When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Sunnyvale, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Santa Clara County, California
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customer reported out in Sunnyvale · live from Pacific Gas & Electric
Utility restoration time for Sunnyvale: Oct 17, 5:00 AM PDT
Sunnyvale outlook: past outages here typically ran ~4 hr, based on 8 past outages of 200+ customers
Across the whole county (Santa Clara, CA, all utilities): 72 reported out, county-wide outlook grew sharply just now — past outages here of 200+ customers in the same kind of weather ran ~17 hr start to finish (29 on record) — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Sunnyvale figure above.
Updated 11:17 PM PDT.
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What we track for Sunnyvale

Sunnyvale is a city of about 156,792 residents in Santa Clara County.

Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for Sunnyvale by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Sunnyvale 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 Sunnyvale:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Sunnyvale: the closest other places we track are Mountain View, about 3 miles to the west; Santa Clara, about 4 miles to the southeast; Los Altos, about 4 miles to the west; and Cupertino, about 5 miles to the south. Also nearby: Milpitas (8 mi NE), Saratoga (8 mi S), Campbell (8 mi SE), Menlo Park (9 mi NW), Fremont (10 mi N), San Jose (11 mi SE), Los Gatos (11 mi S) and Redwood City (14 mi NW).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Union City (15 mi); northeast toward Livermore (25 mi); east toward Patterson (48 mi); southeast toward Morgan Hill (27 mi); south toward Scotts Valley (23 mi); west toward Half Moon Bay (23 mi); and northwest toward San Carlos (15 mi).

Who serves Sunnyvale?

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

Recent outages tracked in Sunnyvale

Sunnyvale's last tracked outage began Oct 15, peaked at 26 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.

  • Oct 15 — 26 customers out, restored in 7 hours
  • Oct 14 — 190 customers out, restored in 9 hours
  • Oct 13 — 68 customers out, restored in 7 hours
  • Oct 9 — 460 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of Santa Clara County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 14.8 hr. The full record for Santa Clara County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Sunnyvale, CA?

To check your own street, search a Sunnyvale ZIP code — 94085, 94086, 94087, 94088 or 94089 — and the map opens on that area.

Sunnyvale, CA — live power outage tracker