When will the power be back in Hayward, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Hayward is a city of about 158,440 residents in Alameda County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for Hayward by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-27) — so when Hayward 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 Hayward:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Hayward: the closest other places we track are Union City, about 5 miles to the east; San Leandro, about 6 miles to the northwest; Foster City, about 8 miles to the southwest; and Newark, about 8 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Fremont (9 mi SE), Redwood City (10 mi SW), Menlo Park (10 mi S), East Palo Alto (11 mi S), Oakland (12 mi NW), San Mateo (12 mi W), Pleasanton (13 mi E) and San Carlos (13 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Moraga (15 mi); northeast toward Dublin (13 mi); east toward Livermore (19 mi); southeast toward Milpitas (18 mi); south toward Mountain View (16 mi); southwest toward Belmont (13 mi); west toward Burlingame (14 mi); and northwest toward Alameda (13 mi).
Who serves Hayward?
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.
Hayward's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 51 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Oct 2 — 51 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Oct 1 — 68 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 29 — 93 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 28 — 99 customers out, restored in an hour
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 Hayward, CA?
To check your own street, search a Hayward ZIP code — 94540, 94541, 94542, 94543, 94544, 94545 or any of the other 1 — and the map opens on that area.
