Power Outages in Butte County, CA
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Butte County, CA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.8 hours.
Butte County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active power outages are currently reported in Butte County.
No active NWS alerts for Butte County right now.
Latest Butte County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 609 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 31m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 905 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 5m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 1,485 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 3,469 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 45m
Hardest-hit cities in Butte County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Chicono active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Butte County went about 6.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 43,533 customers.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 25,696 customers out) · decade average 34.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 83 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 301 | 25,696 | 154.5 |
| 2019 | 391 | 34,117 | 52.1 |
| 2020 | 631 | 17,500 | 41.1 |
| 2021 | 478 | 14,476 | 15.6 |
| 2022 | 626 | 9,849 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 511 | 9,051 | 12.0 |
| 2024 | 564 | 43,533 | 19.0 |
| 2025 | 640 | 9,982 | 6.8 |
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 34.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Butte County: FAQ
- How often does Butte County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Butte County, CA logged 640 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Butte County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 43,533 customers without power, beginning February 5, 2024 and lasting about 6d 10h.
- Is there a power outage in Butte County, CA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Butte County, CA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Butte County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include PGE.
Chico. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Butte County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Butte County.
95914, 95916, 95917, 95926, 95928, 95929, 95930, 95938, 95941, 95942, 95948, 95954, 95958, 95965, 95966, 95968, 95969, 95973, 95974, 95978
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/06007 and /api/v1/counties/06007/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers).