When will the power be back in Ridgecrest, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Ridgecrest is a city of about 28,373 residents in Kern County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Ridgecrest by name, so this page reports the Kern County county-wide view, which covers Ridgecrest. If a serving utility does name Ridgecrest during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Ridgecrest:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Ridgecrest: the closest other places we track are California City, about 35 miles to the south; Tehachapi, about 57 miles to the southwest; Barstow, about 63 miles to the southeast; and Lancaster, about 71 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Arvin (72 mi SW), Adelanto (74 mi S), Palmdale (76 mi S), Victorville (78 mi S), Bakersfield (80 mi W), Apple Valley (80 mi S), Porterville (82 mi W) and Shafter (87 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: south toward Hesperia (87 mi); southwest toward Santa Clarita (96 mi); west toward McFarland (88 mi); and northwest toward Lindsay (89 mi).
Who serves Ridgecrest?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison in Kern County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Ridgecrest's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 30 customers out, and was restored in 13 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 9 hours.
- Oct 1 — 30 customers out, restored in 13 hours
- Sep 28 — 30 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 2 — 64 customers out, restored in 9 hours
County context: across all of Kern County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 9.5 hr. The full record for Kern County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Ridgecrest, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Ridgecrest's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 9 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Ridgecrest, CA?
To check your own street, search a Ridgecrest ZIP code — 93555 or 93556 — and the map opens on that area.
