When will the power be back in Chico, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Chico is a city of about 102,911 residents in Butte County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Chico by name, so this page reports the Butte County county-wide view, which covers Chico. If a serving utility does name Chico during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Chico:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Chico: the closest other places we track are Oroville, about 22 miles to the southeast; Red Bluff, about 36 miles to the northwest; Marysville, about 44 miles to the south; and Yuba City, about 44 miles to the south. Also nearby: Grass Valley (55 mi SE), Lincoln (67 mi SE), Shasta Lake (70 mi NW), Auburn (71 mi SE), Rocklin (72 mi SE), Roseville (73 mi S), Woodland (75 mi S) and Citrus Heights (79 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Reno, NV (106 mi); southeast toward Placerville (89 mi); south toward Davis (83 mi); southwest toward Windsor (99 mi); and northwest toward Eureka (143 mi).
Who serves Chico?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in Butte County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Gridley and City of Biggs also serve parts of Butte County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Chico's last tracked outage began Oct 17, peaked at 81 customers out, and was restored in 9 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Oct 17 — 81 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Oct 16 — 49 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 13 — 40 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Oct 13 — 391 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of Butte County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.5 hr. The full record for Butte County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Chico, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Chico's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Chico, CA?
To check your own street, search a Chico ZIP code — 95926, 95927, 95928, 95929, 95973 or 95976 — and the map opens on that area.
