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2022 California Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average California customer went without power for about 4.9 hours — the 20th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
4.9
Peak customers out
93,099
Rank (worst state)
20th
Counties affected
20

California outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2022 highlighted.

3.1h20152.5h20162.2h20173.7h20189.6h20196.3h20206.6h20214.9h20227.9h20236.1h20247.6h2025

Hardest-hit California counties in 2022

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Los Angeles County93,0992Alameda County78,2933El Dorado County73,1834Humboldt County71,7915San Diego County62,3426San Bernardino County53,4757Santa Clara County50,3098Kern County50,0799Placer County41,75610Monterey County37,09511Sacramento County33,38312San Luis Obispo County29,49413Contra Costa County24,96214Orange County21,97815San Joaquin County20,64016Yolo County19,54117Merced County19,03718Fresno County18,80719Santa Cruz County17,66320Riverside County17,255

Biggest California outages of 2022

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Los Angeles CountyMay 31, 202293,099
Alameda CountySeptember 16, 202278,293
Alameda CountyFebruary 22, 202278,121
El Dorado CountyAugust 24, 202273,183
Humboldt CountyDecember 19, 202271,791
San Diego CountyOctober 4, 202262,342
San Bernardino CountyAugust 31, 202253,475
Santa Clara CountySeptember 3, 202250,309
Kern CountyNovember 5, 202250,079
Los Angeles CountyMarch 25, 202249,964
California by year:20252024202320212020201920182017
Other states in 2022:MENCFLWVVTAK

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.