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PG&E Outage Areas

The outage area polygons PG&E draws on its outage map for larger outages, captured every 10 to 15 minutes, with customers, cause and restoration time.

Published by PG&E outage map (opens in a new tab)Cadence: 10-15 minute snapshotsOutages & Grid EventsCAISO market
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About this data

For larger outages, PG&E draws a polygon on its outage map showing the affected area. This dataset records those polygons for each map build as GeoJSON, with the same customer count, cause and restoration fields as the point-level PG&E outage data. It is the dataset for mapping the footprint of an outage rather than its location alone.

What people use it for

  • Map the footprint of a large PG&E outage
  • See how an outage area grew or shrank over time
  • Estimate which neighborhoods a restoration estimate covers

Where to use it

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The grid agent reads it to answer questions about CAISO. Every answer names the data it read and links back here.

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Questions

Which data provider has PG&E Outage Areas data?
Ask the Grid has it, from PG&E outage map. You can browse every row in Ask the Grid Data, query it with SQL or the Ask the Grid API, reach it from an AI assistant over MCP, or ask the grid agent about it in plain English.
Where does PG&E Outage Areas come from?
It comes from PG&E outage map. This page links to the original publication, so any value can be checked against it.
How do I download or query PG&E Outage Areas?
Open the pge_outages.outage_areas table in Ask the Grid Data to browse every row and run SQL against it, call it from code through the Ask the Grid API, or connect an MCP client. Full history can be delivered on a schedule to Snowflake, Databricks or your own storage.
Can I ask questions about PG&E Outage Areas in plain English?
Yes. The grid agent reads this data when a question needs it, for example "what area is the pg&e outage covering", and every answer names the dataset it read.