Power Outages in Tehama County, CA
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in Tehama County, CA. There is no live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.9 hours.
Tehama County, CA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/california/tehama-county
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- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Tehama County, CA", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/california/tehama-county
No active outages are reported by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in Tehama County.
No live feed for WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~28,040 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.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can'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, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Tehama 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 (11)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96080 | 434 | 25 | 305 | ≤11 |
| 96022 | 214 | 14 | 159 | 0 |
| 96021 | 185 | ≤11 | 135 | ≤11 |
| 96055 | 61 | ≤11 | 42 | 0 |
| 96035 | 46 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 96092 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 96090 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 96078 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 96075 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 96063 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96061 | ≤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 Tehama County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Tehama County right now.
Tehama County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 16, 2026.
- Red Flag Warning ×10
- Heat Advisory ×8
Latest Tehama County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 21m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 303 customers out
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,424 customers out (5.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 29m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 7, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 7, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 562 customers out (2.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Tehama County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Tehama County went about 9.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 22,542 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 9.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 22,542 customers out) · decade average 20.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 332 | 12,143 | 6.6 |
| 2019 | 578 | 22,542 | 68.8 |
| 2020 | 636 | 19,125 | 17.3 |
| 2021 | 509 | 11,358 | 31.8 |
| 2022 | 562 | 5,179 | 10.2 |
| 2023 | 529 | 15,911 | 18.6 |
| 2024 | 533 | 3,714 | 18.8 |
| 2025 | 631 | 6,277 | 9.9 |
Cost of power in Tehama County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Tehama 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 High wildfire exposure · 20.2 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 Tehama County: FAQ
- How often does Tehama County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Tehama County, CA logged 631 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Tehama County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 22,542 customers without power, beginning October 9, 2019 and lasting about 4h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Tehama County, CA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Tehama County, CA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Tehama County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include Pacific Gas & Electric Co..
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Tehama County.
96021, 96022, 96029, 96035, 96055, 96059, 96061, 96063, 96074, 96075, 96078, 96080, 96090, 96092
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 · county | - |
| 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/06103 and /api/v1/counties/06103/history.