When's the Power Back?

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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Nevada County, CA right now.
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Elsewhere in California: 2,705 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 10:15 PM PDT.
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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
⚡ Power here was restored about 4 hours ago — the outage peaked at 272 customers.
Last significant outage: Oct 16, 2026 — peaked at 272 customers, restored in ~8 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 39 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.2 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (39)
BeganPeak outRestored inWeather
Oct 16, 2026272~8 hrno severe weather
Oct 11, 2026291~4.8 hrno severe weather
Oct 10, 20261,242~2 hrno severe weather
Oct 9, 20265,518~4 hrno severe weather
Oct 8, 2026874~1.3 hrheat event
Oct 7, 20263,569~2.7 hrheat event
Oct 6, 20261,878~2.2 hrheat event
Oct 2, 2026874~1 hrheat event
Oct 1, 2026920~1.2 hrheat event
Sep 30, 20261,226~6.5 hrno severe weather
Sep 29, 2026957~2.7 hrno severe weather
Sep 28, 20261,249~8 hrno severe weather
Sep 25, 2026280~10.3 hrno severe weather
Sep 23, 20261,608~42 minno severe weather
Sep 22, 20261,963~4.2 hrno severe weather
Sep 20, 20261,229~48 minno severe weather
Sep 18, 2026584~3.7 hrno severe weather
Sep 16, 20261,433~42 minno severe weather
Sep 15, 20262,564~1.5 hrno severe weather
Sep 14, 20261,072~30 minno severe weather
Sep 10, 20261,534~7.2 hrheat event
Sep 9, 20261,279~3 hrheat event
Sep 8, 2026645~30 minheat event
Sep 4, 2026263~8.5 hrwind/storm
Sep 3, 2026966~7.7 hrwind/storm
Aug 29, 2026870~1.7 hrno severe weather
Aug 29, 2026618~7.5 hrno severe weather
Aug 25, 20261,023~1.5 hrno severe weather
Aug 21, 20261,753~3.3 hrno severe weather
Aug 20, 20261,432~17.2 hrno severe weather
Aug 17, 2026234~9 hrno severe weather
Aug 16, 20262,236~48 minno severe weather
Aug 14, 20261,662~10.5 hrno severe weather
Aug 13, 2026528~30 minno severe weather
Aug 13, 2026726~4.2 hrweather alert
Aug 12, 2026244~18 hrweather alert
Aug 11, 2026255~9.8 hrweather alert
Aug 8, 2026876~1.2 hrheat event
Aug 6, 2026278~3.2 hrheat event
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 6, 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, 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 Nevada County
Grass Valley

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.

This page also serves Truckee: its outages are counted in this county's total.

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.

Nearby counties & areas
Placer County · Sierra County · Yuba County · El Dorado County · Plumas County · Butte County · Sutter County · Amador County
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