When will the power be back in Union City, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Union City is a city of about 66,196 residents in Alameda County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Union City by name, so this page reports the Alameda County county-wide view, which covers Union City. If a serving utility does name Union City during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Union City:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Union City: the closest other places we track are Hayward, about 5 miles to the west; Fremont, about 6 miles to the south; Newark, about 6 miles to the south; and Pleasanton, about 9 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Dublin (10 mi NE), San Leandro (11 mi NW), Menlo Park (11 mi SW), East Palo Alto (11 mi SW), San Ramon (12 mi N), Redwood City (12 mi SW), Foster City (12 mi W) and Milpitas (14 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Danville (15 mi); northeast toward Brentwood (28 mi); east toward Livermore (15 mi); southeast toward San Jose (23 mi); south toward Mountain View (14 mi); southwest toward San Carlos (15 mi); west toward San Mateo (16 mi); and northwest toward Oakland (16 mi).
Who serves Union City?
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.
Union City's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 315 customers out, and was restored in 30 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 315 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
- Sep 15 — 302 customers out, restored in 27 hours
- Sep 15 — 28 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 9 — 25 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
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 Union City, CA?
To check your own street, search a Union City ZIP code — 94587 — and the map opens on that area.
