When will the power be back in Carbon County, WY?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Carbon County, WY right now.

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Elsewhere in Wyoming: 10 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Carbon County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Yampa Valley Electric Association, High Plains Power and PacifiCorp, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Carbon Power & Light also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Carbon County, WY

Last significant outage: Aug 27, 2026 — peaked at 753 customers, restored in ~2.5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 3 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.5 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 19, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Carbon County, WY

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 90 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.9 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~5,551 customers out in August 2025, restored after about 15.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2020.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Carbon County include Rawlins, Saratoga, Hanna, Encampment, Baggs, Sinclair, Medicine Bow and Elk Mountain. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Carbon County, WY?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Carbon include Yampa Valley Electric Association, High Plains Power, Carbon Power & Light and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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Albany County · Natrona County · Sweetwater County · Platte County · Converse County · Laramie County · Fremont County · Goshen County

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