When will the power be back in Auburn, WA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Auburn is a city of about 85,513 residents in King County.
Puget Sound Energy has reported outages for Auburn by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Auburn 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 Auburn:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Auburn: the closest other places we track are Kent, about 6 miles to the north; Federal Way, about 6 miles to the west; Sumner, about 6 miles to the south; and Edgewood, about 6 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Covington (7 mi NE), Des Moines (8 mi NW), Fife (8 mi SW), Bonney Lake (9 mi S), Maple Valley (9 mi NE), Puyallup (9 mi SW), SeaTac (11 mi NW) and Renton (12 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Tukwila (12 mi); northeast toward Issaquah (18 mi); east toward Ellensburg (81 mi); southeast toward Enumclaw (13 mi); southwest toward Lakewood (18 mi); west toward Tacoma (12 mi); and northwest toward Burien (13 mi).
Who serves Auburn?
We track live outage data from Puget Sound Energy, Seattle City Light and Tacoma Power ↗ in King County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Milton, Tanner Electric Cooperative and PUD No. 1 of Chelan County also serve parts of King County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Auburn's last tracked outage began Sep 28, peaked at 29 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 28 — 29 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 25 — 2,834 customers out, restored in 2.1 days
- Sep 21 — 706 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 20 — 32 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of King County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 13.3 hr. The full record for King County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Auburn, WA?
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 Auburn's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Auburn, WA?
To check your own street, search an Auburn ZIP code — 98001, 98002, 98071 or 98092 — and the map opens on that area.
