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

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

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Elsewhere in Colorado: 71 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 9:31 PM MDT.

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Who serves Chaffee County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Xcel Energy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Sangre de Cristo Electric Association and CORE Electric Cooperative 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 — Chaffee County, CO

No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.

Longer-term outage history — Chaffee County, CO

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 103 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is shorter than the Colorado norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.9 hr.

Largest on record: ~7,836 customers out in May 2023, restored after about 8.3 hr. 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.

Communities covered

Communities in Chaffee County include Salida, Buena Vista, Poncha Springs, Garfield, Johnson Village, Maysville, Nathrop and Smeltertown. 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 Chaffee County, CO?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Chaffee include Xcel Energy, Sangre de Cristo Electric Association and CORE Electric Cooperative — 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

Lake County · Park County · Fremont County · Gunnison County · Saguache County · Pitkin County · Teller County · Summit County

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