Power outage history
Broomfield County Colorado
1.8hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
34th most of 39 in Colorado 73% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Broomfield's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2019 was the worst well-recorded year, at 2.4 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Broomfield, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2017 | No storm report | 9,876 | 27% | 6.5 h | 5.2 h | 29k |
| Mar 13, 2019 | Winter storm | 4,356 | 12% | 5.8 h | 5.8 h | 25k |
| Apr 17, 2018 | Windstorm | 5,246 | 14% | 14 h | 3.0 h | 24k |
| Apr 6, 2024 | Windstorm | 907 | 3% | 20 h | – | 18k |
| Jan 8, 2025 | No storm report | 19,378 | 54% | 1.2 h | 48 min | 17k |
| Jun 6, 2023 | No storm report | 4,784 | 13% | 4.5 h | 3.8 h | 15k |
| Oct 14, 2017 | No storm report | 4,261 | 12% | 2.8 h | 2.2 h | 11k |
| Mar 10, 2025 | No storm report | 5,090 | 14% | 2.2 h | 2.0 h | 11k |
| Jun 24, 2015 | No storm report | 2,645 | 7% | 6.8 h | 1.5 h | 11k |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Winter storm | 1,039 | 3% | 11 h | – | 9.8k |
| Sep 12, 2022 | No storm report | 2,831 | 8% | 6.5 h | 48 min | 8.7k |
| Dec 20, 2024 | No storm report | 3,648 | 10% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 7.3k |
| Aug 28, 2022 | No storm report | 6,296 | 17% | 2.2 h | 3.0 h | 7.2k |
| Oct 7, 2017 | No storm report | 2,335 | 6% | 3.0 h | 30 min | 6.4k |
| Nov 15, 2022 | No storm report | 2,857 | 8% | 2.2 h | 48 min | 6.2k |
| Dec 14, 2015 | No storm report | 4,779 | 13% | 1.2 h | 30 min | 6.0k |
| Nov 5, 2018 | No storm report | 2,843 | 8% | 2.2 h | 1.2 h | 5.8k |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Windstorm | 2,299 | 6% | 2.8 h | 3.0 h | 5.8k |
| Jun 26, 2024 | No storm report | 3,243 | 9% | 1.8 h | 1.8 h | 5.7k |
| Sep 26, 2023 | No storm report | 4,602 | 13% | 1.8 h | 4.2 h | 5.5k |
| Mar 4, 2021 | No storm report | 2,541 | 7% | 3.8 h | 2.5 h | 5.4k |
| Jul 16, 2019 | No storm report | 3,061 | 8% | 2.2 h | 1.5 h | 5.4k |
| Jun 5, 2018 | No storm report | 4,268 | 12% | 1.2 h | 12 min | 5.3k |
| Sep 3, 2020 | No storm report | 3,503 | 10% | 1.5 h | 48 min | 5.2k |
| Sep 5, 2023 | No storm report | 2,938 | 8% | 1.8 h | 2.8 h | 5.1k |
| Aug 10, 2022 | No storm report | 3,390 | 9% | 1.5 h | 2.0 h | 5.1k |
| Jul 8, 2022 | No storm report | 2,818 | 8% | 1.8 h | 1.8 h | 4.9k |
| May 9, 2019 | No storm report | 507 | 1% | 11 h | – | 4.9k |
| Apr 2, 2021 | No storm report | 2,752 | 8% | 1.8 h | 2.2 h | 4.8k |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Wildfire | 1,353 | 4% | 3.5 h | – | 4.7k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Broomfield from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 75%
- Windstorm 12%
- Winter storm 11%
- Wildfire 1.6%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Broomfield
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Colorado territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Power, Inc | Cooperative | 303 | 90 | 1.18 | 16.5 | 103k |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | Federal | – | – | – | – | – |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 36,182 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →