Power Outages in Merced County, CA
Is there a power outage in Merced County, CA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 21:35 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Merced County, CA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Merced Irrigation District and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Merced County, CA is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.7 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/california/merced-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 21:35 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Merced County, CA", live data as of October 19, 2026 21:35 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/merced-county
Not counted: no live feed for Merced Irrigation District and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.
Report an outage in Merced 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., Turlock Irrigation District, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration and Merced Irrigation District; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~58,327 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Merced Irrigation District, 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 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | October 20, 2026 01:30 UTC | |
| Turlock Irrigation District | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Merced Irrigation District | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Turlock Irrigation District 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 Merced County1
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 20, 2026 01:30 UTC | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Merced 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 (18)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95301 | 255 | 17 | 150 | ≤11 |
| 95340 | 251 | 13 | 153 | 14 |
| 93635 | 206 | ≤11 | 131 | ≤11 |
| 95348 | 204 | ≤11 | 130 | ≤11 |
| 95341 | 179 | ≤11 | 111 | ≤11 |
| 95334 | 80 | ≤11 | 51 | ≤11 |
| 95322 | 76 | ≤11 | 46 | ≤11 |
| 95388 | 68 | ≤11 | 54 | 0 |
| 95315 | 60 | ≤11 | 44 | 0 |
| 95324 | 58 | 0 | 44 | ≤11 |
| 93620 | 57 | ≤11 | 39 | ≤11 |
| 95365 | 35 | ≤11 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 95333 | 15 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95374 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95369 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95317 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95312 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95303 | ≤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 Merced County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Merced County right now.
Merced County has been under 50 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Lake Wind Advisory on October 12, 2026.
- Lake Wind Advisory ×34
- Heat Advisory ×15
- Child Abduction Emergency ×1
Latest Merced County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 37m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,178 customers out (2.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Merced 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 Merced Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Merced County went about 4.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 19,037 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 4.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 5,756 customers out) · decade average 5.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 399 | 4,767 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 705 | 5,072 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 775 | 14,687 | 5.0 |
| 2021 | 620 | 11,688 | 7.9 |
| 2022 | 696 | 19,037 | 7.2 |
| 2023 | 675 | 6,429 | 8.0 |
| 2024 | 710 | 5,756 | 8.3 |
| 2025 | 749 | 17,949 | 4.7 |
Cost of power in Merced County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Merced 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
- Turlock Irrigation District17.4¢80,976 cust
- Merced Irrigation District24.2¢11,850 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 Moderate wildfire exposure · 5.2 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 Merced County: FAQ
- How often does Merced County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Merced County, CA logged 749 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Merced County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 19,037 customers without power, beginning December 10, 2022 and lasting about 2d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Merced County, CA right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 21:35 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Merced County, CA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Merced Irrigation District and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Merced County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Turlock Irrigation District.
Merced, Los Banos. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Merced County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Merced County.
93620, 93635, 93665, 95301, 95303, 95312, 95315, 95317, 95322, 95324, 95333, 95334, 95340, 95341, 95348, 95365, 95369, 95374, 95388
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 Merced 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 | - |
| Turlock Irrigation District | 1.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Merced Irrigation District | - | 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/06047 and /api/v1/counties/06047/history. Live data as of .