When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Humboldt County, CA?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Humboldt County, CA right now.
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Elsewhere in California: 8,398 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 7:15 AM PDT.
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Who serves Humboldt County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Pacific Gas & Electric, 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 — Humboldt County, CA
⚡ Power here was restored about 9 hours ago — the outage peaked at 1,799 customers.
Last significant outage: Oct 14, 2026 — peaked at 1,799 customers, restored in ~1.2 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 25 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 7 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (25)
BeganPeak outRestored inWeather
Oct 14, 20261,799~1.2 hrno severe weather
Oct 11, 2026213~30.2 hrno severe weather
Oct 10, 2026510~2.7 hrno severe weather
Oct 7, 20262,244~7 hrno severe weather
Sep 29, 2026326~2.7 hrno severe weather
Sep 26, 2026404~25 hrno severe weather
Sep 24, 2026297~15 hrno severe weather
Sep 24, 2026389~3.2 hrno severe weather
Sep 20, 2026232~12 hrno severe weather
Sep 19, 20261,835~3.5 hrno severe weather
Sep 9, 2026234~20.2 hrno severe weather
Sep 2, 2026792~1.2 hrwind/storm
Sep 1, 2026259~1 hrwind/storm
Aug 28, 2026757~8.2 hrno severe weather
Aug 25, 2026848~1.5 hrno severe weather
Aug 18, 2026272~7.8 hrno severe weather
Aug 15, 2026677~3 hrno severe weather
Aug 12, 2026236~1.3 hrweather alert
Aug 10, 2026688~16.8 hrweather alert
Aug 7, 20261,143~23 hrheat event
Aug 5, 2026237~15 hrheat event
Aug 5, 2026833~42 minheat event
Aug 1, 2026854~8.5 hrno severe weather
Jul 23, 2026224~4.5 hrno severe weather
Jul 22, 2026428~21.2 hrno severe weather
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Recent outages tracked in Arcata

Arcata's last tracked outage began Oct 10, peaked at 508 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.

  • Oct 10 — 508 customers out, restored in 3 hours
  • Oct 7 — 35 customers out, restored in 4 hours
  • Oct 6 — 164 customers out, restored in 2 hours
  • Oct 6 — 166 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.
Recent outages tracked in Fortuna

Fortuna's last tracked outage began Oct 14, peaked at 34 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours.

  • Oct 14 — 34 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.
Longer-term outage history — Humboldt County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 1,006 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 11 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~7.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~71,791 customers out in December 2022, restored after about 34.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2024.
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.
Cities with their own pages in Humboldt County
Eureka

Communities in Humboldt County include Eureka, Arcata, Fortuna, Rio Dell, Ferndale, Blue Lake, Trinidad and Alderpoint. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

This page also serves Arcata and Fortuna: their outages are counted in this county's total, and the outages tracked in them are listed with the outage history above.

Nearby counties & areas
Trinity County · Del Norte County · Mendocino County · Siskiyou County · Tehama County · Shasta County · Glenn County · Lake County
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