See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · California
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customer reported out in Nevada 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, 8:00 PM PDT
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~5 hr, based on 770 past outages of any size over 12 years of records.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 1:52 PM PDT.
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Who serves Nevada County?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Pacific Gas & Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Truckee Donner PUD and Liberty Utilities also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Nevada County, CA
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 874 customers, restored in ~1 hr (heat event).
Across the 39 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 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Nevada County, CA
Federal outage records (
EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
770 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including
18 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~
4.9 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: ~53,330 customers out in October 2019, restored after about 4 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 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.
Cities we track in Nevada County
Communities in Nevada County include Truckee, Grass Valley, Nevada City, Alta Sierra, Donner, Floriston, Graniteville and Kingvale. 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 Nevada County, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Nevada include Pacific Gas & Electric, Truckee Donner PUD and Liberty Utilities — 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.
