Power outages in Chaffee County, CO

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Chaffee County yet. Public Service Co of Colorado, CORE Electric Cooperative and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration serve this county.

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Public Service Co of Coloradono live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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CORE Electric Cooperativeno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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WAPA-- Western Area Power Administrationno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Incno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Chaffee County

2014–2025 record

Chaffee County averaged 21 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Colorado counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 33. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 8 hours, starting November 6, 2025.

The largest on record began June 30, 2020, with 6,131 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in June.

21significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
21 hourslongest on record (May 2024)
6,131most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
June 30, 20206,13145 minutes3,406
June 18, 20254,9394.5 hours2,047
October 15, 20224,87815 minutes1,220
April 26, 20234,7268.5 hours6,876
May 10, 20244,44821 hours44,816

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.