Power Outages in Mendocino County, CA
Is there a power outage in Mendocino County, CA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, about 14 customers are without power in Mendocino County, CA across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for City of Ukiah - (CA), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Mendocino County, CA is served by 2 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 19.1 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/california/mendocino-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Mendocino County, CA", live data as of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/mendocino-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Ukiah - (CA).
Report an outage in Mendocino 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. and City of Ukiah - (CA); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~49,952 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Ukiah - (CA). 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 | 14 | - | - | - | 2 | October 19, 2026 19:00 UTC | |
| City of Ukiah - (CA) | 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 Mendocino 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | EMERG REPAIRS | - | October 19, 2026 19:00 UTC | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | |
| 5 | PLNND SHUTDOWN | - | October 19, 2026 23:00 UTC | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Mendocino 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 (22)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95482 | 301 | ≤11 | 210 | ≤11 |
| 95490 | 173 | ≤11 | 145 | ≤11 |
| 95437 | 154 | 13 | 107 | ≤11 |
| 95470 | 86 | ≤11 | 55 | ≤11 |
| 95454 | 33 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 95445 | 28 | ≤11 | 22 | 0 |
| 95428 | 23 | ≤11 | 21 | ≤11 |
| 95460 | 15 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95587 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95585 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95468 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95466 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95459 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95456 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95449 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95432 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95429 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95427 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95420 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95417 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95415 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95410 | ≤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 Mendocino County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Mendocino County right now.
Mendocino County has been under 37 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 19, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×14
- Frost Advisory ×8
- Freeze Warning ×4
- Beach Hazards Statement ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×3
Latest Mendocino County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 29m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 854 customers out (2.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 45m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 712 customers out (1.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Mendocino 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 Mendocino Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Mendocino County went about 19.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 39,041 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 19.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 39,041 customers out) · decade average 30.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 316 | 31,877 | 11.1 |
| 2019 | 467 | 39,041 | 102.9 |
| 2020 | 587 | 3,766 | 8.6 |
| 2021 | 381 | 10,320 | 35.5 |
| 2022 | 500 | 11,091 | 12.3 |
| 2023 | 502 | 15,851 | 48.5 |
| 2024 | 501 | 22,722 | 37.8 |
| 2025 | 507 | 12,955 | 19.1 |
Cost of power in Mendocino County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Mendocino 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 30.6 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 Mendocino County: FAQ
- How often does Mendocino County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Mendocino County, CA logged 507 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 19.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Mendocino County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 39,041 customers without power, beginning October 29, 2019 and lasting about 2d 10h.
- Is there a power outage in Mendocino County, CA right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, about 14 customers are without power in Mendocino County, CA across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for City of Ukiah - (CA), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Mendocino County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Mendocino County.
95410, 95415, 95417, 95420, 95427, 95428, 95429, 95432, 95437, 95445, 95449, 95454, 95456, 95459, 95460, 95463, 95466, 95468, 95469, 95470, 95482, 95488, 95490, 95494, 95585, 95587
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 Mendocino 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 | - |
| City of Ukiah - (CA) | - | 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/06045 and /api/v1/counties/06045/history. Live data as of .