When will the power be back in Mendocino County, CA?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · California
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customers reported out in Mendocino County, CA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Pacific Gas & Electric): Oct 10, 5:45 PM PDT
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~6 hr, based on 708 past outages of 200+ customers over 12 years of records.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 3:50 PM PDT.
12county-wide trend of customers without power · last 4 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Redwood Valley-Potter Valley — 2 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 10, 5:45 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.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Pacific Gas & Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Ukiah also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Mendocino County, CA
Last significant outage: Sep 28, 2026 — peaked at 231 customers, restored in ~2.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 12 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.1 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (12)
Began
Peak out
Restored in
Weather
Sep 28, 2026
231
~2.5 hr
no severe weather
Sep 24, 2026
712
~1.7 hr
no severe weather
Sep 4, 2026
510
~18.7 hr
weather alert
Aug 27, 2026
308
~3.2 hr
no severe weather
Aug 24, 2026
783
~6.2 hr
no severe weather
Aug 23, 2026
500
~1.7 hr
no severe weather
Aug 13, 2026
1,335
~10.2 hr
no severe weather
Jul 31, 2026
870
~1.5 hr
no severe weather
Jul 29, 2026
308
~3 hr
no severe weather
Jul 28, 2026
1,059
~2.7 hr
weather alert
Jul 27, 2026
559
~17.5 hr
weather alert
Jul 25, 2026
1,386
~5 hr
weather alert
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 25, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Recent outages tracked in Ukiah
Ukiah's last tracked outage began Oct 8, peaked at 96 customers out, and was restored in 40 minutes. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 50 minutes.
Oct 8 — 96 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
Oct 1 — 32 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
Sep 16 — 62 customers out, restored in 4 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 — Mendocino County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
708 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 10 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~6.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the California norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~8.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~41,599 customers out in October 2019, restored after about 4.6 days. 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.
Communities covered
Communities in Mendocino County include Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Willits, Point Arena, Albion, Anchor Bay, Boonville and Brooktrails. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
This page also serves Ukiah: its outages are counted in this county's total, and the outages tracked in it are listed with the outage history above.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Mendocino County, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Mendocino include Pacific Gas & Electric and City of Ukiah — 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.
