When will the power be back in Oakland, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Oakland is a city of about 443,554 residents in Alameda County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for Oakland by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Oakland 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 Oakland:
+ 14 more ZIP codes in Oakland
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Oakland: the closest other places we track are San Leandro, about 6 miles to the southeast; Berkeley, about 8 miles to the northwest; Orinda, about 8 miles to the north; and Lafayette, about 10 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: El Cerrito (11 mi N), Hayward (12 mi SE), Foster City (13 mi S), South San Francisco (13 mi SW), Walnut Creek (14 mi NE), Danville (14 mi E), Daly City (15 mi SW) and Burlingame (15 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Martinez (17 mi); northeast toward Pleasant Hill (15 mi); east toward San Ramon (16 mi); southeast toward Union City (16 mi); south toward San Mateo (15 mi); southwest toward San Bruno (15 mi); and northwest toward Richmond (15 mi).
Who serves Oakland?
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.
Oakland's last tracked outage began Oct 15, peaked at 37 customers out, and was restored in 8 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 15 — 37 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Oct 15 — 61 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 14 — 104 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Oct 13 — 809 customers out, restored in 2 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 Oakland, CA?
To check your own street, search an Oakland ZIP code — 94601, 94602, 94603, 94604, 94605, 94606 or any of the other 20 — and the map opens on that area.
