When will the power be back in Mercer Island, WA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Mercer Island is a city of about 25,302 residents in King County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Mercer Island by name, so this page reports the King County county-wide view, which covers Mercer Island. If a serving utility does name Mercer Island during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Mercer Island:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Mercer Island: the closest other places we track are Newcastle, about 4 miles to the southeast; Bellevue, about 4 miles to the northeast; Renton, about 6 miles to the south; and Tukwila, about 7 miles to the south. Also nearby: Seattle (7 mi NW), Burien (8 mi SW), Issaquah (9 mi E), SeaTac (9 mi S), Kirkland (9 mi N), Sammamish (9 mi E), Redmond (9 mi NE) and Kent (12 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kenmore (13 mi); northeast toward Monroe (23 mi); east toward Snoqualmie (18 mi); southeast toward Covington (15 mi); south toward Des Moines (13 mi); southwest toward Gig Harbor (23 mi); west toward Port Orchard (20 mi); and northwest toward Bainbridge Island (14 mi).
Who serves Mercer Island?
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.
Mercer Island's last tracked outage began Sep 14, peaked at 36 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 14 — 36 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 21 — 31 customers out, restored in an hour
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 Mercer Island, 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 Mercer Island's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Mercer Island, WA?
To check your own street, search a Mercer Island ZIP code — 98040 — and the map opens on that area.
