Inrush current to a load at the time of a power outage is reduced. A power control apparatus includes an inverter and a controller. When the controller detects a power outage in a power grid, the controller performs control so that output voltage supplied from the inverter to a switching device rises to an operating voltage. The operating voltage is the voltage at which the switching device operates to switch from electric power supplied to load devices from the power grid to electric power from the inverter. The controller also performs control to maintain the output voltage at or below the operating voltage when the output voltage reaches the operating voltage and then performs control so that the output voltage rises to a predetermined voltage exceeding the operating voltage.