Power Out Map

Municipal utility · · CA

City of Palo Alto

In 2025, the average City of Palo Alto customer in California was without power for 68 minutes (1.1 hours), 22% less than the median California utility.

Outage minutes per customer 68min 2025, including major storms
Excluding major storm days 27min The everyday reliability of the network
Outages per customer a year 0.62 SAIFI, 2025
Residential price 21.4¢/kWh 2025 · California median 22.9¢

Reliability

Minutes in the dark, year by year

Average minutes without power per customer in California (SAIDI), with and without major event days, against the median California utility.

0 50 100 150 200 20182019202020212022202320242025 All days 68 No major storms 27 CA median 87

Price

Residential cents per kWh

Revenue from full-service residential customers divided by their sales, as reported to the EIA.

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 20182019202020212022202320242025 City of Palo Alto 21.4 CA median 23.0

Territory

Counties served

Counties where City of Palo Alto reports customers. Open one for its full outage history.

California

Santa Clara

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2018–2025. Reliability uses the IEEE 1366 standard where the utility reports it. Residential customers in 2025: 25,672.