Rocky Mountain Power outage impacting estimated 18,500 in Salt Lake County

Nov 7, 2025, 2:54 PM | Updated: 4:12 pm

Several power outages were impacting more than 4,500 Rocky Mountain Power customers on Wednesday af...

Several power outages were impacting more than 4,500 Rocky Mountain Power customers on Wednesday afternoon. According to the outages webpage for Rocky Mountain Power, the outages are happening in South Salt Lake, Sandy, West Jordan.(Image courtesy: Rocky Mountain Power)

(Image courtesy: Rocky Mountain Power)

SALT LAKE CITY – A power outage impacted approximately 18,521 customers in Salt Lake County, Rocky Mountain Power said Friday.

RMP reported the outage was caused by the loss of a substation. RMP initially estimated the power would be restored at approximately 8:30 p.m. At 4 p.m., RMP said in a post on X that power was restored for all affected customers.

For the 5,537 customers who are still without power, RMP estimated power would be restored at 10:30 p.m. as crews continued working to resolve the issue.

No further information was immediately available.

 


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Rocky Mountain Power outage impacting estimated 18,500 in Salt Lake County