Power Outages in Monterey County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 19:53 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Monterey County, CA across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 11.7 hours.
Monterey County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Monterey County right now.
Monterey County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Tsunami Warning on July 16, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×9
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×6
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Monterey County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 36m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,138 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 22m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,344 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 19h 3m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 2,086 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 5,073 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 5,073 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Monterey 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 Monterey Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Monterey County went about 11.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 63,153 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 63,153 customers out) · decade average 8.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 261 | 6,868 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 354 | 16,662 | 8.6 |
| 2020 | 579 | 59,117 | 4.7 |
| 2021 | 303 | 15,959 | 6.0 |
| 2022 | 339 | 37,095 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | 255 | 63,153 | 21.6 |
| 2024 | 234 | 41,884 | 19.1 |
| 2025 | 277 | 22,739 | 11.7 |
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 8.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Monterey County: FAQ
- How often does Monterey County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Monterey County, CA logged 277 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 11.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Monterey County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 63,153 customers without power, beginning June 1, 2023 and lasting about 1d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Monterey County, CA right now?
- Yes — about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Monterey County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include PGE.
Salinas. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Monterey County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Monterey County.
93426, 93450, 93451, 93901, 93905, 93906, 93907, 93908, 93920, 93921, 93923, 93924, 93925, 93926, 93927, 93928, 93930, 93932, 93933, 93940, 93943, 93944, 93950, 93953, 93954, 93955, 93960, 93962, 95004, 95012, 95039
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/06053 and /api/v1/counties/06053/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .