When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Irvine, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Orange County, California
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customers reported out in Irvine · live from Southern California Edison · updated 6:38 PM PDT
Utility restoration time for Irvine: ~14 min from now
Irvine outlook: past outages here typically ran ~13 hr, based on 5 similar past outages
Across the whole county (Orange, California, all utilities): 90 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Irvine figure above.
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Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Irvine, California — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Irvine is a city in Orange County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Irvine directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Irvine

Irvine is a city of about 318,683 residents in Orange County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Irvine by name, so this page reports the Orange County county-wide view, which covers Irvine. If a serving utility does name Irvine during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Irvine: 92602 · 92603 · 92604 · 92606 · 92612 · 92614 · 92616 · 92617 · 92618 · 92619 · 92620 · 92623 · 92697 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Irvine: the closest other places we track are Tustin, about 4 miles to the northwest; Laguna Woods, about 5 miles to the southeast; Lake Forest, about 6 miles to the east; Newport Beach, about 7 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Aliso Viejo (7 mi S), Laguna Hills (7 mi SE), Santa Ana (7 mi NW), Costa Mesa (8 mi W), Mission Viejo (8 mi SE), Laguna Beach (9 mi S), Orange (9 mi N), Fountain Valley (10 mi W). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Yorba Linda (15 mi); northeast toward Corona (18 mi); east toward Rancho Santa Margarita (11 mi); southeast toward San Juan Capistrano (14 mi); south toward Laguna Niguel (11 mi); west toward Huntington Beach (13 mi); northwest toward Anaheim (12 mi).

Who serves Irvine?

We track live outage data from Anaheim Public Utilities ↗, Southern California Edison in Orange County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Recent outages tracked in Irvine

Irvine's last tracked outage began Aug 15, peaked at 1,233 customers out, and was restored in 13 hours.

  • Aug 15 — 1,233 customers out, restored in 13 hours
Tracked by this site's own monitoring of the serving utilities' live feeds (outages of 25+ customers; times are US Eastern). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Orange County, CA (covers Irvine)
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 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Irvine, CA?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Irvine area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

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

This page is a live power outage status check for the Irvine area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Irvine ZIP code — 92602, 92603, 92604, 92606, 92612, 92614, or any of the other 7 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Irvine, CA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Orange County include Anaheim Public Utilities, Southern California Edison; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Irvine specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Orange County county-wide view, which covers Irvine. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Irvine by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Irvine. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Tustin (4 mi NW) is the closest place we track separately.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Irvine, CA — live power outage tracker