Power Outages in Contra Costa County, CA
As of October 19, 2026 02:36 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Contra Costa County, CA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.0 hours.
Contra Costa County, CA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/california/contra-costa-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 02:36 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Contra Costa County, CA", live data as of October 19, 2026 02:36 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/contra-costa-county
Not counted: no live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.
0.0%of this county's ~485,326 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: 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 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | October 19, 2026 04:45 UTC | |
| 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.
Active outages in Contra Costa County1
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.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PATROLLING | - | October 19, 2026 04:45 UTC | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Contra Costa 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 (43)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94565 | 613 | 12 | 314 | 21 |
| 94509 | 546 | ≤11 | 302 | 18 |
| 94513 | 497 | 13 | 243 | 16 |
| 94553 | 393 | 16 | 204 | 12 |
| 94531 | 361 | ≤11 | 191 | 12 |
| 94806 | 334 | ≤11 | 179 | 15 |
| 94595 | 328 | ≤11 | 179 | ≤11 |
| 94521 | 318 | ≤11 | 168 | ≤11 |
| 94561 | 311 | ≤11 | 190 | ≤11 |
| 94804 | 247 | ≤11 | 130 | ≤11 |
| 94523 | 244 | ≤11 | 110 | ≤11 |
| 94526 | 234 | ≤11 | 134 | ≤11 |
| 94803 | 209 | ≤11 | 106 | ≤11 |
| 94518 | 204 | 13 | 106 | ≤11 |
| 94583 | 197 | ≤11 | 100 | ≤11 |
| 94598 | 196 | ≤11 | 86 | ≤11 |
| 94520 | 192 | ≤11 | 105 | ≤11 |
| 94547 | 185 | ≤11 | 79 | ≤11 |
| 94549 | 180 | ≤11 | 87 | ≤11 |
| 94801 | 171 | ≤11 | 86 | ≤11 |
| 94530 | 167 | ≤11 | 73 | ≤11 |
| 94564 | 163 | ≤11 | 77 | ≤11 |
| 94588 | 156 | ≤11 | 86 | ≤11 |
| 94596 | 142 | ≤11 | 68 | ≤11 |
| 94506 | 133 | ≤11 | 62 | ≤11 |
| 94597 | 128 | ≤11 | 54 | ≤11 |
| 94519 | 119 | ≤11 | 68 | ≤11 |
| 94563 | 115 | ≤11 | 51 | ≤11 |
| 94582 | 106 | ≤11 | 43 | ≤11 |
| 94507 | 106 | ≤11 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 94517 | 97 | ≤11 | 43 | ≤11 |
| 94505 | 90 | ≤11 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 94805 | 79 | ≤11 | 39 | ≤11 |
| 94572 | 79 | ≤11 | 41 | ≤11 |
| 94708 | 78 | 0 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 94556 | 74 | 0 | 32 | ≤11 |
| 94511 | 34 | ≤11 | 20 | ≤11 |
| 94525 | 19 | ≤11 | 13 | 0 |
| 94569 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94548 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94528 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94516 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94514 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Contra Costa County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Contra Costa County right now.
Contra Costa 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 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 30m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 682 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 44m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 750 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 43m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 13, 2026
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 299 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 881 customers out
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.
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 3.0 hrs.
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 |
Cost of power in Contra Costa County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Contra Costa 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 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 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Contra Costa County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 4.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | 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/06013 and /api/v1/counties/06013/history. Live data as of .