
0customers out · peak 11
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Lincoln County, WY: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 11 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.051015Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Lincoln County

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

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Lincoln County went about 2.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,373 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Wyoming utilities averaged 4.4 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 2.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2017–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Lincoln County average outage hours per customer by year2017–2025: 2017 2.0h, 2018 0.6h, 2019 1.3h, 2020 1.3h, 2021 0.8h, 2022 0.9h, 2023 1.1h, 2024 2.4h, 2025 2.4h. Highlighted: 2025.01232.0h20170.6h20181.3h20191.3h20200.8h20210.9h20221.1h20232.4h20242.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 3,373 customers out) · decade average 1.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2017802,0862.0
20181512,2530.6
20193491,0261.3
20202651,0801.3
20211742,2000.8
20221432,1720.9
20232096331.1
20242532,9512.4
20252983,3732.4

Cost of power in Lincoln County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Lincoln 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.

8.6¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 20% since 2015
vs Wyoming avg 14.4¢
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-timePlanned / maintenance 100%Planned / maintenancePlanned / maintenance100%
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A reported cause is available for 1.1% 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
March 22, 20253,3733h 45m
August 13, 20242,9511d 3h
November 24, 20182,2531h 30m
August 1, 20212,2002h 15m
September 18, 20262,1932h 30m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High winter weather exposure · 1.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneNot Applicable
TornadoVery Low
Ice stormVery Low
Strong windVery Low
WildfireRelatively Low
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Power outages in Lincoln County: FAQ

How often does Lincoln County, WY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Lincoln County, WY logged 298 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Lincoln County, WY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,373 customers without power, beginning March 22, 2025 and lasting about 3h 45m.
Is there a power outage in Lincoln County, WY right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Lincoln County, WY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Lincoln County, WY?
Tracked electric providers include Lower Valley Energy Inc, PacifiCorp.
ZIP codes in Lincoln County

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

83101, 83110, 83111, 83112, 83114, 83116, 83118, 83119, 83121, 83122, 83123, 83124, 83126, 83127, 83128

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
PacifiCorp3.5 hrsOutages only-
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration-No live feed-
Bridger Valley Elec Assn, Inc-No live feed-
Lower Valley Energy Inc-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 Wyoming customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/56023 and /api/v1/counties/56023/history.