When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Del Norte County, CA?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Del Norte County, CA right now.
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Elsewhere in California: 4,798 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 8:01 PM PDT.
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Who serves Del Norte County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include PacifiCorp, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. This is the utility we track here, not necessarily the only one serving it — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Del Norte County, CA
Last significant outage: Oct 8, 2026 — peaked at 395 customers, restored in ~3.2 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 8 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.9 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (8)
BeganPeak outRestored inWeather
Oct 8, 2026395~3.2 hrno severe weather
Oct 7, 202612,932~30 minno severe weather
Oct 5, 2026235~2.7 hrno severe weather
Sep 13, 2026724~48 minno severe weather
Sep 12, 2026476~1 hrno severe weather
Sep 1, 20261,685~5.5 hrwind/storm
Aug 11, 20262,401~3.8 hrno severe weather
Jul 28, 2026347~48 minno severe weather
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 28, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Del Norte County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 223 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 25 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in winter.
That is shorter than the California norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~8.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~13,231 customers out in December 2025, restored after about 1.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered

Communities in Del Norte County include Crescent City, Bertsch-Oceanview, Fort Dick, Gasquet, Hiouchi, Klamath, Smith River and Smith River-Gasquet. 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 Del Norte County, CA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Del Norte include PacifiCorp — 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.

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