See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · California
119
customers reported out in Butte County, CA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Pacific Gas & Electric): Oct 4, 3:30 PM PDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — already running longer than the typical past outage here of under 500 customers (~6 hr start to finish), based on 9 past outages
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 1:52 PM PDT.
119119county-wide trend of customers without power · last 18 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Oroville — 119 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 3:30 PM PDT
⚡ No power in Butte, 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.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Pacific Gas & Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Gridley and City of Biggs also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Butte County, CA
Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 213 customers, restored in ~1.3 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 16 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 23, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Butte County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
907 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 19 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~5.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the California norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~8.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~43,533 customers out in February 2024, restored after about 2.5 days. The busiest year on record here was 2022.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities in Butte County include Chico, Oroville, Paradise, Gridley, Biggs, Bangor, Berry Creek and Butte Creek Canyon. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Butte County, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Butte include Pacific Gas & Electric, City of Gridley and City of Biggs — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
