Power outages in Plumas County, CA

Live outage counts for Portola and the rest of Plumas County, updated every 10 minutes from PG&E.

Right now

No outages reported

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

0customers without power

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

0.00% of 10,557 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&E0 / 10,557

Liberty Utilitiesno live feed

This 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

From 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.

Plumas-Sierra Rural Elec Coopno live feed

This 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

From 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.

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 Plumas County

2014–2025 record

Plumas County averaged 67 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most California counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 55. Half were over within 3.5 hours; the longest lasted 3.8 days, starting December 25, 2025.

The largest on record began October 27, 2019, with 11,918 customers out at once.

67significant 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.

4 hourstypical (median) length

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

35 dayslongest on record (September 2021)

11,918most 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	11,918	5.1 days	178,841
September 8, 2020	11,645	1.5 days	398,554
June 24, 2021	11,479	5 hours	49,020
November 8, 2018	11,428	17 hours	121,260
December 25, 2025	11,108	3.8 days	61,244

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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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.