When will the power be back in Fort Collins, CO?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Fort Collins is a city of about 170,924 residents in Larimer County.
Fort Collins Utilities has reported outages for Fort Collins by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Fort Collins 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 Fort Collins:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Fort Collins: the closest other places we track are Timnath, about 5 miles to the east; Loveland, about 9 miles to the south; Windsor, about 9 miles to the southeast; and Severance, about 11 miles to the east. Also nearby: Wellington (11 mi N), Johnstown (15 mi SE), Berthoud (17 mi S), Greeley (18 mi SE), Evans (21 mi SE), Longmont (26 mi S), Firestone (28 mi S) and Frederick (31 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Cheyenne, WY (42 mi); northeast toward Scottsbluff, NE (117 mi); east toward Fort Morgan (70 mi); south toward Erie (35 mi); southwest toward Glenwood Springs (139 mi); west toward Steamboat Springs (93 mi); and northwest toward Laramie, WY (60 mi).
Who serves Fort Collins?
We track live outage data from Xcel Energy, Poudre Valley REA, Fort Collins Utilities ↗, High West Energy and 1 more in Larimer County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Loveland and Town of Estes Park also serve parts of Larimer County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.
Fort Collins's last tracked outage began Sep 28, peaked at 45 customers out, and was restored in 27 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 33 hours.
- Sep 28 — 45 customers out, restored in 27 hours
- Sep 19 — 1,103 customers out, restored in 3.2 days
- Sep 17 — 61 customers out, restored in 28 hours
- Sep 10 — 470 customers out, restored in 40 hours
County context: across all of Larimer County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Larimer County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Fort Collins, 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 Fort Collins's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 33 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Fort Collins, CO?
To check your own street, search a Fort Collins ZIP code — 80521, 80522, 80523, 80524, 80525, 80526 or any of the other 3 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Fort Collins specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Fort Collins we have the city-level view: Fort Collins Utilities has published outages for Fort Collins under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Fort Collins is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Larimer County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Fort Collins.
