When will the power be back in Gillette, WY?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Gillette is a city of about 33,846 residents in Campbell County.
Powder River Energy Corp has reported outages for Gillette by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Gillette 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 Gillette:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Gillette: the closest other places we track are Casper, about 107 miles to the southwest; Riverton, about 169 miles to the southwest; Billings, MT, about 182 miles to the northwest; and Scottsbluff, NE, about 190 miles to the southeast.
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Williston, ND (285 mi); northeast toward Dickinson, ND (223 mi); east toward Mitchell, SD (373 mi); south toward Fort Collins, CO (258 mi); southwest toward Rock Springs (264 mi); west toward Idaho Falls, ID (330 mi); and northwest toward Great Falls, MT (357 mi).
Who serves Gillette?
We track live outage data from Powder River Energy Corp and Black Hills Energy ↗ in Campbell County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Gillette also serves parts of Campbell County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Gillette's last tracked outage began Oct 7, peaked at 640 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 7 — 640 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 18 — 300 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 17 — 386 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 13 — 117 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of Campbell County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.8 hr. The full record for Campbell County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Gillette, WY?
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 Gillette's own record: across the 4 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 Gillette, WY?
To check your own street, search a Gillette ZIP code — 82716, 82717 or 82718 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Gillette specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Gillette we have the city-level view: Powder River Energy Corp has published outages for Gillette under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Gillette is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Campbell County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Gillette.
