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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Sierra County, CA right now.

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Elsewhere in California: 23,762 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 12:31 AM PDT.

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Who serves Sierra County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Pacific Gas & Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative 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 — Sierra County, CA

Last significant outage: Sep 13, 2026 — peaked at 609 customers, restored in ~2.5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 5 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.5 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 27, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Sierra County, CA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 194 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~4.2 hr (median).

That is shorter than the California norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~8.8 hr.

Largest on record: ~4,081 customers out in February 2023, restored after about 9.8 days. The busiest year on record here was 2019.

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.

Communities covered

Communities in Sierra County include Loyalton, Alleghany, Calpine, Downieville, East Sierra, Goodyears Bar, Pike and Sattley. 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 Sierra County, CA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Sierra include Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative, Pacific Gas & Electric 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

Nevada County · Plumas County · Placer County · Yuba County · El Dorado County · Butte County · Sutter County · Lassen County

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