Power outages in Brighton, CO
Live outages for Brighton and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Brighton has 45,395 residents.
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BrightonAdams County
Outage history in Adams County, which includes Brighton
2014–2025 recordAdams County averaged 26.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Colorado counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 27. Half were over within 45 minutes; the longest lasted 22 hours, starting December 18, 2025.
The largest on record began March 13, 2019, with 45,703 customers out at once.
26.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.1 hourtypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.4 dayslongest on record (March 2019)
45,703most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| March 13, 2019 | 45,703 | 2.4 days | 1,069,587 |
| March 23, 2016 | 30,136 | 35 hours | 401,727 |
| April 20, 2024 | 21,535 | 15 minutes | 5,384 |
| May 29, 2021 | 18,856 | 2.5 hours | 35,466 |
| June 6, 2020 | 18,345 | 12 hours | 90,664 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.