⚡ No power in Alameda, CA? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Pacific Gas & Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Alameda Municipal Power and Port of Oakland also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Alameda County, CA
Last significant outage: Oct 7, 2026 — peaked at 4,359 customers, restored in ~11 hr (heat event).
Across the 39 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 16 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 16, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Recent outages tracked in Newark
Newark's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 1,325 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
Oct 1 — 1,325 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Sep 29 — 99 customers out, restored in 7 hours
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Recent outages tracked in Piedmont
Piedmont's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 36 customers out, and was restored in 55 minutes.
Oct 6 — 36 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Alameda County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
2,026 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 49 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~12 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the California norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~8.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~88,608 customers out in October 2019, restored after about 2.7 days. The busiest year on record here was 2021.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than
half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period
than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities in Alameda County include Oakland, Fremont, Hayward, Berkeley, San Leandro, Livermore, Pleasanton and Dublin. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
This page also serves Alameda, Albany, Emeryville, Newark and Piedmont: their outages are counted in this county's total, and the outages tracked in Newark and Piedmont are listed with the outage history above.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Alameda County, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Alameda include Pacific Gas & Electric, Alameda Municipal Power and Port of Oakland — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
