When will the power be back in Merced, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Merced is a city of about 96,073 residents in Merced County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Merced by name, so this page reports the Merced County county-wide view, which covers Merced. If a serving utility does name Merced during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Merced:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Merced: the closest other places we track are Atwater, about 7 miles to the northwest; Livingston, about 15 miles to the west; Chowchilla, about 19 miles to the southeast; and Turlock, about 25 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Los Banos (27 mi SW), Madera (32 mi SE), Ceres (33 mi NW), Modesto (37 mi NW), Oakdale (37 mi NW), Riverbank (39 mi NW), Patterson (39 mi W) and Kerman (46 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: southeast toward Fresno (52 mi); south toward Avenal (91 mi); southwest toward Hollister (60 mi); west toward Gilroy (65 mi); and northwest toward Manteca (53 mi).
Who serves Merced?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric and Turlock Irrigation District ↗ in Merced County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Merced Irrigation District also serves parts of Merced County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Merced's last tracked outage began Oct 8, peaked at 684 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Oct 8 — 684 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Oct 7 — 4,333 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Oct 4 — 117 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 25 — 36 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of Merced County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4 hr. The full record for Merced County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Merced, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Merced's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Merced, CA?
To check your own street, search a Merced ZIP code — 95340, 95341, 95343, 95344 or 95348 — and the map opens on that area.
