When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Novato, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Marin County, California
852
customers reported out in Novato · live from Pacific Gas & Electric
Utility restoration time for Novato: Oct 19, 2:00 PM PDT
No clear recovery trend yet for Novato — outages aren't steadily declining, so we can't give a dependable time yet.
Across the whole county (Marin, CA, all utilities): 882 reported out, county-wide outlook grew sharply just now — past outages here like this ran ~8 hr start to finish (7 on record) — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Novato figure above.
Updated 9:00 AM PDT.
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What we track for Novato

Novato is a city of about 52,311 residents in Marin County.

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

ZIP codes in Novato:

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

Around Novato: the closest other places we track are San Anselmo, about 8 miles to the south; San Rafael, about 8 miles to the south; Larkspur, about 11 miles to the south; and Petaluma, about 11 miles to the north. Also nearby: Mill Valley (13 mi S), Pinole (14 mi SE), Richmond (14 mi SE), Sonoma (15 mi N), Vallejo (16 mi E), El Cerrito (18 mi SE), Rohnert Park (19 mi NW) and Berkeley (21 mi SE).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Santa Rosa (26 mi); northeast toward Vacaville (37 mi); east toward Benicia (22 mi); southeast toward Orinda (25 mi); south toward Daly City (28 mi); and northwest toward Windsor (34 mi).

Who serves Novato?

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

Recent outages tracked in Novato

Novato's last tracked outage began Oct 18, peaked at 166 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.

  • Oct 18 — 166 customers out, restored in 3 hours
  • Oct 16 — 105 customers out, restored in an hour
  • Oct 14 — 912 customers out, restored in 2 hours
  • Oct 9 — 40 customers out, restored in 6 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 Marin County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 7 hr. The full record for Marin County

Common questions

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

To check your own street, search a Novato ZIP code — 94945, 94947, 94948, 94949 or 94998 — and the map opens on that area.

Novato, CA — live power outage tracker