Jackson County power outages
Medford power outage map and updates
Power out in Medford? Open your utility's live outage map first, then see what causes outages here and how to keep the lights on next time.
- Served by Pacific Power
- About 20 hrs of essentials on one battery
- Official utility maps only
Live outage maps
Who provides power in Medford?
Medford and the Rogue Valley are served by Pacific Power. Late-summer lightning and wind storms are the biggest outage risk, followed by fire-season line settings in the foothills.
We link straight to each utility's official map, because outage data changes by the minute. Not sure which utility you have? It's printed on your bill.
Investor-owned utility
Pacific Power
Outage risk
Why Medford loses power
The storms and grid conditions behind most outages in Southern Oregon, and what they mean for backup power at home.
Fire season
Southern Oregon has some of the highest wildfire risk in the state. Pacific Power uses Enhanced Safety Settings across high-risk areas, so lines trip off quickly when something contacts them. Expect more summer outages, especially in the foothills.
Lightning and wind
Late-summer thunderstorms bring lightning and gusts that damage lines, sometimes across thousands of homes at once.
Smoke-season heat
Outages during heat waves and wildfire smoke are the hardest to ride out, because you need air filtration and cooling exactly when the grid is stressed.
Outage history
Recent major outages
The biggest recent outages in and around Medford, as reported by the utilities themselves.
September 2026
Wind and lightning storms cut power to more than 11,000 Pacific Power customers in the Medford area.
Source: Pacific Power
Backup power
How long a battery lasts in Medford
Grid-tied solar shuts off during an outage. A home battery keeps your essentials running automatically, with no fuel and no noise, and solar recharges it every day the grid is down.
- Essentials on one battery
- ~20 hrs
- Solar recharge, December
- 11.3 kWh/day
- Solar recharge, July
- 38.2 kWh/day
Assumes a 10 kWh battery, essentials averaging 0.5 kW (refrigerator, lights, internet, furnace fan, phones) and a 7 kW array, using NREL PVWatts production data for Medford. In December, solar covers about 94% of a day of essentials, so winter outages lean on the battery.
Already have solar?
Add a battery to the system you have
We add batteries to existing solar, including systems installed by other companies or by installers that are no longer in business. We check your inverter and electrical panel, then size a battery for the circuits you care about most.
Pacific Power customers can enroll in the Wattsmart Battery program, which pays you to share your battery during peak events.
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Medford power outage questions
Straight answers from the local team.