When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Union City, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Alameda County, California
68
customers reported out in Alameda, CA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Earliest posted restoration time (Pacific Gas & Electric): Oct 4, 4:00 AM PDT · 3 different times posted; the latest Oct 4, 5:45 AM PDT
County-wide restoration outlook: still growing right now — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~14 hr start to finish (7 on record)
Showing county-wide data because we don't have Union City-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Updated 12:26 AM PDT.
11 out, then 6868 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 17 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
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⚡ No power in Union City, CA? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been

What we track for Union City

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.

Recent outages tracked in Union City

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
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

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.

Union City, CA — live power outage tracker