When will the power be back in Adams County, CO?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Adams County, CO right now.

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Elsewhere in Colorado: 83 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 1:31 AM MDT.

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Who serves Adams County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Xcel Energy, United Power ↗ and Morgan County Rural Electric Association, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. CORE Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Adams County, CO

⚡ Power here was restored about 33 hours ago — the outage peaked at 6,441 customers.

Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 6,441 customers, restored in ~3 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 39 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 28, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Adams County, CO

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 1,374 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 15 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.9 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~102,641 customers out in February 2019, restored after about 30 min. The busiest year on record here was 2023.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Cities we track in Adams County

Brighton · Commerce City · Federal Heights · Northglenn · Thornton · Westminster

Communities in Adams County include Thornton, Commerce City, Brighton, Northglenn, Federal Heights, Bennett, Berkley and Derby. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Adams County, CO?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Adams include Xcel Energy, United Power, Morgan County Rural Electric Association and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Nearby counties & areas

Arapahoe County · Denver County · Broomfield County · Morgan County · Elbert County · Weld County · Douglas County · Jefferson County

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