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title: "The power is out. When is it coming back? | Prince George"
description: "Check BC Hydro’s outage map for your street and its restoration estimate; our power dashboard shows nearby outages live, with history."
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markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/answers/power-outages.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:07:38.969Z
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# The power is out. When is it coming back?

Check BC Hydro’s outage map for your street and its estimated restoration time; our power dashboard shows outages within about 150 km live, with the history.

Checked October 1, 2026. Numbers update on their own.

Right now 51 customers are without power nearby. BC Hydro posts the cause, crew status and estimated restoration for each outage; report an outage or downed line to BC Hydro (1-888-769-3766) and stay at least 10 metres from fallen lines.

## By the numbers, live

- Customers without power nearby
  51
  October 16, 2026. PG Pulse live board (Open-Meteo, ECCC, Water Survey of Canada, BC Wildfire Service, BC Hydro, DriveBC, NOAA SWPC). [More on customers without power nearby](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/power/)

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## On PG Pulse

- [Power outages, live](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/power/)
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- [Emergency information](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/emergency/)

## Official sources

- [BC Hydro: outages map](https://www.bchydro.com/power-outages/app/outage-map.html) Link checked October 14, 2026

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### Answer

Source: [Answers compiled from our own pages and the official sources linked in each answer; live values from our public API](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/answers/). Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); each answer links its official sources. Updated 2026-10-14T12:40:01.822Z.
JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/answers/power-outages

- **id**: power-outages
- **theme**: 17
- **topic**: home
- **topicLabel**: Home, utilities and services
- **question**: The power is out. When is it coming back?
- **also**: Power outage map, When is the power coming back
- **short**: Check BC Hydro’s outage map for your street and its estimated restoration time; our power dashboard shows outages within about 150 km live, with the history.
- **answer**: Right now 51 customers are without power nearby. BC Hydro posts the cause, crew status and estimated restoration for each outage; report an outage or downed line to BC Hydro (1-888-769-3766) and stay at least 10 metres from fallen lines.
- **checked**: 2026-10-01
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/answers/power-outages/>

#### facts

| key | label | api | value | asOf | source | sourceUrl | href |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| outages | Customers without power nearby | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/now | 51 | October 16, 2026 | PG Pulse live board (Open-Meteo, ECCC, Water Survey of Canada, BC Wildfire Service, BC Hydro, DriveBC, NOAA SWPC) | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/ | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/power/ |


#### links

| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| Power outages, live | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/power/ |
| Live dashboard | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/live/ |
| Emergency information | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/emergency/ |


#### official

| label | url | linkOk | linkCheckedAt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BC Hydro: outages map | https://www.bchydro.com/power-outages/app/outage-map.html | true | 2026-10-14T12:40:01.822Z |

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