When's the Power Back?

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

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62
customers reported out in Merced County, CA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Earliest posted restoration time (Pacific Gas & Electric): Oct 12, 10:30 PM PDT · 2 different times posted; the latest Oct 13, 1:30 AM PDT
County-wide restoration outlook: ~14 min to restore at the current pace (roughly 267 customers an hour)
🎯 Likely 5–34 min — based on how accurate our past estimates like this have been.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 8:45 PM PDT.
660660 out, then 6262 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 5 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
Gustine — 61 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 13, 1:30 AM PDT
Santa Nella — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 12, 10:30 PM PDT
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Who serves Merced County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Pacific Gas & Electric and Turlock Irrigation District ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Merced Irrigation District 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 — Merced County, CA
Last significant outage: Oct 12, 2026 — peaked at 2,809 customers, restored in ~3 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 26 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.3 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (26)
BeganPeak outRestored inWeather
Oct 12, 20262,809~3 hrno severe weather
Oct 10, 2026426~30 minno severe weather
Oct 8, 2026684~4.8 hrheat event
Oct 7, 20261,838~7.5 hrheat event
Oct 6, 2026381~5 hrheat event
Oct 5, 20261,178~6.7 hrheat event
Oct 3, 2026312~1.5 hrheat event
Sep 24, 2026256~15 hrheat event
Sep 12, 20262,209~4.5 hrwind/storm
Sep 9, 2026205~42 minheat event
Sep 7, 20261,789~48 minno severe weather
Sep 5, 2026992~3.3 hrno severe weather
Sep 4, 2026276~30 minno severe weather
Sep 1, 2026270~8.2 hrno severe weather
Aug 30, 2026202~2.7 hrno severe weather
Aug 17, 2026252~1 hrno severe weather
Aug 14, 2026662~30 minno severe weather
Aug 13, 2026343~14.5 hrwind/storm
Aug 9, 2026569~3.2 hrheat event
Aug 8, 2026211~1.5 hrheat event
Jul 31, 2026380~4 hrheat event
Jul 29, 2026423~9.3 hrno severe weather
Jul 28, 2026280~5 hrno severe weather
Jul 25, 20261,070~18.7 hrno severe weather
Jul 23, 20261,862~18.8 hrno severe weather
Jul 21, 2026442~11 hrno severe weather
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 21, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Merced County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 734 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 4 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~4 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in fall.
That is shorter than the California norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~8.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~19,037 customers out in December 2022, restored after about 19.3 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 Merced County
Atwater · Livingston · Los Banos · Merced

Communities in Merced County include Los Banos, Atwater, Livingston, Gustine, Dos Palos, Ballico, Bear Creek and Cressey. 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 Merced County, CA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Merced include Pacific Gas & Electric, Turlock Irrigation District and Merced Irrigation District — 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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