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

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

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Elsewhere in Colorado: 1,410 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Boulder County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Xcel Energy, Poudre Valley REA and United Power ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Longmont and Town of Lyons also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. 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 — Boulder County, CO

⚡ Power here was restored about 4 hours ago — the outage peaked at 260 customers.

Last significant outage: Oct 4, 2026 — peaked at 260 customers, restored in ~4 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 35 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 26, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Boulder County, CO

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 924 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 12 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~60,021 customers out in December 2025, restored after about 4.4 days. The busiest year on record here was 2025.

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 Boulder County

Boulder · Lafayette · Longmont · Louisville · Superior

Communities in Boulder County include Longmont, Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, Lyons, Nederland, Jamestown and Ward. 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 Boulder County, CO?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Boulder include Xcel Energy, Poudre Valley REA, City of Longmont 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.

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