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

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

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Elsewhere in Colorado: 586 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 8:15 AM MDT.

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Who serves Lake 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 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 — Lake County, CO

Last significant outage: Aug 5, 2026 — peaked at 279 customers, restored in ~2 hr (weather alert).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.1 hr (median).

Every outage behind these figures (2)

Began	Peak out	Restored in	Weather
Aug 5, 2026	279	~2 hr	weather alert
Aug 4, 2026	610	~6.2 hr	weather alert

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Lake County, CO

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 62 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~4,466 customers out in October 2025, restored after about 2.3 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, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Lake County include Leadville, Leadville North and Twin Lakes. 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 Lake County, CO?

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

Pitkin County · Summit County · Chaffee County · Park County · Eagle County · Clear Creek County · Gunnison County · Gilpin County

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