Power outages in Empire, CO
Live outages for Empire and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Empire has 317 residents.
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EmpireClear Creek County
Outage history in Clear Creek County, which includes Empire
2014–2025 recordClear Creek County averaged 51 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Colorado counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 49. Half were over within 4.5 hours; the longest lasted 5.1 days, starting December 17, 2025.
The largest on record began December 17, 2025, with 6,422 customers out at once.
51significant 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.2.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.5.1 dayslongest on record (December 2025)
6,422most 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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| December 17, 2025 | 6,422 | 5.1 days | 290,683 |
| September 17, 2020 | 5,788 | 15 minutes | 1,447 |
| December 7, 2023 | 4,388 | 6.5 hours | 7,619 |
| September 28, 2020 | 4,329 | 1 hour | 2,188 |
| December 19, 2024 | 4,288 | 9 hours | 26,279 |
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.