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Power Outages in Santa Clara County, CA

As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 211 customers are without power in Santa Clara County, CA across 12 reported incidents. City of Palo Alto - (CA), City of Santa Clara - (CA) and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.4 hours.

Santa Clara County, CA is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Scattered outages

211 customers without power

0.0% of Santa Clara County · across 12 reported incidents.

Utility ETR: October 15, 2026 01:00 UTC (utility's estimate)

Not counted: no live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.

Live data as of

Live status by utility · Santa Clara County

0.0%of this county's ~844,031 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

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: City of Palo Alto - (CA), City of Santa Clara - (CA), Pacific Gas & Electric Co..

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
City of Palo Alto - (CA)Live · total onlynot by county------
City of Santa Clara - (CA)Live · total onlynot by county------
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Live · total onlynot by county------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Santa Clara 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
10,104
Oxygen service
1,640
Dialysis (facility)
1,784
Home health / hospice
2,706
By ZIP code (57)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
9512335712186≤11
95020357≤1120614
95037298≤11153≤11
95035279≤11134≤11
95148275≤1114716
95111269≤1113717
95127263≤11148≤11
95125261≤11140≤11
95136224≤11125≤11
95122222≤11133≤11
95008222≤11112≤11
95120221≤11104≤11
95124216≤11116≤11
95132213≤1195≤11
95051213≤11111≤11
95014196≤1187≤11
95121195≤1187≤11
94087190≤1178≤11
95116188≤1188≤11
95131187≤1184≤11
95112187≤1196≤11
94303185≤1185≤11
95070180≤1185≤11
95128176≤1189≤11
95118165≤1189≤11
95050163≤1186≤11
95032158≤11820
95135150≤1173≤11
94022135≤1174≤11
95126131≤1171≤11
94086126≤1160≤11
95129124≤1157≤11
94306116≤1152≤11
95133115≤1151≤11
94043114≤1157≤11
95117103≤1151≤11
94301101≤1137≤11
9408999≤1145≤11
9402497≤11500
9404087≤1149≤11
9503073≤11370
9513859≤1132≤11
9505457≤11270
9511954≤1122≤11
9408554≤1124≤11
9513948≤11230
95110480260
9513047≤1126≤11
9511347018≤11
9504647≤1125≤11
9404143≤1115≤11
9513437≤1119≤11
94305130≤110
95141≤110≤110
95055≤11≤11≤110
95002≤11≤11≤110
94304≤11≤11≤11≤11

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

🔔 Alerts for Santa Clara County, CA

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Santa Clara County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Santa Clara County

Santa Clara County has been under 33 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Advisory on October 13, 2026.

  • Coastal Flood Advisory ×16
  • Heat Advisory ×16
  • Tsunami Warning ×1

Latest Santa Clara County, CA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 7h 20m

  2. GREW

    Outage grew to 4,013 customers out (0.5% of the county)

  3. GREW

    Outage grew to 570 customers out (0.1% of the county)

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 284 customers out

  6. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 592 customers out

  7. GREW

    Outage grew to 1,104 customers out (0.1% of the county)

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

Outage trend · Santa Clara County, CA
211customers out · peak 4,090
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Santa Clara County, CA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 4,090 customers out; latest 211 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.02k4k6kOct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Santa Clara County

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

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Santa Clara Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Santa Clara County went about 3.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 145,840 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 3.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Santa Clara County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.0h, 2016 0.1h, 2017 0.0h, 2018 1.0h, 2019 4.0h, 2020 3.8h, 2021 3.7h, 2022 3.6h, 2023 10.7h, 2024 7.8h, 2025 3.4h. Highlighted: 2023.0510150.0h20150.1h20160.0h20171.0h20184.0h20193.8h20203.7h20213.6h202210.7h20237.8h20243.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 138,982 customers out) · decade average 3.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2015351,1670.0
2016854,8680.1
2017153140.0
201815219,5871.0
201918636,0014.0
202037434,4603.8
202112839,1083.7
202215450,3093.6
202357138,98210.7
202466145,8407.8
202510040,0703.4

Cost of power in Santa Clara County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Santa Clara 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.

35.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 105% 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
January 21, 2024145,84049d 18h
February 20, 2023138,98245d 19h
January 10, 202368,96210h
September 3, 202250,3099d 22h
June 20, 202340,25732d 15h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate wildfire exposure · 3.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

FloodingVery High
EarthquakeVery High
Heat waveRelatively High
WildfireRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Santa Clara County: FAQ

How often does Santa Clara County, CA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Santa Clara County, CA logged 100 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Santa Clara County, CA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 145,840 customers without power, beginning January 21, 2024 and lasting about 49d 18h.
Is there a power outage in Santa Clara County, CA right now?
Yes, about 211 customers are currently without power across 12 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Santa Clara County, CA?
Tracked electric providers include City of Palo Alto - (CA), City of Santa Clara - (CA), Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
Nearby counties
Alameda CountyMerced CountySan Benito CountySan Mateo County
Cities & towns in Santa Clara County

San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Milpitas, Palo Alto, Gilroy, Cupertino, Morgan Hill, Campbell. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Santa Clara County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Santa Clara County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Santa Clara County (showing 40 of 58).

94022, 94024, 94040, 94041, 94043, 94085, 94086, 94087, 94089, 94301, 94303, 94304, 94305, 94306, 95002, 95008, 95013, 95014, 95020, 95030, 95032, 95035, 95037, 95046, 95050, 95051, 95053, 95054, 95070, 95110, 95111, 95112, 95113, 95116, 95117, 95118, 95119, 95120, 95121, 95122

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 · total only-
City of Santa Clara - (CA)1.2 hrsLive · total only-
City of Palo Alto - (CA)1.1 hrsLive · total only-
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration-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/06085 and /api/v1/counties/06085/history. Live data as of .