When will the power be back in Menlo Park, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Menlo Park is a city of about 33,040 residents in San Mateo County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for Menlo Park by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when Menlo Park is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Menlo Park:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Menlo Park: the closest other places we track are East Palo Alto, about 1 miles to the southeast; Redwood City, about 4 miles to the northwest; Palo Alto, about 6 miles to the south; and San Carlos, about 7 miles to the west. Also nearby: Mountain View (7 mi SE), Newark (7 mi NE), Los Altos (8 mi S), Belmont (8 mi W), Foster City (8 mi NW), Fremont (9 mi E), Sunnyvale (9 mi SE) and Hayward (10 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 (13 mi); south toward Scotts Valley (30 mi); west toward Half Moon Bay (16 mi); and northwest toward San Mateo (10 mi).
Who serves Menlo Park?
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.
Menlo Park's last tracked outage began Sep 24, peaked at 304 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Sep 24 — 304 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 22 — 46 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Sep 17 — 75 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 9 — 197 customers out, restored in 8 hours
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
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Menlo Park, 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 Menlo Park'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 Menlo Park, CA?
To check your own street, search a Menlo Park ZIP code — 94025 or 94026 — and the map opens on that area.
