Power outages in El Dorado County, CA

Live outage counts for South Lake Tahoe and Placerville and the rest of El Dorado County, updated every 10 minutes from PG&E.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
22customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
0.03% of 77,377 customersUpdated 7 min ago
iWe check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.
PG&E22 / 77,377
Liberty Utilitiesno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.

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Outage locations not published
County outlinePG&E publishes totals only, not outage locations.
iSome utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outage history in El Dorado County

2014–2025 record

El Dorado County averaged 91 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most California counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 94. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 21 hours, starting December 25, 2025.

The largest on record began October 27, 2019, with 66,493 customers out at once.

91significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
58 dayslongest on record (August 2021)
66,493most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
October 27, 201966,4934.8 days3,631,040
October 9, 201952,3273.4 days1,901,505
August 24, 202251,5522.5 hours45,177
October 25, 202039,3563 days1,497,839
October 23, 201936,1261.8 days805,712

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

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Food safety

  • 0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
  • 4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
  • 24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
  • 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

  • Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
  • Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
  • Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

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