When will the power be back in Olympia, WA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Olympia is a city of about 56,271 residents in Thurston County.
Puget Sound Energy has reported outages for Olympia by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Olympia 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 Olympia:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Olympia: the closest other places we track are Tumwater, about 4 miles to the south; Lacey, about 5 miles to the east; Yelm, about 15 miles to the southeast; and Lakewood, about 19 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: University Place (20 mi NE), Gig Harbor (25 mi NE), Tacoma (25 mi NE), Fife (29 mi NE), Puyallup (30 mi E), Edgewood (32 mi NE), Federal Way (32 mi NE) and Sumner (33 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Port Orchard (35 mi); northeast toward Des Moines (36 mi); east toward Bonney Lake (35 mi); south toward Longview (62 mi); and west toward Aberdeen (43 mi).
Who serves Olympia?
We track live outage data from Puget Sound Energy and Grays Harbor PUD in Thurston County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Olympia's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 255 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 255 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 29 — 1,453 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 29 — 295 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 25 — 4,280 customers out, restored in 2.8 days
County context: across all of Thurston County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5 hr. The full record for Thurston County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Olympia, 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 Olympia's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Olympia, WA?
To check your own street, search an Olympia ZIP code — 98501, 98502, 98504, 98505, 98506, 98507 or any of the other 5 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Olympia specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Olympia we have the city-level view: Puget Sound Energy has published outages for Olympia under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Olympia is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Thurston County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Olympia.
