Power Outages in Placer County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 3 customers are without power in Placer County, CA across 3 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.2 hours.
Placer County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Placer County right now.
Placer County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Advisory on July 14, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Flood Advisory ×1
Latest Placer County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 24m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,346 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 17m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 588 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Placer 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 Placer Countyisn't available yet.
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.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 47,143 customers out) · decade average 7.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 33 | 129 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 9 | 231 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,415 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 396 | 8,338 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 497 | 47,143 | 21.4 |
| 2020 | 515 | 17,195 | 8.4 |
| 2021 | 229 | 16,918 | 11.4 |
| 2022 | 444 | 41,756 | 9.4 |
| 2023 | 522 | 6,405 | 6.9 |
| 2024 | 525 | 55,153 | 14.0 |
| 2025 | 548 | 20,493 | 5.2 |
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 7.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
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?
- Yes — about 3 customers are currently without power across 3 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Placer County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include PGE.
Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Placer County level shown above.
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.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGE | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/06061 and /api/v1/counties/06061/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .