Power outages in Marin County, CA

Live outage counts for San Rafael, Novato and Mill Valley and the rest of Marin County, updated every 10 minutes from PG&E.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

20customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

0.02% of 121,638 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We 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&E20 / 121,638

Outage map

County outlinePG&E publishes totals only, not outage locations.

Some 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 Marin County

2014–2025 record

Marin County averaged 57.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for California counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 53. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 14 hours, starting December 25, 2025.

The largest on record began October 27, 2019, with 122,875 customers out at once.

57.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At 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.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

4.6 dayslongest on record (February 2024)

122,875most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
October 27, 2019	122,875	4 days	6,650,901
August 15, 2020	51,695	3 hours	112,927
December 14, 2024	33,960	2.5 days	452,903
February 4, 2024	33,291	4.6 days	778,307
October 24, 2021	25,757	1.7 days	334,769

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

From 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.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

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Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

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.