When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Lafayette, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Contra Costa County, California
6
customers reported out in Contra Costa, 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 18, 5:45 PM PDT · 3 different times posted; the latest Oct 18, 9:45 PM PDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of 200+ customers in the same kind of weather ran ~13 hr start to finish (27 on record)
Showing county-wide data because we don't have Lafayette-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 5:06 PM PDT.
11 out, then 66 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 18 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
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⚡ No power in Lafayette, 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 Lafayette

Lafayette is a city of about 25,371 residents in Contra Costa County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Lafayette by name, so this page reports the Contra Costa County county-wide view, which covers Lafayette. If a serving utility does name Lafayette during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Lafayette:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Lafayette: the closest other places we track are Orinda, about 3 miles to the west; Walnut Creek, about 4 miles to the east; Pleasant Hill, about 5 miles to the northeast; and Martinez, about 7 miles to the north. Also nearby: Concord (8 mi NE), Danville (10 mi SE), Berkeley (10 mi W), El Cerrito (10 mi W), Oakland (10 mi SW), Benicia (13 mi N), San Leandro (13 mi S) and San Ramon (13 mi SE).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fairfield (26 mi); northeast toward Rio Vista (30 mi); east toward Antioch (19 mi); southeast toward Dublin (17 mi); south toward Hayward (18 mi); southwest toward South San Francisco (23 mi); west toward Richmond (14 mi); and northwest toward Pinole (14 mi).

Who serves Lafayette?

We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in Contra Costa County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.

Recent outages tracked in Lafayette

Lafayette's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 53 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.

  • Oct 6 — 53 customers out, restored in an hour
  • Oct 5 — 47 customers out, restored in 3 hours
  • Oct 4 — 131 customers out, restored in 23 hours
  • Oct 2 — 1,061 customers out, restored in 2 hours
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 Contra Costa County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 9.3 hr. The full record for Contra Costa County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Lafayette, CA?

To check your own street, search a Lafayette ZIP code — 94549 — and the map opens on that area.

Lafayette, CA — live power outage tracker