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
No significant county-wide outage reported in Alameda, CA right now.
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Elsewhere in California: 8,398 customers reported out — statewide status.
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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; Pleasanton, about 9 miles to the northeast; and Dublin, about 10 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: San Leandro (11 mi NW), Menlo Park (11 mi SW), San Ramon (12 mi N), Redwood City (12 mi SW), Foster City (12 mi W), Milpitas (14 mi SE), Mountain View (14 mi S) and Danville (15 mi N).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lafayette (21 mi); northeast toward Antioch (29 mi); east toward Livermore (15 mi); southeast toward San Jose (23 mi); south toward Sunnyvale (15 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 14, peaked at 44 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.

  • Oct 14 — 44 customers out, restored in 6 hours
  • Oct 8 — 71 customers out, restored in 8 hours
  • Oct 2 — 449 customers out, restored in 8 hours
  • Oct 2 — 315 customers out, restored in 30 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