When will the power be back in Berkeley, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Berkeley is a city of about 121,749 residents in Alameda County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for Berkeley by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Berkeley is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Berkeley:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Berkeley: the closest other places we track are Emeryville, about 2 miles to the south; Albany, about 2 miles to the northwest; El Cerrito, about 4 miles to the north; and Piedmont, about 5 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Orinda (7 mi E), Richmond (7 mi NW), San Pablo (7 mi N), Alameda (8 mi S), Oakland (8 mi SE), Moraga (10 mi E), Lafayette (10 mi E) and Pinole (10 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Hercules (12 mi); northeast toward Martinez (14 mi); east toward Walnut Creek (14 mi); southeast toward San Leandro (13 mi); south toward South San Francisco (16 mi); southwest toward Daly City (16 mi); west toward Corte Madera (12 mi); and northwest toward San Rafael (14 mi).
Who serves Berkeley?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in Alameda County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Alameda Municipal Power and Port of Oakland also serve parts of Alameda County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Berkeley's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 48 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Oct 2 — 48 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Oct 1 — 26 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 30 — 36 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 29 — 159 customers out, restored in 6 hours
County context: across all of Alameda County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 12 hr. The full record for Alameda County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Berkeley, CA?
To check your own street, search a Berkeley ZIP code — 94701, 94702, 94703, 94704, 94705, 94707 or any of the other 5 — and the map opens on that area.
