Power Outages in Marin County, CA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 14 customers are without power in Marin County, CA across 3 reported incidents. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.9 hours.
Marin County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/california/marin-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Marin County, CA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/marin-county
0.0%of this county's ~122,875 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Marin 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 (28)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94903 | 225 | ≤11 | 104 | ≤11 |
| 94901 | 191 | ≤11 | 92 | ≤11 |
| 94947 | 172 | ≤11 | 84 | ≤11 |
| 94941 | 149 | 0 | 69 | ≤11 |
| 94945 | 130 | ≤11 | 56 | ≤11 |
| 94949 | 122 | ≤11 | 60 | 0 |
| 94960 | 80 | ≤11 | 30 | ≤11 |
| 94920 | 77 | ≤11 | 32 | ≤11 |
| 94965 | 61 | ≤11 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 94930 | 53 | 0 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 94925 | 48 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 94904 | 47 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 94939 | 46 | ≤11 | 25 | ≤11 |
| 94956 | 12 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 94973 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94972 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94971 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94970 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94964 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94963 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94957 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94946 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94940 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94938 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94937 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94933 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 94929 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94924 | ≤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 Marin County or any town and utility in it.
- Beach Hazards StatementMODERATE
Marin County has been under 52 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Beach Hazards Statement on October 17, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×21
- Heat Advisory ×16
- Beach Hazards Statement ×9
- Dense Fog Advisory ×5
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Marin County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 35m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 15, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 929 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 45m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 16, 2026
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 278 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 683 customers out (0.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Marin 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 Marin Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Marin County went about 6.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 113,044 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 6.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 113,044 customers out) · decade average 14.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 10 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 368 | 5,205 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 553 | 113,044 | 65.0 |
| 2020 | 666 | 51,695 | 8.3 |
| 2021 | 549 | 25,757 | 7.8 |
| 2022 | 611 | 9,165 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 497 | 20,584 | 13.7 |
| 2024 | 468 | 33,960 | 17.6 |
| 2025 | 554 | 7,208 | 6.9 |
Cost of power in Marin County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Marin 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 · 14.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Marin County: FAQ
- How often does Marin County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Marin County, CA logged 554 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Marin County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 113,044 customers without power, beginning October 27, 2019 and lasting about 2d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Marin County, CA right now?
- Yes, about 14 customers are currently without power across 3 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Marin County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
San Rafael, Novato. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Marin County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Marin County.
94901, 94903, 94904, 94920, 94924, 94925, 94929, 94930, 94933, 94937, 94938, 94939, 94940, 94941, 94945, 94946, 94947, 94949, 94950, 94952, 94956, 94957, 94960, 94963, 94964, 94965, 94970, 94971, 94973
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 · total only | - |
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/06041 and /api/v1/counties/06041/history. Live data as of .