Idaho Power Outage Hits 2,260 Near Nampa at 4 p.m.
Idaho Power said a idaho power outage near Nampa left 2,260 people affected at 4 p.m. Thursday. The outage started at 3:34 p.m., and the utility estimated power would be restored by 5:30 p.m.
The company said a crew was dispatched to the Nampa area after an object in the line was identified as the suspected cause. That gave customers a narrow window of disruption: a little under two hours from the start of the outage to the estimated restoration time.
Nampa outage at 3:34 p.m.
The Nampa outage was one of several reported Thursday afternoon across southwest Idaho. Idaho Power also said thousands of customers were without power while strong-to-severe thunderstorms threatened the region, with wind gusts potentially reaching 70 mph.
For people in Nampa, the practical point was the timeline. The outage began at 3:34 p.m., affected 2,260 people by 4 p.m., and was estimated to be back by 5:30 p.m. That sequence left little room for uncertainty about whether crews were moving quickly once the problem was reported.
Gooding and southwest Idaho
A smaller outage near Gooding started at 3:15 p.m. and affected 77 people. Idaho Power said weather was the suspected cause there, and a crew was on site near Gooding as power was also estimated for restoration by 5:30 p.m.
Elsewhere in southwest Idaho, Idaho Power reported 1,580 customers without power in the Eagle and Garden City areas, about 57 customers in Payette, more than 5,300 people in Meridian and more than 7,000 Boise customers. Those figures show the Nampa outage was part of a broader stretch of service problems across the region, not an isolated pocket.
Crews and restoration estimates
For affected customers, the immediate next step was to wait for the restoration estimate Idaho Power provided: 5:30 p.m. near Nampa and near Gooding. The utility said crews were already working in both areas, which meant customers had a specific time target rather than an open-ended outage.
The same storm threat that brought the outages also framed the response. With thunderstorms moving through and gusts potentially reaching 70 mph, the focus for customers was on the repair estimate and the status of the local line problem that interrupted service near Nampa.
