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Power Outages in Sonoma County, CA

As of October 19, 2026 06:40 UTC, no outages are reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in Sonoma County, CA. There is no live feed for City of Healdsburg - (CA) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.3 hours.

Sonoma County, CA is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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No active outages are reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in Sonoma County.

No live feed for City of Healdsburg - (CA) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Sonoma County

0.0%of this county's ~213,483 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Live · county0---0-
City of Healdsburg - (CA)No live feedcan't see------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. reportsevery 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 Sonoma 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
4,206
Oxygen service
762
Dialysis (facility)
446
Home health / hospice
946
By ZIP code (32)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
95403356≤11206≤11
95404309≤11160≤11
95409301≤11182≤11
94928290≤11170≤11
95401287≤11176≤11
94954281≤11152≤11
95476277≤11145≤11
95472242≤11131≤11
94952218≤11115≤11
95407215≤11137≤11
95492178≤1199≤11
95405159≤11820
95448131≤1175≤11
9542586≤1156≤11
9493157≤11370
95446540390
94951380210
95452250≤11≤11
95442240150
9543623≤11120
95462190140
9544117≤11≤110
9542115≤11≤110
95465140≤110
95439120≤110
95497≤110≤110
95480≤110≤110
95450≤1100≤11
95444≤110≤110
95430≤110≤110
94923≤110≤110
94922≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Sonoma County, CA

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

◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Sonoma County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Sonoma County

Sonoma County has been under 57 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Beach Hazards Statement on October 19, 2026.

  • Coastal Flood Advisory ×21
  • Heat Advisory ×16
  • Beach Hazards Statement ×10
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×5
  • Red Flag Warning ×3
  • Fire Weather Watch ×1

Latest Sonoma 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 6m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 525 customers out (0.2% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 49m

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 329 customers out

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 13, 2026

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,601 customers out (0.7% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 35m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 840 customers out (0.4% of the county)

Outage trend · Sonoma County, CA
0customers out · peak 126
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 06:40 UTC
Sonoma County, CA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 126 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 06:40 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0501001506 AM12 PM6 PMOct 19
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Sonoma County

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

  • Santa Rosano outage reported
  • Petalumano outage reported
  • Rohnert Parkno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Sonoma County went about 8.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 105,823 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 8.3 hrs.

A decade of outages (2017–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Sonoma County average outage hours per customer by year2017–2025: 2017 0.0h, 2018 1.9h, 2019 58.1h, 2020 18.9h, 2021 8.6h, 2022 5.7h, 2023 10.7h, 2024 17.5h, 2025 8.3h. Highlighted: 2019.02040600.0h20171.9h201858.1h201918.9h20208.6h20215.7h202210.7h202317.5h20248.3h2025
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Worst year here was 2019 (peak 105,823 customers out) · decade average 14.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201711050.0
201830618,9251.9
2019422105,82358.1
202057242,61718.9
202139924,7368.6
202253613,4785.7
202349525,46410.7
202442351,88517.5
202550421,7418.3

Cost of power in Sonoma County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Sonoma 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.

37.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 108% 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
October 27, 2019105,8232d 1h
October 23, 201996,2543d 23h
October 29, 201988,56310d 19h
October 29, 201986,38245m
October 9, 201967,0018h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Relatively High wildfire exposure · 14.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

WildfireRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
EarthquakeRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Sonoma County: FAQ

How often does Sonoma County, CA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Sonoma County, CA logged 504 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Sonoma County, CA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 105,823 customers without power, beginning October 27, 2019 and lasting about 2d 1h.
Is there a power outage in Sonoma County, CA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Sonoma County, CA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Sonoma County, CA?
Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
Nearby counties
Cities & towns in Sonoma County

Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Sonoma County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Sonoma County

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

94515, 94922, 94923, 94928, 94931, 94951, 94954, 94972, 95401, 95403, 95404, 95405, 95407, 95409, 95412, 95419, 95421, 95425, 95430, 95431, 95436, 95439, 95441, 95442, 95444, 95446, 95448, 95450, 95452, 95462, 95465, 95471, 95472, 95476, 95480, 95486, 95492, 95497

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-
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration-No live feed-
City of Healdsburg - (CA)-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/06097 and /api/v1/counties/06097/history.