When will the power be back in Richmond, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Contra Costa County, California

customers reported out in Richmond · live from Pacific Gas & Electric

Utility restoration time for Richmond: Oct 18, 5:45 PM PDT

Richmond outlook: past outages here typically ran ~2.2 hr, based on 14 past outages of 200+ customers

Across the whole county (Contra Costa, CA, all utilities): 6 reported out, county-wide 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) — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Richmond figure above.

Updated 5:06 PM PDT.

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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.

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What we track for Richmond

Richmond is a city of about 115,353 residents in Contra Costa County.

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

ZIP codes in Richmond:

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

Around Richmond: the closest other places we track are El Cerrito, about 4 miles to the southeast; Pinole, about 5 miles to the northeast; Berkeley, about 7 miles to the southeast; and San Rafael, about 8 miles to the west. Also nearby: Larkspur (9 mi W), Mill Valley (10 mi W), Orinda (11 mi SE), San Anselmo (12 mi W), Vallejo (12 mi NE), Martinez (14 mi E), Lafayette (14 mi E) and Benicia (14 mi NE).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Sonoma (24 mi); northeast toward Fairfield (28 mi); east toward Pleasant Hill (15 mi); southeast toward Oakland (15 mi); south toward Daly City (19 mi); and northwest toward Novato (14 mi).

Who serves Richmond?

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 Richmond

Richmond's last tracked outage began Oct 15, peaked at 606 customers out, and was restored in 40 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.

Oct 15 — 606 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
Oct 14 — 605 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
Oct 12 — 5,070 customers out, restored in 25 hours
Oct 10 — 935 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 Richmond, CA?

To check your own street, search a Richmond ZIP code — 94801, 94802, 94804, 94805, 94807, 94808 or any of the other 1 — and the map opens on that area.

Nearby & related

Antioch · Concord · Danville · El Cerrito · Lafayette · Martinez · Oakley · Orinda

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