Power Outages in Tulare County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 19:53 UTC, about 87 customers are without power in Tulare County, CA across 3 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.2 hours.
Tulare County, CA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
No active NWS alerts for Tulare County right now.
Tulare County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 17, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×7
Latest Tulare County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,311 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 59m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 529 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 585 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Tulare 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 Tulare Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Tulare County went about 4.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 75,292 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 24,731 customers out) · decade average 4.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 470 | 5,051 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | 469 | 16,902 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 442 | 16,115 | 5.8 |
| 2018 | 517 | 11,085 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 497 | 9,182 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 394 | 24,731 | 6.8 |
| 2021 | 419 | 75,292 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | 483 | 5,474 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 333 | 21,167 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 460 | 4,759 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 485 | 15,085 | 4.2 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 0.3% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 4.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Tulare County: FAQ
- How often does Tulare County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Tulare County, CA logged 485 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Tulare County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 75,292 customers without power, beginning October 21, 2021 and lasting about 35d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Tulare County, CA right now?
- Yes — about 87 customers are currently without power across 3 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Tulare County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include PGE, SCE.
Visalia, Tulare, Porterville. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Tulare County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Tulare County.
93201, 93207, 93208, 93218, 93219, 93221, 93223, 93227, 93235, 93237, 93238, 93244, 93247, 93256, 93257, 93258, 93260, 93261, 93262, 93265, 93267, 93270, 93271, 93272, 93274, 93277, 93286, 93291, 93292, 93527, 93603, 93615, 93618, 93631, 93633, 93646, 93647, 93666, 93670, 93673
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/06107 and /api/v1/counties/06107/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .