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

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

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Elsewhere in Colorado: 81 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Otero County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Black Hills Energy ↗, Southeast Colorado Power Association and San Isabel Electric Association, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of La Junta 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.

Outage history — Otero County, CO

Last significant outage: Oct 14, 2026 — peaked at 1,431 customers, restored in ~3.7 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 6 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.6 hr (median).

Every outage behind these figures (6)

Began	Peak out	Restored in	Weather
Oct 14, 2026	1,431	~3.7 hr	no severe weather
Oct 10, 2026	3,088	~42 min	no severe weather
Sep 21, 2026	1,427	~1.7 hr	wind/storm
Sep 13, 2026	726	~48 min	no severe weather
Sep 8, 2026	499	~1.5 hr	no severe weather
Aug 25, 2026	260	~2.8 hr	no severe weather

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 25, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Otero County, CO

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 57 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

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

Largest on record: ~5,476 customers out in October 2019, restored after about 4.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2021.

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 Otero County include La Junta, Rocky Ford, Fowler, Swink, Manzanola, Cheraw, La Junta Gardens and North La Junta. 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 Otero County, CO?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Otero include Black Hills Energy, Southeast Colorado Power Association, San Isabel Electric Association 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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