Power outages in La Plata County, CO

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving La Plata County yet. Public Service Co of Colorado, La Plata Electric Assn, Inc 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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La Plata Electric 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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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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County outline

Outage history in La Plata County

2014–2025 record

La Plata County averaged 21.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Colorado counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 23. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 8 hours, starting February 2, 2025.

The largest on record began February 15, 2019, with 17,764 customers out at once.

21.3significant 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.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
2.1 dayslongest on record (August 2022)
17,764most 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.
February 15, 201917,76422 hours148,746
August 5, 201713,4713.5 hours31,854
May 26, 201711,8796.5 hours27,069
March 1, 20249,4487 hours10,564
August 3, 20239,4262.5 hours21,204

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.