When will the power be back in Palm Desert, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Palm Desert is a city of about 53,147 residents in Riverside County.
Southern California Edison has reported outages for Palm Desert by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Palm Desert 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 Palm Desert:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Palm Desert: the closest other places we track are Rancho Mirage, about 4 miles to the northwest; Indio, about 8 miles to the east; La Quinta, about 8 miles to the southeast; and Cathedral City, about 9 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Palm Springs (11 mi NW), Coachella (13 mi E), Desert Hot Springs (18 mi NW), Yucca Valley (27 mi N), Twentynine Palms (33 mi NE), Banning (34 mi NW), San Jacinto (36 mi W) and Hemet (36 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: southwest toward Escondido (58 mi); west toward Beaumont (37 mi); and northwest toward Calimesa (43 mi).
Who serves Palm Desert?
We track live outage data from Southern California Edison and Riverside Public Utilities ↗ in Riverside County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Imperial Irrigation District, City of Moreno Valley, City of Banning and 2 others also serve parts of Riverside County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Palm Desert's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 1,302 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours.
- Sep 29 — 1,302 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 29 — 550 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 21 — 45 customers out, restored in 13 hours
- Sep 19 — 28 customers out, restored in 11 hours
County context: across all of Riverside County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 12.3 hr. The full record for Riverside County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Palm Desert, 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 Palm Desert's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Palm Desert, CA?
To check your own street, search a Palm Desert ZIP code — 92211, 92255, 92260 or 92261 — and the map opens on that area.
