Power Outages in Contra Costa County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 21 customers are without power in Contra Costa County, CA across 4 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.0 hours.
Contra Costa County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Contra Costa County right now.
Contra Costa County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Local Area Emergency on July 17, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×8
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Local Area Emergency ×1
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Contra Costa County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 27m
- GREW
Outage grew to 907 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 585 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,419 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 5m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,435 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 32m
Hardest-hit cities in Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Contra Costa County went about 3.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 80,988 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 80,988 customers out) · decade average 4.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 236 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 221 | 26,068 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 411 | 70,267 | 7.8 |
| 2020 | 568 | 18,389 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 298 | 20,039 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 385 | 24,962 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 269 | 80,988 | 8.0 |
| 2024 | 276 | 41,219 | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 278 | 11,336 | 3.0 |
Relatively Moderate wildfire exposure · 4.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Contra Costa County: FAQ
- How often does Contra Costa County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Contra Costa County, CA logged 278 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Contra Costa County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 80,988 customers without power, beginning March 13, 2023 and lasting about 5d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Contra Costa County, CA right now?
- Yes — about 21 customers are currently without power across 4 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Contra Costa County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include PGE.
Concord, Antioch, Richmond, San Ramon, Pittsburg, Walnut Creek, Brentwood, Oakley, Danville. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Contra Costa County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Contra Costa County (showing 40 of 43).
94505, 94506, 94507, 94509, 94511, 94513, 94514, 94516, 94517, 94518, 94519, 94520, 94521, 94523, 94525, 94526, 94528, 94530, 94531, 94547, 94548, 94549, 94553, 94556, 94561, 94563, 94564, 94565, 94569, 94572, 94575, 94582, 94583, 94595, 94596, 94597, 94598, 94708, 94801, 94803
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/06013 and /api/v1/counties/06013/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .