Nearly every Idaho Power customer in Gem County is without power due to unknown outage

idahonews.com · last updated January 27, 2026 – 2:53 PM

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Nearly every tracked meter in Gem County is currently without power.

According to Idaho Power’s outage map, 5,379 out of 5,388, or 99.83% meters in Gem County are currently without power. There is no current time estimated for when power will return, and the cause of the outage remains under investigation. This is a developing story. We will continue to update this story as we learn more.

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