When will the power be back in Tacoma, WA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Pierce County, Washington

customers reported out in Pierce, WA

1 reported outage · county-wide data

Combined from the live data of the utilities serving this county — the slower nationwide tally shows 1.

Official restoration time (Puget Sound Energy): Oct 4, 4:00 PM PDT

A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~4 hr, based on 1377 past outages of any size over 12 years of records.

Showing county-wide data because we don't have Tacoma-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.

Updated 2:02 PM PDT.

12 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 28 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number

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⚡ No power in Tacoma, WA? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.

An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been

What we track for Tacoma

Tacoma is a city of about 228,202 residents in Pierce County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Tacoma by name, so this page reports the Pierce County county-wide view, which covers Tacoma. If a serving utility does name Tacoma during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Tacoma:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Tacoma: the closest other places we track are University Place, about 5 miles to the southwest; Fife, about 5 miles to the east; Lakewood, about 7 miles to the southwest; and Federal Way, about 7 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Edgewood (8 mi E), Gig Harbor (9 mi NW), Puyallup (9 mi SE), Sumner (11 mi E), Des Moines (12 mi NE), Auburn (12 mi E), Bonney Lake (14 mi E) and Kent (15 mi NE).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Burien (16 mi); northeast toward SeaTac (15 mi); east toward Maple Valley (21 mi); south toward Yelm (23 mi); southwest toward Lacey (21 mi); west toward Aberdeen (66 mi); and northwest toward Port Orchard (21 mi).

Who serves Tacoma?

We track live outage data from Puget Sound Energy, Tacoma Power ↗, Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Co and Lakeview Light & Power in Pierce County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Peninsula Light Company, PUD No. 1 of Lewis County, Ohop Mutual Light Company and 5 others also serve parts of Pierce County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.

Recent outages tracked in Tacoma

Tacoma's last tracked outage began Sep 9, peaked at 55 customers out, and was restored in 8 hours.

Sep 9 — 55 customers out, restored in 8 hours

Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of Pierce County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.3 hr. The full record for Pierce County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Tacoma, WA?

To check your own street, search a Tacoma ZIP code — 98401, 98402, 98403, 98404, 98405, 98406 or any of the other 29 — and the map opens on that area.

Nearby & related

Bonney Lake · Edgewood · Fife · Gig Harbor · Lakewood · Puyallup · Sumner · University Place

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