When will the power be back in Newark, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Newark is a city of about 46,254 residents in Alameda County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for Newark by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Newark 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 Newark:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Newark: the closest other places we track are Fremont, about 2 miles to the east; Union City, about 6 miles to the north; East Palo Alto, about 7 miles to the southwest; and Menlo Park, about 7 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Hayward (8 mi NW), Mountain View (9 mi S), Sunnyvale (9 mi S), Milpitas (10 mi SE), Redwood City (10 mi W), Palo Alto (11 mi SW), Los Altos (11 mi S) and Santa Clara (11 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward San Ramon (18 mi); northeast toward Pleasanton (13 mi); southeast toward San Jose (18 mi); south toward Cupertino (14 mi); west toward Foster City (12 mi); and northwest toward San Leandro (15 mi).
Who serves Newark?
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.
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
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
When will my power be back on in Newark, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Newark's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Newark, CA?
To check your own street, search a Newark ZIP code — 94560 — and the map opens on that area.
