Power outages in California

Live outage status by county · updated ~every 15 minutes

4,479

customers reported out statewide · 41 counties reporting · 16 above the significant-outage threshold · updated 5:00 PM PDT · utility data as of 5:04 PM PDT

Significant outages (50+ customers, largest first)

San Francisco — 1,034 reported out · grew sharply just now — too soon to tell the trend

San Bernardino — 712 reported out · eased overall — a small recent uptick in the latest reading

Ventura — 558 reported out · eased overall (small recent uptick) — already running longer than the typical past outage here (~12 hr start to finish), based on 33 past outages

Riverside — 449 reported out · eased overall (small recent uptick) — already running longer than the typical past outage here (~1.6 days start to finish), based on 14 past outages

Los Angeles — 270 reported out · eased overall — a small recent uptick in the latest reading

Monterey — 200 reported out · still growing — roughly 22 more customers out each hour over recent readings

Fresno — 184 reported out · grew sharply just now — past outages here like this ran ~6 hr start to finish (4 on record)

Contra Costa — 165 reported out · ~10 hr to restore at the current pace (roughly 13 customers an hour)

Kern — 124 reported out · grew sharply just now — already running longer than the typical past outage here (~17 hr start to finish), based on 5 past outages

Orange — 95 reported out · eased overall — a small recent uptick in the latest reading

Marin — 92 reported out · no reliable recovery trend yet

Santa Barbara — 83 reported out · grew sharply just now — past outages here like this ran ~16 hr start to finish (6 on record)

Sacramento — 78 reported out · grew sharply just now — already running longer than the typical past outage here (~4 hr start to finish), based on 7 past outages

Santa Clara — 62 reported out · ~4 hr to restore at the current pace (roughly 176 customers an hour)

Placer — 53 reported out · ~2.9 hr to restore at the current pace (roughly 16 customers an hour)

+ 1 more in the directory below.

“Reporting” means at least one customer reported out in county-level data (the federal nationwide tally combined with utilities' own live data where we track them); “significant” means 50+ customers out — the floor for the active list above.

Utility coverage in California

Tracked utilities with dedicated pages

Pacific Gas & Electric (CA) · SMUD (Sacramento) · Southern California Edison

Also tracked live — opens in the app

Anaheim Public Utilities (CA) · Glendale Water & Power (CA) · Imperial Irrigation District (CA) · LADWP (Los Angeles) · Modesto Irrigation District (CA) · PacifiCorp (Pacific Power / Rocky Mountain Power) · Riverside Public Utilities (CA) · Roseville Electric Utility (CA) · San Diego Gas & Electric (CA) · Silicon Valley Power (Santa Clara, CA) · Surprise Valley Electric (CA/NV) · Turlock Irrigation District (CA)

This is our tracking coverage, not a complete registry of every utility serving California.

Historical outage patterns in California

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) contain 65,811 county-level outage records (200+ customers at peak) in California between 2014 and 2025 across all 58 counties — 1,885 of them major events of 10,000+ customers. Half were restored within about 8.8 hr. The busiest year on record was 2024.

Largest single-county outage on record: ~1,717,886 customers out in Los Angeles County in January 2025, restored after about 3.6 days.

Months that hit the widest area at once — these rank among the three largest outages ever recorded in the most counties: October 2019 (23 counties), February 2024 (9 counties), August 2020 (8 counties).

Where restoration has historically taken longest: Los Angeles County (~35.5 hr typical), Santa Clara County (~14.8 hr typical), San Bernardino County (~14 hr typical) — against ~8.8 hr statewide.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), 2014–2025. These are federal historical records, not outages tracked live by this site. Statewide figures aggregate the same per-county records shown on each county page below; the statewide restoration figure is the typical (middle) value across the per-county typical times, weighted by how many records each county has. A county appears in a “widest area” month when that month produced one of its three largest recorded outages.

Common questions

How do I check power outages in California?

This page lists live outage status for every county in California, updated about every 15 minutes from the federal government's public county outage data (ODIN) and National Weather Service alerts, combined with utilities' own live data where we track them. Open any county for its restoration outlook, or search your ZIP or address for the most specific view.

Which utilities serve California?

Electric utilities we track in California include Pacific Gas & Electric (CA), SMUD (Sacramento), Southern California Edison, Anaheim Public Utilities (CA) and others. Each restores its own service area — report an outage to your serving utility so crews can be dispatched.

When will power be restored in California?

Restoration depends on the cause and scale of each outage, so it varies by county and utility. For each affected area with enough trend data we publish an independent restoration estimate — from the live outage count, the recovery rate, and weather — shown even before the utility posts an official time; very small or brand-new outages say so instead of guessing. Open an area above for its outlook.

How accurate are the estimates?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Statewide totals combine the federal county-by-county tally with utilities' own live outage data, so this page and the live map always show the same numbers.

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