When will the power be back in Ellensburg, WA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Ellensburg is a city of about 20,996 residents in Kittitas County.
Puget Sound Energy has reported outages for Ellensburg by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-27) — so when Ellensburg 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 Ellensburg:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Ellensburg: the closest other places we track are Yakima, about 28 miles to the south; East Wenatchee, about 32 miles to the northeast; Sunnyside, about 54 miles to the southeast; and Grandview, about 60 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Moses Lake (61 mi E), Enumclaw (69 mi W), Snoqualmie (71 mi NW), West Richland (72 mi SE), Maple Valley (74 mi W), Richland (77 mi SE), Bonney Lake (77 mi W) and Covington (77 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: southeast toward Pasco (84 mi); west toward Sumner (81 mi); and northwest toward Issaquah (80 mi).
Who serves Ellensburg?
We track live outage data from Puget Sound Energy in Kittitas County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Ellensburg, PUD No. 2 of Grant County, PUD No. 1 of Chelan County and 1 other also serve parts of Kittitas County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Ellensburg's last tracked outage began Sep 23, peaked at 29 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 23 — 29 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 22 — 124 customers out, restored in 6 hours
County context: across all of Kittitas County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Kittitas County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Ellensburg, 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 Ellensburg'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 Ellensburg, WA?
To check your own street, search an Ellensburg ZIP code — 98926 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Ellensburg specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Ellensburg we have the city-level view: Puget Sound Energy has published outages for Ellensburg under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-27. When Ellensburg is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Kittitas County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Ellensburg.
