Power Outages in Sacramento County, CA
Is there a power outage in Sacramento County, CA right now? Yes. As of October 20, 2026 05:35 UTC, about 3 customers are without power in Sacramento County, CA across 3 reported incidents. There is no live feed for SMUD and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Sacramento County, CA is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.3 hours.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/california/sacramento-county
- As of
- October 20, 2026 05:35 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Sacramento County, CA", live data as of October 20, 2026 05:35 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/sacramento-county
Not counted: no live feed for SMUD and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.
Report an outage in Sacramento 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., WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist and SMUD; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~654,361 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: SMUD, 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 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Sacramento Municipal Util Dist | Live · county | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | |
| SMUD | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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.
Active outages in Sacramento County3
Individual outages as listed by Sacramento Municipal Util Dist, 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 | - | - | - | - | Sacramento Municipal Util Dist |
| 1 | PRIMARY INSULATION FAILURE (UG) | - | - | - | Sacramento Municipal Util Dist |
| 1 | PLANNED OUTAGE | - | - | - | Sacramento Municipal Util Dist |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Sacramento 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 (53)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95823 | 608 | 15 | 323 | 16 |
| 95624 | 586 | 14 | 292 | 26 |
| 95608 | 579 | 18 | 337 | ≤11 |
| 95821 | 548 | 21 | 274 | ≤11 |
| 95828 | 519 | ≤11 | 275 | 14 |
| 95630 | 514 | 17 | 283 | ≤11 |
| 95758 | 477 | ≤11 | 209 | ≤11 |
| 95621 | 449 | ≤11 | 299 | ≤11 |
| 95670 | 448 | ≤11 | 291 | ≤11 |
| 95610 | 426 | 14 | 292 | ≤11 |
| 95822 | 425 | ≤11 | 211 | 17 |
| 95628 | 413 | ≤11 | 243 | ≤11 |
| 95831 | 379 | 15 | 179 | ≤11 |
| 95662 | 347 | ≤11 | 215 | ≤11 |
| 95757 | 345 | ≤11 | 173 | 19 |
| 95825 | 306 | ≤11 | 166 | ≤11 |
| 95838 | 282 | ≤11 | 170 | ≤11 |
| 95843 | 272 | ≤11 | 160 | ≤11 |
| 95826 | 272 | ≤11 | 155 | ≤11 |
| 95660 | 267 | ≤11 | 174 | ≤11 |
| 95632 | 267 | ≤11 | 153 | ≤11 |
| 95820 | 254 | ≤11 | 128 | ≤11 |
| 95842 | 252 | ≤11 | 160 | ≤11 |
| 95829 | 251 | ≤11 | 119 | ≤11 |
| 95835 | 250 | ≤11 | 123 | ≤11 |
| 95827 | 224 | ≤11 | 133 | ≤11 |
| 95833 | 220 | ≤11 | 105 | ≤11 |
| 95841 | 217 | ≤11 | 134 | ≤11 |
| 95815 | 204 | ≤11 | 137 | ≤11 |
| 95834 | 200 | ≤11 | 104 | ≤11 |
| 95824 | 194 | ≤11 | 120 | ≤11 |
| 95864 | 189 | ≤11 | 105 | ≤11 |
| 95816 | 153 | ≤11 | 72 | ≤11 |
| 95673 | 146 | ≤11 | 101 | ≤11 |
| 95818 | 140 | ≤11 | 62 | ≤11 |
| 95814 | 126 | ≤11 | 67 | ≤11 |
| 95819 | 111 | ≤11 | 58 | ≤11 |
| 95817 | 107 | ≤11 | 58 | ≤11 |
| 95742 | 101 | ≤11 | 58 | ≤11 |
| 95693 | 74 | ≤11 | 50 | ≤11 |
| 95683 | 72 | ≤11 | 44 | 0 |
| 95832 | 67 | ≤11 | 32 | ≤11 |
| 95626 | 67 | ≤11 | 36 | 0 |
| 95811 | 52 | ≤11 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 95655 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 95641 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 95638 | 22 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 95690 | 17 | ≤11 | 13 | 0 |
| 95837 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95830 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95652 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95639 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95615 | ≤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 Sacramento County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Sacramento County right now.
Sacramento County has been under 8 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Heat Advisory on October 9, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×8
Latest Sacramento County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 59m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 774 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 25m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 769 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,557 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 51m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 304 customers out
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
Hardest-hit cities in Sacramento 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 Sacramento Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Sacramento County went about 1.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 348,829 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 1.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 348,829 customers out) · decade average 3.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,035 | 41,261 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 646 | 33,003 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 572 | 76,180 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 622 | 39,477 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 678 | 135,474 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 731 | 29,168 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 608 | 156,263 | 5.4 |
| 2022 | 691 | 33,383 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 439 | 348,829 | 14.4 |
| 2024 | 715 | 207,107 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 632 | 25,268 | 1.3 |
Cost of power in Sacramento County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Sacramento 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
- Sacramento Municipal Util Dist18.9¢601,275 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 tornadoes exposure · 3.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Sacramento County: FAQ
- How often does Sacramento County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Sacramento County, CA logged 632 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Sacramento County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 348,829 customers without power, beginning January 1, 2023 and lasting about 16d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Sacramento County, CA right now?
- Yes. As of October 20, 2026 05:35 UTC, about 3 customers are without power in Sacramento County, CA across 3 reported incidents. There is no live feed for SMUD and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Sacramento County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co., SMUD, Sacramento Municipal Util Dist.
Sacramento, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Rancho Cordova. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Sacramento County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Sacramento County (showing 40 of 55).
95608, 95610, 95615, 95621, 95624, 95626, 95628, 95630, 95632, 95638, 95639, 95641, 95652, 95655, 95660, 95662, 95670, 95671, 95673, 95680, 95683, 95690, 95693, 95742, 95757, 95758, 95811, 95814, 95815, 95816, 95817, 95818, 95819, 95820, 95821, 95822, 95823, 95824, 95825, 95826
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 Sacramento 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 | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Sacramento Municipal Util Dist | - | Live · county | - |
| SMUD | - | 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/06067 and /api/v1/counties/06067/history. Live data as of .