When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Downey, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Los Angeles County, California
46
customers reported out in Downey · live from Southern California Edison
Utility restoration time for Downey: Oct 4, 3:00 AM PDT
No clear recovery trend yet for Downey — outages aren't steadily declining, so we can't give a dependable time yet.
Across the whole county (Los Angeles, CA, all utilities): 5,563 reported out, county-wide outlook no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~3.1 days start to finish (14 on record) — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Downey figure above.
Updated 8:48 PM PDT.
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What we track for Downey

Downey is a city of about 109,368 residents in Los Angeles County.

Southern California Edison has reported outages for Downey by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Downey is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

ZIP codes in Downey:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Downey: the closest other places we track are Bell Gardens, about 2 miles to the northwest; Paramount, about 3 miles to the southwest; Cudahy, about 3 miles to the northwest; and Bellflower, about 3 miles to the south. Also nearby: Norwalk (3 mi SE), South Gate (4 mi W), Santa Fe Springs (4 mi E), Bell (4 mi NW), Lynwood (4 mi W), Commerce (4 mi N), Pico Rivera (4 mi NE) and Maywood (5 mi NW).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Montebello (5 mi); northeast toward South El Monte (9 mi); east toward Whittier (7 mi); southeast toward Artesia (6 mi); south toward Lakewood (6 mi); southwest toward Compton (6 mi); west toward Gardena (11 mi); and northwest toward Huntington Park (6 mi).

Who serves Downey?

We track live outage data from Southern California Edison, LADWP and Glendale Water & Power in Los Angeles County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Pasadena, City of Burbank Water and Power, City of Industry and 2 others also serve parts of Los Angeles County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.

Recent outages tracked in Downey

Downey's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 33 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours.

  • Sep 30 — 33 customers out, restored in 3 hours
  • Sep 21 — 47 customers out, restored in 17 hours
  • Sep 14 — 418 customers out, restored in 8 hours
  • Sep 13 — 116 customers out, restored in 13 hours
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of Los Angeles County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 35.5 hr. The full record for Los Angeles County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Downey, CA?

To check your own street, search a Downey ZIP code — 90239, 90240, 90241 or 90242 — and the map opens on that area.

Downey, CA — live power outage tracker