Power outages in Richmond, CA
Live outages for Richmond and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Richmond has 114,861 residents.
Right now
Normal: scattered outages
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.95customers without power in Contra Costa County
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Outage map
RichmondContra Costa CountyPG&E publishes totals only, not outage locations.
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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 Contra Costa County, which includes Richmond
2014–2025 recordContra Costa County averaged 36 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for California counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 19. Half were over within 45 minutes; the longest lasted 4.5 hours, starting May 6, 2025.
The largest on record began March 14, 2023, with 80,988 customers out at once.
36significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.45 minutestypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.8 dayslongest on record (October 2019)
80,988most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| March 14, 2023 | 80,988 | 33 hours | 933,707 |
| October 27, 2019 | 70,267 | 2.8 days | 2,094,565 |
| September 29, 2019 | 50,204 | 45 minutes | 22,376 |
| March 21, 2023 | 48,236 | 29 hours | 444,111 |
| February 4, 2024 | 41,219 | 26 hours | 633,963 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
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
- PG&E: outage map and reporting
- 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.