Power Outages in Kings County, CA
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison Co in Kings County, CA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.0 hours.
Kings County, CA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/california/kings-county
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Kings County, CA", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/kings-county
No active outages are reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison Co in Kings County.
0.0%of this county's ~63,012 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Southern California Edison Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison Co reportevery 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 Kings 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93230 | 570 | 44 | 428 | 14 |
| 93245 | 249 | 24 | 189 | ≤11 |
| 93212 | 96 | ≤11 | 68 | ≤11 |
| 93204 | 51 | ≤11 | 34 | ≤11 |
| 93202 | 47 | ≤11 | 36 | ≤11 |
| 93266 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 93239 | ≤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 Kings County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Kings County right now.
Kings County has been under 19 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 12, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×15
- Wind Advisory ×4
Latest Kings County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 40m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 506 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 40m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,026 customers out (1.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 691 customers out (1.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Kings County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Hanfordno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Kings County went about 3.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 22,092 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 10,978 customers out) · decade average 2.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 228 | 2,604 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 163 | 19,643 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 182 | 3,868 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 409 | 2,968 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 522 | 4,103 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 565 | 8,885 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 509 | 22,092 | 2.8 |
| 2022 | 562 | 10,460 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 448 | 10,978 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 491 | 4,908 | 2.8 |
| 2025 | 575 | 9,958 | 3.0 |
Cost of power in Kings County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Kings 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.
- Southern California Edison Co31.5¢3,262,177 cust
- 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 Low wildfire exposure · 2.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Kings County: FAQ
- How often does Kings County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Kings County, CA logged 575 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Kings County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 22,092 customers without power, beginning September 18, 2021 and lasting about 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Kings County, CA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Kings County, CA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Kings County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison Co.
Hanford. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Kings County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Kings County.
93202, 93204, 93212, 93230, 93239, 93245, 93246, 93266
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 | - |
| Southern California Edison Co | 9.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
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/06031 and /api/v1/counties/06031/history.