When will the power be back in Salinas, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Salinas is a city of about 160,783 residents in Monterey County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for Salinas by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Salinas 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 Salinas:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Salinas: the closest other places we track are Marina, about 9 miles to the west; Seaside, about 11 miles to the southwest; Monterey, about 15 miles to the southwest; and Pacific Grove, about 17 miles to the west. Also nearby: Hollister (17 mi NE), Watsonville (18 mi NW), Gilroy (22 mi N), Soledad (23 mi SE), Santa Cruz (30 mi NW), Morgan Hill (31 mi N), Scotts Valley (33 mi NW) and Los Gatos (42 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward San Jose (44 mi); northeast toward Los Banos (51 mi); east toward Chowchilla (83 mi); southeast toward King City (43 mi); and northwest toward Campbell (45 mi).
Who serves Salinas?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in Monterey County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Central Coast Community Energy also serves parts of Monterey County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Salinas's last tracked outage began Oct 9, peaked at 93 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.
- Oct 9 — 93 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Oct 6 — 29 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
- Oct 1 — 42 customers out, restored in 15 hours
- Sep 30 — 104 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Monterey County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 7.8 hr. The full record for Monterey County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Salinas, 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 Salinas's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Salinas, CA?
To check your own street, search a Salinas ZIP code — 93901, 93902, 93905, 93906, 93907, 93908 or any of the other 2 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Salinas specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Salinas we have the city-level view: Pacific Gas & Electric has published outages for Salinas under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Salinas is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Monterey County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Salinas.
