Power Outages in Lake County, CA
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in Lake County, CA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.2 hours.
Lake County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/california/lake-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lake County, CA", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/lake-county
No active outages are reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in Lake County.
0.0%of this county's ~39,573 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 | - |
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 Lake 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 (14)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95422 | 285 | 12 | 219 | ≤11 |
| 95453 | 147 | ≤11 | 109 | ≤11 |
| 95451 | 121 | ≤11 | 83 | ≤11 |
| 95423 | 85 | ≤11 | 74 | ≤11 |
| 95458 | 52 | ≤11 | 42 | 0 |
| 95464 | 47 | ≤11 | 39 | ≤11 |
| 95457 | 47 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 95467 | 42 | ≤11 | 32 | 0 |
| 95485 | 36 | ≤11 | 27 | 0 |
| 95461 | 28 | ≤11 | 22 | ≤11 |
| 95426 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95493 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95469 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95443 | ≤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 Lake County or any town and utility in it.
- Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Lake County has been under 31 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 19, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×14
- Red Flag Warning ×7
- Frost Advisory ×5
- Freeze Warning ×4
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
Latest Lake County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 59m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 4, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 914 customers out (3.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 45m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 576 customers out (2.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 35m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026
Hardest-hit cities in Lake County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lake County went about 9.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 28,397 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 9.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 28,397 customers out) · decade average 44.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 335 | 12,139 | 27.0 |
| 2019 | 574 | 28,397 | 140.8 |
| 2020 | 552 | 22,737 | 50.2 |
| 2021 | 515 | 12,827 | 28.1 |
| 2022 | 564 | 5,849 | 12.6 |
| 2023 | 540 | 28,397 | 58.6 |
| 2024 | 539 | 9,594 | 30.0 |
| 2025 | 569 | 4,643 | 9.2 |
Cost of power in Lake County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lake 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 · 44.6 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 Lake County: FAQ
- How often does Lake County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lake County, CA logged 569 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lake County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 28,397 customers without power, beginning October 9, 2019 and lasting about 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Lake County, CA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lake County, CA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Lake County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lake County.
95422, 95423, 95426, 95435, 95443, 95451, 95453, 95457, 95458, 95461, 95464, 95467, 95485, 95493
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 | - |
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/06033 and /api/v1/counties/06033/history.