Power outages in El Paso County, CO

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving El Paso County yet. Public Service Co of Colorado, City of Colorado Springs - (CO) and CORE Electric Cooperative 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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City of Colorado Springs - (CO)no 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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Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLCno 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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Mountain View 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 El Paso County

2014–2025 record

El Paso County averaged 18.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Colorado counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 11. Half were over within 15 minutes; the longest lasted 9.5 hours, starting March 19, 2025.

The largest on record began December 15, 2021, with 33,979 customers out at once.

18.7significant 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.
30 minutestypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
2.6 dayslongest on record (December 2021)
33,979most 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.
December 15, 202133,9792.6 days600,263
July 13, 202023,6132.5 hours51,977
January 25, 202420,54030 minutes10,270
January 9, 201720,25124 hours191,489
June 9, 202116,1752 hours23,561

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.