Power Outages in Merced County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 4 customers are without power in Merced County, CA across 3 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.7 hours.
Merced County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Merced County right now.
Merced County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 16, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×4
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 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 766 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 39m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 769 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10h 37m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 893 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 5,120 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 54m
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.
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 | 1.9 |
| 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 |
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 — about 4 customers are currently without power across 3 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Merced County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include PGE.
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.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGE | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/06047 and /api/v1/counties/06047/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .