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

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

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Elsewhere in Colorado: 1,536 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Montrose County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Delta Montrose Electric Association, San Miguel Power Association and Xcel Energy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. 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 — Montrose County, CO

Last significant outage: Sep 24, 2026 — peaked at 438 customers, restored in ~1.7 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 11 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Recent outages tracked in Montrose

Montrose's last tracked outage began Oct 5, peaked at 82 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.

Oct 5 — 82 customers out, restored in 4 hours
Sep 28 — 57 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
Sep 24 — 88 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Sep 19 — 809 customers out, restored in 2 hours

Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

Longer-term outage history — Montrose County, CO

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 116 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.8 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: ~6,633 customers out in November 2024, restored after about 1.3 hr.

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 Montrose County include Olathe, Nucla, Naturita and Redvale. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

This page also serves Montrose: its outages are counted in this county's total, and the outages tracked in it are listed with the outage history above.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Montrose County, CO?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Montrose include Delta Montrose Electric Association, San Miguel Power Association and Xcel Energy — 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

San Miguel County · Ouray County · Delta County · Mesa County · Dolores County · San Juan County · Hinsdale County · Gunnison County

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