When's the Power Back?

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

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · California
258
customers reported out in Sacramento County, CA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
County-wide restoration outlook: ~9 hr to restore at the current pace (roughly 44 customers an hour)
🎯 Likely 3 hr–1.3 days — 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 2:27 AM PDT.
111111 out, then 258258 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 17 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
Galt — 258 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 4:00 AM PDT
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⚡ No power in Sacramento, 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.

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Who serves Sacramento County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include SMUD and Pacific Gas & Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Sacramento County, CA
Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 329 customers, restored in ~12.5 hr (heat event).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.8 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 10, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Sacramento County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 2,758 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 172 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~4.3 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: ~348,829 customers out in January 2023, restored after about 2.6 days. The busiest year on record here was 2020.
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 Sacramento County

Communities in Sacramento County include Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Galt, Isleton, Antelope, Arden-Arcade and Carmichael. 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 Sacramento County, CA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Sacramento include SMUD and Pacific Gas & Electric — 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.

Sacramento County, CA — live power outage tracker