Power outages in Tulare County, CA

Live outage counts for Visalia, Tulare and Porterville and the rest of Tulare County, updated every 10 minutes from PG&E and Southern California Edison.

Right now

Outages reported

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

95customers without power

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

Share of customers unknown

At least one utility here doesn't publish how many customers it serves in this area, so we can't show a percentage.

Updated 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&E53 / 22,666

Southern California Edison42

Outage map

County outlinePG&E and Southern California Edison publish 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.

Cities and towns

Utility counts by mailing city

Utilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.

City	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
Porterville	25	–	–
Three Rivers	1	–	–

Outage history in Tulare County

2014–2025 record

Tulare County averaged 17 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most California counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 18. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 8.5 hours, starting September 8, 2025.

The largest on record began March 17, 2023, with 21,167 customers out at once.

17significant 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.

45 minutestypical (median) length

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

34 hourslongest on record (August 2017)

21,167most 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.
March 17, 2023	21,167	30 minutes	6,619
December 12, 2016	16,902	1.5 hours	8,163
June 29, 2021	16,806	30 minutes	8,403
October 13, 2017	16,115	45 minutes	10,909
September 8, 2025	15,085	8.5 hours	10,199

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

PG&E: outage map and reporting
Southern California Edison: 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.