Power Outages in Madera County, CA
Is there a power outage in Madera County, CA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Madera County, CA across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Madera County, CA is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.2 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/california/madera-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Madera County, CA", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/madera-county
Not counted: no live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.
Report an outage in Madera County, CA
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison Co and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~69,931 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 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | October 19, 2026 18:45 UTC | |
| Southern California Edison Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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.
Active outages in Madera County2
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 | - | - | October 19, 2026 18:45 UTC | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | |
| 1 | PLNND SHUTDOWN | - | October 19, 2026 23:30 UTC | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Madera 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 (12)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93638 | 244 | 15 | 149 | ≤11 |
| 93637 | 233 | ≤11 | 151 | ≤11 |
| 93614 | 154 | ≤11 | 106 | ≤11 |
| 93636 | 128 | ≤11 | 80 | ≤11 |
| 93610 | 110 | ≤11 | 72 | ≤11 |
| 93644 | 104 | ≤11 | 70 | ≤11 |
| 93643 | 39 | ≤11 | 27 | 0 |
| 93653 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 93626 | 14 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 93669 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 93645 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93604 | ≤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 Madera County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Madera County right now.
Madera County has been under 26 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×15
- Red Flag Warning ×8
- Child Abduction Emergency ×1
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Madera County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6h 40m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 299 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 2,250 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 4,386 customers out (6.4% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,289 customers out (3.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 24m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 532 customers out (0.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Madera 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 Madera Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Madera County went about 7.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 17,954 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 7.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 14,975 customers out) · decade average 9.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 388 | 7,125 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 673 | 17,954 | 13.5 |
| 2020 | 704 | 11,927 | 8.4 |
| 2021 | 573 | 14,275 | 17.5 |
| 2022 | 604 | 15,539 | 8.2 |
| 2023 | 487 | 14,975 | 23.1 |
| 2024 | 635 | 4,312 | 5.2 |
| 2025 | 648 | 13,689 | 7.2 |
Cost of power in Madera County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Madera 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 9.4 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 Madera County: FAQ
- How often does Madera County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Madera County, CA logged 648 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Madera County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 17,954 customers without power, beginning October 27, 2019 and lasting about 1d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Madera County, CA right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Madera County, CA across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Madera County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
Madera. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Madera County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Madera County.
93601, 93604, 93610, 93614, 93626, 93636, 93637, 93638, 93643, 93644, 93645, 93653, 93669
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Madera County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in California →
| 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 | - |
| 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/06039 and /api/v1/counties/06039/history. Live data as of .