When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Orange County, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · California
823
customers reported out in Orange County, CA
8 reported outages · county-wide data
Combined from the live data of the utilities serving this county — the slower nationwide tally shows 189.
Official restoration time (San Diego Gas & Electric): Oct 17, 6:00 PM PDT
Earliest posted restoration time (Southern California Edison): Oct 17, 12:30 AM PDT · 6 different times posted; the latest Oct 17, 12:00 PM PDT
County-wide restoration outlook: grew sharply just now — past outages here like this ran ~2.9 days start to finish (16 on record)
📊 Past outages like this here ran ~1.9–4.3 days start to finish, based on 16 similar outages.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Updated 11:33 PM PDT.
9292 out, then 823823 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 42 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
San Juan Capistrano — 629 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 17, 6:00 PM PDT
Orange — 111 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 17, 5:00 AM PDT
Cypress — 21 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 17, 4:00 AM PDT
Westminster — 19 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 17, 12:00 PM PDT
Costa Mesa — 18 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 17, 2:30 AM PDT
Huntington Beach — 12 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 17, 4:30 AM PDT
Plus 4 more — see the live map.
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Who serves Orange County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Anaheim Public Utilities ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Orange County, CA
Last significant outage: Oct 12, 2026 — peaked at 2,750 customers, restored in ~2.8 days (heat event).
Across the 36 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.2 days (median).
Every outage behind these figures (36)
BeganPeak outRestored inWeather
Oct 12, 20262,750~2.8 daysheat event
Oct 10, 20264,950~43 hrweather alert
Oct 7, 20261,731~3.4 daysheat event
Oct 3, 20264,281~3.8 daysheat event
Sep 26, 20263,361~6.7 daysheat event
Sep 20, 20264,514~6.2 daysno severe weather
Sep 18, 2026476~41 hrno severe weather
Sep 15, 20266,063~2.1 daysweather alert
Sep 13, 20263,420~44.3 hrno severe weather
Sep 11, 20262,562~47.7 hrheat event
Sep 7, 202610,697~3.7 daysheat event
Sep 7, 2026823~4.8 hrheat event
Sep 6, 20262,431~29 hrheat event
Sep 4, 20261,075~20 hrweather alert
Sep 2, 20265,596~2.5 daysweather alert
Aug 31, 20261,942~2.2 daysno severe weather
Aug 28, 20263,277~2.5 daysheat event
Aug 26, 20266,424~40.3 hrheat event
Aug 22, 20262,885~3.8 daysheat event
Aug 21, 20263,355~20.5 hrheat event
Aug 16, 20263,238~4.9 daysheat event
Aug 11, 20263,226~3.9 daysweather alert
Aug 11, 20262,825~16 hrweather alert
Aug 4, 20262,582~6.8 daysheat event
Aug 2, 20262,187~35 hrheat event
Jul 29, 20264,155~2.1 daysheat event
Jul 25, 20265,145~4.6 daysheat event
Jul 22, 20266,722~2.9 daysheat event
Jul 21, 20263,445~13.2 hrheat event
Jul 18, 20261,975~2.6 daysheat event
Jul 17, 20263,089~24.7 hrweather alert
Jul 12, 20267,131~4.1 daysheat event
Jul 9, 20264,297~2.7 daysweather alert
Jul 7, 20261,415~42.8 hrno severe weather
Jul 6, 20262,810~18.5 hrno severe weather
Jul 4, 20261,922~16.3 hrweather alert
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Recent outages tracked in La Palma

La Palma's last tracked outage began Sep 5, peaked at 926 customers out, and was restored in an hour.

  • Sep 5 — 926 customers out, restored in an hour
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.
Recent outages tracked in San Juan Capistrano

San Juan Capistrano's last tracked outage began Oct 16, peaked at 44 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.

  • Oct 16 — 44 customers out, restored in 3 hours
  • Sep 24 — 170 customers out, restored in 3 hours
  • Aug 18 — 770 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
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.
Recent outages tracked in Seal Beach

Seal Beach's last tracked outage began Oct 15, peaked at 88 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.

  • Oct 15 — 88 customers out, restored in 6 hours
  • Sep 2 — 27 customers out, restored in 3 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.
Longer-term outage history — Orange County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 3,212 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 102 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~13.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.
That is longer than the California norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~8.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~253,449 customers out in January 2025, restored after about 30 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2020.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Cities with their own pages in Orange County
Aliso Viejo · Anaheim · Brea · Buena Park · Costa Mesa · Cypress · Dana Point · Fountain Valley · Fullerton · Garden Grove · Huntington Beach · Irvine · La Habra · Laguna Beach · Laguna Hills · Laguna Niguel · Laguna Woods · Lake Forest · Mission Viejo · Newport Beach · Orange · Placentia · Rancho Santa Margarita · San Clemente · Santa Ana · Stanton · Tustin · Westminster · Yorba Linda

Communities in Orange County include Anaheim, Irvine, Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, Fullerton, Costa Mesa and Mission Viejo. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

This page also serves La Palma, Los Alamitos, San Juan Capistrano and Seal Beach: their outages are counted in this county's total, and the outages tracked in La Palma, San Juan Capistrano and Seal Beach are listed with the outage history above.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Orange County, CA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Orange include Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Anaheim Public Utilities — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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