Power Outages in Alameda County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 19:41 UTC, about 349 customers are without power in Alameda County, CA across 10 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.8 hours.
Alameda County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Alameda County right now.
Alameda County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Tsunami Warning on July 16, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×8
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Alameda County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 535 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 52m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 526 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 57m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,302 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 47m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 2,143 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Alameda County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
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.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 88,608 customers out) · decade average 3.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 28 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 214 | 14,255 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 288 | 88,608 | 5.9 |
| 2020 | 482 | 55,472 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 241 | 51,898 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | 316 | 78,293 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 179 | 75,396 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 149 | 28,382 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 164 | 11,925 | 2.8 |
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 3.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
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 — about 349 customers are currently without power across 10 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Alameda County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include PGE.
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.
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.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGE | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/06001 and /api/v1/counties/06001/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .