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Power Outages in Alameda County, CA

Is there a power outage in Alameda County, CA right now? Yes. As of October 20, 2026 01:50 UTC, about 141 customers are without power in Alameda County, CA across 8 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Alameda Municipal Power, Port of Oakland and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.

Alameda County, CA is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.8 hours.

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Scattered outages

141 customers without power

0.0% of Alameda County · across 8 reported incidents.

Utility ETR: October 20, 2026 00:00 UTC (utility's estimate)

Not counted: no live feed for Alameda Municipal Power, Port of Oakland and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.

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No outage contact on file for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Alameda Municipal Power, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration and Port of Oakland; check your electric bill or the utility's website.

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Live status by utility · Alameda County

0.0%of this county's ~749,404 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Alameda Municipal Power, Port of Oakland, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Live · county141---8October 20, 2026 00:00 UTC
Alameda Municipal PowerNo live feedcan't see------
Port of OaklandNo live feedcan't see------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Active outages in Alameda County8

Individual outages as listed by Pacific Gas & Electric Co., largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.

CustomersCauseCrew statusUtility ETRStartedUtility
64PLNND SHUTDOWN-October 20, 2026 00:00 UTCPacific Gas & Electric Co.
50PATROLLING-October 20, 2026 06:30 UTCPacific Gas & Electric Co.
22PLNND SHUTDOWN-October 20, 2026 00:30 UTCPacific Gas & Electric Co.
1PLNND SHUTDOWN-October 20, 2026 00:00 UTCPacific Gas & Electric Co.
1--October 20, 2026 01:00 UTCPacific Gas & Electric Co.
1--October 20, 2026 04:45 UTCPacific Gas & Electric Co.
1THRD PARTY--Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
1---Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Alameda Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.

Power-dependent
10,539
Oxygen service
1,812
Dialysis (facility)
1,766
Home health / hospice
2,869
By ZIP code (46)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
945874531924112
945444411324616
94541407≤1122218
9457738012167≤11
9453637915200≤11
94501377≤1116712
94605312≤1114912
9455029912159≤11
945382891615512
94546283≤11151≤11
94560282≤11137≤11
9453924613115≤11
94566236≤11128≤11
94545229≤1111212
94601225≤11110≤11
94611220≤1191≤11
94578215≤11103≤11
94568208≤1196≤11
94603194≤11106≤11
94580185≤11110≤11
94551184≤1198≤11
94608181≤1172≤11
94602173≤1182≤11
94621172≤1189≤11
94579170≤1188≤11
94606160≤1178≤11
94619141063≤11
94610139≤1167≤11
94607136≤1165≤11
94555128≤1162≤11
94703125≤11480
94702106≤1148≤11
94612106≤1143≤11
9450298≤1139≤11
9470597≤1135≤11
9460997≤1137≤11
9455295≤1146≤11
9470792≤1132≤11
9461883≤1122≤11
9454281≤11420
9470677≤1123≤11
9470463≤1123≤11
9470951≤11180
9471042≤11160
94604≤110≤110
94586≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Alameda County, CA

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Recent NWS alert activity · Alameda County

Alameda County has been under 33 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Advisory on October 13, 2026.

  • Coastal Flood Advisory ×16
  • Heat Advisory ×16
  • Tsunami Warning ×1

Latest Alameda County, CA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 20m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 19, 2026

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,283 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 25m

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 13, 2026

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 13, 2026

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 617 customers out (0.1% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h 24m

Outage trend · Alameda County, CA
141customers out · peak 2,525
Data as of Oct 20, 2026 01:50 UTC
Alameda County, CA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 2,525 customers out; latest 141 as of Oct 20, 2026 01:50 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.01k2k3kOct 196 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Alameda County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Alameda Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Alameda County went about 2.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 88,608 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports California utilities averaged 6.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 2.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2017–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Alameda County average outage hours per customer by year2017–2025: 2017 0.0h, 2018 1.0h, 2019 5.9h, 2020 3.9h, 2021 3.2h, 2022 3.2h, 2023 5.7h, 2024 3.8h, 2025 2.8h. Highlighted: 2019.02460.0h20171.0h20185.9h20193.9h20203.2h20213.2h20225.7h20233.8h20242.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2019 (peak 88,608 customers out) · decade average 3.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20171280.0
201821414,2551.0
201928888,6085.9
202048255,4723.9
202124151,8983.2
202231678,1213.2
202317957,8575.7
202414928,3823.8
202516411,9252.8

Cost of power in Alameda County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Alameda County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.

37.3¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 107% since 2015
vs California avg 33.6¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
October 27, 201988,6082d 1h
February 22, 202278,1213d 20h
March 19, 202357,85711d 4h
February 17, 202355,7249d 1h
February 8, 202055,4724d 18h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High wildfire exposure · 3.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

FloodingVery High
EarthquakeVery High
WildfireRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Alameda County: FAQ

How often does Alameda County, CA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Alameda County, CA logged 164 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Alameda County, CA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 88,608 customers without power, beginning October 27, 2019 and lasting about 2d 1h.
Is there a power outage in Alameda County, CA right now?
Yes. As of October 20, 2026 01:50 UTC, about 141 customers are without power in Alameda County, CA across 8 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Alameda Municipal Power, Port of Oakland and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Which utilities serve Alameda County, CA?
Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
Nearby counties
Contra Costa CountySan Francisco CountySan Joaquin CountySan Mateo County
Cities & towns in Alameda County

Oakland, Fremont, Hayward, Berkeley, San Leandro, Livermore, Alameda, Pleasanton, Dublin, Union City, Newark. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Alameda County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Alameda County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Alameda County (showing 40 of 49).

94501, 94502, 94536, 94538, 94539, 94541, 94542, 94544, 94545, 94546, 94550, 94551, 94552, 94555, 94560, 94566, 94568, 94577, 94578, 94579, 94580, 94586, 94587, 94588, 94601, 94602, 94603, 94605, 94606, 94607, 94608, 94609, 94610, 94611, 94612, 94613, 94618, 94619, 94621, 94702

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Alameda County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in California →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.4.5 hrsLive · county-
Alameda Municipal Power0.2 hrsNo live feed-
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration-No live feed-
Port of Oakland-No live feed-

Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/06001 and /api/v1/counties/06001/history. Live data as of .