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Power Outages in Placer County, CA

As of October 19, 2026 11:30 UTC, no outages are reported by City of Roseville - (CA), Liberty Utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Sacramento Municipal Util Dist in Placer County, CA. Truckee Donner P U D publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.2 hours.

Placer County, CA is served by 6 tracked utilities.

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No outages reported

No active outages are reported by City of Roseville - (CA), Liberty Utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Sacramento Municipal Util Dist in Placer County.

Truckee Donner P U D publishes no county-level figures.

No live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration: outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Placer County

49%of this county's ~191,503 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Truckee Donner P U D.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
City of Roseville - (CA)Live · county073,7750.0%-0-
Liberty UtilitiesLive · county019,9000.0%---
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Live · county0---0-
Sacramento Municipal Util DistLive · county0---0-
Truckee Donner P U DLive · total onlynot by county------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------

City of Roseville - (CA), Liberty Utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Sacramento Municipal Util Dist reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Placer 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.

Power-dependent
4,168
Oxygen service
902
Dialysis (facility)
378
Home health / hospice
1,006
By ZIP code (28)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
95747677≤1138013
9564863217364≤11
95678363≤11218≤11
95603330≤11235≤11
95661301≤11190≤11
95765242≤11138≤11
95677221≤11127≤11
95602215≤11160≤11
95746168≤1181≤11
95650106≤1164≤11
9571391≤1168≤11
9565889≤11590
9563170048≤11
9572259≤11400
9614535≤11330
9570334≤1127≤11
9566325≤11180
96143170130
9568117014≤11
9616214≤11120
96140130≤110
96148≤110≤110
96146≤110≤110
96141≤110≤110
95724≤11000
95717≤110≤110
95714≤110≤11≤11
95701≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Placer County, CA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Placer County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Placer County

Placer County has been under 19 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 16, 2026.

  • Heat Advisory ×8
  • Red Flag Warning ×7
  • Lake Wind Advisory ×4

Latest Placer County, CA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 30m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 271 customers out

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,300 customers out (0.7% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 540 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 31m

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 981 customers out (0.5% of the county)

Outage trend · Placer County, CA
0customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 11:20 UTC
Placer County, CA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 11:20 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.8112 PM6 PMOct 196 AM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Placer County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Rosevilleno outage reported
  • Rocklinno outage reported
  • Lincolnno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Placer County went about 5.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 55,153 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 5.2 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Placer County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.0h, 2016 0.0h, 2017 0.0h, 2018 1.3h, 2019 21.4h, 2020 8.4h, 2021 11.4h, 2022 9.4h, 2023 6.9h, 2024 14.0h, 2025 5.2h. Highlighted: 2019.01020300.0h20150.0h20160.0h20171.3h201821.4h20198.4h202011.4h20219.4h20226.9h202314.0h20245.2h2025
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Worst year here was 2019 (peak 47,143 customers out) · decade average 7.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2015331290.0
201692310.0
2017121,4150.0
20183968,3381.3
201949747,14321.4
202051517,1958.4
202122916,91811.4
202244441,7569.4
20235226,4056.9
202452555,15314.0
202554820,4935.2

Cost of power in Placer County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Placer 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.

27.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 72% since 2015
vs California avg 33.6¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
February 4, 202455,1535d 8h
October 9, 201947,1434h 45m
October 9, 201946,5645h
October 9, 201943,1314h
May 25, 202241,7562d 3h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High wildfire exposure · 7.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

WildfireRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Placer County: FAQ

How often does Placer County, CA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Placer County, CA logged 548 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Placer County, CA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 55,153 customers without power, beginning February 4, 2024 and lasting about 5d 8h.
Is there a power outage in Placer County, CA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Placer County, CA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Placer County, CA?
Tracked electric providers include City of Roseville - (CA), Liberty Utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
Nearby counties
Carson CityDouglas CountyEl Dorado CountyNevada County
Cities & towns in Placer County

Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Placer County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Placer County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Placer County.

95602, 95603, 95604, 95631, 95648, 95650, 95658, 95661, 95663, 95677, 95678, 95681, 95701, 95703, 95713, 95714, 95715, 95717, 95722, 95728, 95736, 95746, 95747, 95765, 96140, 96141, 96143, 96145, 96146, 96148

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.4.5 hrsLive · county-
Liberty Utilities10.2 hrsLive · county-
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration-No live feed-
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist-Live · county-
Truckee Donner P U D-Live · total only-
City of Roseville - (CA)-Live · county-

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/06061 and /api/v1/counties/06061/history.