When will the power be back in Red Bluff, CA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Sep 3, 11,215 completed outages have been graded this way — typical (median) error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.8 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Red Bluff, California — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Red Bluff is a city in Tehama County; when the serving utility's own outage map reports Red Bluff directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Red Bluff is a city of about 14,286 residents in Tehama County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Red Bluff by name, so this page reports the Tehama County county-wide view, which covers Red Bluff. If a serving utility does name Red Bluff during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Red Bluff: 96080 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Red Bluff: the closest other places we track are Anderson, about 19 miles to the north; Redding, about 28 miles to the north; Shasta Lake, about 36 miles to the north; Chico, about 36 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Oroville (59 mi SE), Yuba City (79 mi SE), Marysville (79 mi SE), Clearlake (86 mi S), Susanville (87 mi E), Ukiah (88 mi SW), Grass Valley (91 mi SE), Lincoln (103 mi SE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Ashland, OR (141 mi); east toward Reno, NV (134 mi); southeast toward Auburn (108 mi); south toward Woodland (107 mi); west toward Fortuna (104 mi); northwest toward Arcata (107 mi).
Who serves Red Bluff?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in Tehama County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Red Bluff, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Red Bluff area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.
How do I check the power outage status in Red Bluff, CA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Red Bluff area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Red Bluff ZIP code — 96080 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Red Bluff, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Tehama County include Pacific Gas & Electric; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Red Bluff specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Tehama County county-wide view, which covers Red Bluff. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Red Bluff by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Red Bluff. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Anderson (19 mi N) is the closest place we track separately.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
