Power Outages in Sutter County, CA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Sutter County, CA across 1 reported incident. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. publishes 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 2.8 hours.
Sutter County, CA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/california/sutter-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Sutter County, CA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/sutter-county
Not counted: no live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.
0.0%of this county's ~42,181 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
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: Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Sutter 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 (10)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95991 | 441 | 26 | 331 | ≤11 |
| 95993 | 333 | 29 | 235 | ≤11 |
| 95953 | 131 | 12 | 82 | 0 |
| 95982 | 40 | ≤11 | 28 | 0 |
| 95645 | 18 | ≤11 | 13 | ≤11 |
| 95957 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95676 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95674 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 95668 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95659 | ≤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 Sutter County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Sutter County right now.
Sutter County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Heat Advisory on October 9, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×8
- Red Flag Warning ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Sutter 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 Sutter Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Sutter County went about 2.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 22,015 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 2.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 22,015 customers out) · decade average 4.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 407 | 1,881 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 638 | 3,868 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 636 | 16,528 | 5.7 |
| 2021 | 573 | 4,986 | 5.2 |
| 2022 | 710 | 3,273 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 540 | 5,020 | 7.8 |
| 2024 | 633 | 22,015 | 9.7 |
| 2025 | 597 | 3,924 | 2.8 |
Cost of power in Sutter County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Sutter 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
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.
Relatively Low wildfire exposure · 4.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Sutter County: FAQ
- How often does Sutter County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Sutter County, CA logged 597 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Sutter County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 22,015 customers without power, beginning February 4, 2024 and lasting about 6d.
- Is there a power outage in Sutter County, CA right now?
- Yes, about 2 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Sutter County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
Yuba City. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Sutter County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Sutter County.
95659, 95668, 95674, 95676, 95953, 95957, 95982, 95991, 95993
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 4.5 hrs | Live · 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/06101 and /api/v1/counties/06101/history. Live data as of .