Investor Owned utility · · CA
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
In 2025, the average Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customer in California was without power for 273 minutes (4.5 hours), 214% more than the median California utility.
Outage minutes per customer 273min 2025, including major storms
Excluding major storm days 208min The everyday reliability of the network
Outages per customer a year 1.63 SAIFI, 2025
Residential price 37.5¢/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.
Price
Residential cents per kWh
Revenue from full-service residential customers divided by their sales, as reported to the EIA.
Territory
Counties served
Counties where Pacific Gas & Electric Co. reports customers. Open one for its full outage history.
California
AlamedaAlpineAmadorButteCalaverasColusaContra CostaEl DoradoFresnoGlennHumboldtKernKingsLakeLassenMaderaMarinMariposaMendocinoMercedModocMontereyNapaNevadaPlacerPlumasSacramentoSan BenitoSan BernardinoSan DiegoSan FranciscoSan JoaquinSan Luis ObispoSan MateoSanta BarbaraSanta ClaraSanta CruzShastaSierraSiskiyouSolanoSonomaStanislausSutterTehamaTrinityTulareTuolumneYoloYuba
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: 5,055,556.