When will the power be back in Brighton, CO?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Brighton is a city of about 43,473 residents in Adams County.
United Power has reported outages for Brighton by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when Brighton is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Brighton:
Brighton also extends into a neighboring county: 80603. Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Brighton: the closest other places we track are Commerce City, about 8 miles to the south; Thornton, about 9 miles to the southwest; Northglenn, about 11 miles to the southwest; and Frederick, about 13 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Broomfield (14 mi W), Erie (14 mi W), Federal Heights (14 mi SW), Denver (15 mi S), Firestone (15 mi NW), Westminster (15 mi SW), Lafayette (16 mi W) and Louisville (18 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Johnstown (27 mi); northeast toward Sterling (96 mi); east toward Fort Morgan (57 mi); southeast toward Garden City, KS (253 mi); south toward Aurora (19 mi); southwest toward Arvada (21 mi); west toward Superior (19 mi); and northwest toward Longmont (21 mi).
Who serves Brighton?
We track live outage data from Xcel Energy, United Power ↗ and Morgan County Rural Electric Association in Adams County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. CORE Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Adams County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.
Brighton's last tracked outage began Sep 22, peaked at 639 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 22 — 639 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 15 — 1,369 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 6 — 30 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 3 — 35 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Adams County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.9 hr. The full record for Adams County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Brighton, CO?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Brighton's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Brighton, CO?
To check your own street, search a Brighton ZIP code — 80601 or 80602 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Brighton specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Brighton we have the city-level view: United Power has published outages for Brighton under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-29. When Brighton is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Adams County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Brighton.
