When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in East Palo Alto, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · San Mateo County, California
17
customers reported out in San Mateo, CA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Earliest posted restoration time (Pacific Gas & Electric): Oct 3, 11:45 PM PDT · 5 different times posted; the latest Oct 10, 7:50 PM PDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~18 hr start to finish (7 on record)
Showing county-wide data because we don't have East Palo Alto-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Updated 9:43 PM PDT.
11 out, then 1717 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 2.6 days · tap or hover a point to see its number
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⚡ No power in East Palo Alto, 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.

Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been

What we track for East Palo Alto

East Palo Alto is a city of about 29,296 residents in San Mateo County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for East Palo Alto by name, so this page reports the San Mateo County county-wide view, which covers East Palo Alto. If a serving utility does name East Palo Alto during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

Around East Palo Alto: the closest other places we track are Menlo Park, about 1 miles to the northwest; Palo Alto, about 5 miles to the south; Redwood City, about 5 miles to the northwest; and Mountain View, about 6 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Newark (7 mi NE), Los Altos (7 mi S), San Carlos (8 mi W), Sunnyvale (8 mi SE), Fremont (9 mi NE), Belmont (9 mi W), Foster City (10 mi NW) and Hayward (11 mi N).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward San Leandro (16 mi); northeast toward Union City (11 mi); east toward Milpitas (14 mi); southeast toward Cupertino (11 mi); south toward Scotts Valley (29 mi); west toward Half Moon Bay (17 mi); and northwest toward San Mateo (12 mi).

Who serves East Palo Alto?

We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in San Mateo County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City & County of San Francisco also serves parts of San Mateo County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.

Outage history — San Mateo County, CA (covers East Palo Alto)
Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 1,732 customers, restored in ~26.2 hr (heat event).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 14.4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 5, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of San Mateo County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 11 hr. The full record for San Mateo County

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