When will the power be back in Bellingham, WA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Bellingham is a city of about 95,860 residents in Whatcom County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Bellingham by name, so this page reports the Whatcom County county-wide view, which covers Bellingham. If a serving utility does name Bellingham during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Bellingham:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Bellingham: the closest other places we track are Ferndale, about 9 miles to the northwest; Sedro-Woolley, about 20 miles to the southeast; Mount Vernon, about 24 miles to the south; and Oak Harbor, about 33 miles to the south. Also nearby: Arlington (43 mi S), Marysville (49 mi S), Lake Stevens (55 mi S), Everett (56 mi S), Mukilteo (59 mi S), Mill Creek (63 mi S), Lynnwood (64 mi S) and Edmonds (65 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Spokane (244 mi); southeast toward Yakima (174 mi); and south toward Monroe (66 mi).
Who serves Bellingham?
We track live outage data from Puget Sound Energy in Whatcom County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Blaine and City of Sumas also serve parts of Whatcom County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Bellingham's last tracked outage began Oct 15, peaked at 1,940 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Oct 15 — 1,940 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Oct 12 — 2,594 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 11 — 47 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 11 — 64 customers out, restored in 10 hours
County context: across all of Whatcom County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5 hr. The full record for Whatcom County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Bellingham, 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 Bellingham's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Bellingham, WA?
To check your own street, search a Bellingham ZIP code — 98225, 98226, 98227, 98228 or 98229 — and the map opens on that area.
