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116
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.
Official restoration time (Pacific Gas & Electric): Oct 4, 4:00 PM PDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — already running longer than the typical past outage here of under 500 customers in the same kind of weather (~1.5 hr start to finish), based on 5 past outages
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 1:52 PM PDT.
59116county-wide trend of customers without power · last 3 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
Merced — 116 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 4:00 PM PDT
⚡ No power in Merced, CA? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
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 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 3, 2026 — peaked at 312 customers, restored in ~1.5 hr (heat event).
Across the 20 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.7 hr.
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 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
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.
