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Idaho: official power outage sources
Idaho's investor-owned utilities are Idaho Power, Rocky Mountain Power, Avista and the small Atlanta Power Company, all overseen by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. Many Idahoans are served instead by city utilities and rural electric cooperatives. The Bonneville Power Administration sells power wholesale and is not a local utility for most homes.
Outages in Idaho right now
Not shown on this site. Power Grid Watch does not have live outage information for Idaho. That does not mean there are no outages. Use the official links below to check and to report.
If your power is out
- Stay away from downed lines and anything touching them. Call 911.
- Report it to your own utility. The name and outage phone number are on your electric bill. Do not assume a neighbor has reported it.
- Check your utility's outage page for the area affected and any restoration estimate. Only your utility can give that estimate.
Utility outage pages
Each link covers only that utility's own customers. If your provider is not listed here, use the directories in the next section.
- Idaho Power Outage page The map does not show outages affecting fewer than 10 customers and can lag by up to 10 minutes. Report at 208-388-2323 or 800-488-6151. idahopower.com
- Rocky Mountain Power Outage page Covers several states; report outages or downed lines at 877-508-5088. rockymountainpower.net
- Avista Utility website The homepage links to Avista's outage information. myavista.com
Official state sources
Use these to find out which utility serves an address, to reach the regulator, and to follow state emergency information.
- Idaho Public Utilities Commission: approved electric tariffs Regulator Lists the investor-owned electric utilities the commission regulates. puc.idaho.gov
- Idaho Office of Energy and Mineral Resources: utility directory Provider directory Helps you find city utilities and cooperatives. It does not list Atlanta Power. oemr.idaho.gov
- Idaho Office of Emergency Management: power outage preparedness and safety Emergency management ioem.idaho.gov
- National Weather Service Weather alerts Enter your town or ZIP code for current watches and warnings. A weather warning is not an outage prediction. weather.gov
Good to know in Idaho
- Idaho Power's map does not show outages affecting fewer than 10 customers, so a blank map does not mean your power is on.
- Rocky Mountain Power's outage page covers several states; check that a listed outage is in Idaho.
- City utility and cooperative customers should check with their own provider; the big utilities' maps do not cover them.
- Some cooperatives based in Washington, Montana or Wyoming serve parts of Idaho.
The wider grid
Regional grid organizations and balancing areas that cover all or part of Idaho: Idaho Power balancing area; PacifiCorp; Avista; Bonneville Power Administration. They balance supply and demand on the high-voltage system. Their alerts describe the regional system, not an outage on your street. How the pieces fit together
Links on this page were last reviewed on . Official pages move; if a link is broken or a provider is missing, tell us.