When will the power be back in Federal Way, WA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Federal Way is a city of about 100,252 residents in King County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Federal Way by name, so this page reports the King County county-wide view, which covers Federal Way. If a serving utility does name Federal Way during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Federal Way:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Federal Way: the closest other places we track are Fife, about 5 miles to the south; Des Moines, about 6 miles to the north; Auburn, about 6 miles to the east; and Edgewood, about 6 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Tacoma (7 mi SW), Kent (8 mi NE), Sumner (8 mi SE), Puyallup (9 mi S), SeaTac (9 mi N), Burien (11 mi N), Covington (12 mi E) and Tukwila (12 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Mercer Island (18 mi); northeast toward Renton (13 mi); east toward Maple Valley (15 mi); southeast toward Bonney Lake (12 mi); south toward Longview (86 mi); southwest toward University Place (12 mi); west toward Gig Harbor (12 mi); and northwest toward Port Orchard (21 mi).
Who serves Federal Way?
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.
Federal Way's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 52 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes.
- Sep 30 — 52 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 26 — 29 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 24 — 27 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 17 — 2,286 customers out, restored in 4 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 Federal Way, 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 Federal Way's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Federal Way, WA?
To check your own street, search a Federal Way ZIP code — 98003, 98023, 98063 or 98093 — and the map opens on that area.
