Power Outages in Butte County, CA
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in Butte County, CA. There is no live feed for City of Biggs - (CA), City of Gridley - (CA) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.8 hours.
Butte County, CA is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Butte County, CA", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/butte-county
No active outages are reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in Butte County.
No live feed for City of Biggs - (CA), City of Gridley - (CA) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~90,240 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Biggs - (CA), City of Gridley - (CA), WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| City of Biggs - (CA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Gridley - (CA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can'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.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Butte 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.
By ZIP code (18)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95966 | 576 | 60 | 484 | ≤11 |
| 95965 | 371 | 41 | 313 | ≤11 |
| 95928 | 297 | 13 | 200 | ≤11 |
| 95973 | 293 | ≤11 | 205 | ≤11 |
| 95926 | 286 | 13 | 196 | ≤11 |
| 95969 | 198 | 12 | 146 | ≤11 |
| 95954 | 181 | ≤11 | 148 | 0 |
| 95948 | 127 | 14 | 88 | ≤11 |
| 95938 | 43 | ≤11 | 26 | ≤11 |
| 95968 | 42 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 95942 | 27 | 0 | 20 | ≤11 |
| 95917 | 27 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 95916 | 23 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 95914 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 95974 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95958 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95941 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95930 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Butte County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Butte County right now.
Butte County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 16, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×8
- Red Flag Warning ×7
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 1h 51m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 640 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,423 customers out (1.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 35m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 7, 2026
- GREW
Outage grew to 7,424 customers out (8.2% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 3,231 customers out (3.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 29m
Hardest-hit cities in Butte County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Chicono outage reported
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.
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 6.8 hrs.
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 |
Cost of power in Butte County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Butte 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.
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co.37.5¢1,738,444 cust
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.
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 Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 4.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Biggs - (CA) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Gridley - (CA) | - | 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/06007 and /api/v1/counties/06007/history.