Outage Almanac

Colorado power outages

48 counties with outage records. Pick one to see its history.

Colorado averaged 0.33 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 46 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. March and May made up 34% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Conejos County had the most outage time per resident of 44 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Conejos County1.0542.75
2Clear Creek County2.1201.77
3Kit Carson County0.41411.62
4Summit County2.1241.33
5Park County2.0411.32
6Pitkin County0.3210.95
7Archuleta County0.8180.84
8La Plata County1.1390.69
9Crowley County0.2280.64
10Teller County0.4540.58
11Denver County1.4780.48
11Jefferson County1.7680.48
13Logan County0.1170.46
14Lincoln County0.3180.42
15Gilpin County0.3140.41
16Eagle County0.7780.40
16Weld County0.8580.40
18Garfield County0.3160.39
19Rio Grande County0.1140.37
20Boulder County2.1720.36
21Moffat County0.0None0.35
22Adams County0.9750.33
22Lake County0.0None0.33
24Custer County0.1100.31
25Elbert County0.4370.30
26Arapahoe County1.0770.29
26Otero County0.190.29
28Alamosa County0.1190.27
28Delta County0.2200.27
28Routt County0.4150.27
31Chaffee County0.0None0.26
32Morgan County0.2390.24
33Broomfield County0.1140.23
34Fremont County0.2280.21
34Larimer County0.6500.21
36Pueblo County0.4350.20
37Mesa County0.4340.19
38El Paso County0.71220.17
39Montrose County0.0None0.16
40Douglas County0.1380.11
41Saguache County0.0None0.07
42Gunnison County0.1100.06
43Grand County0.0None0.05
44Rio Blanco County0.0None0.03

Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.

When outages hit Colorado

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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.