⚡ No power in San Diego, CA? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include San Diego Gas & Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Imperial Irrigation District also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — San Diego County, CA
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 2,846 customers, restored in ~15.3 hr (heat event).
Across the 37 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 9.5 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 9, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — San Diego County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
3,724 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 79 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~11.8 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: ~74,451 customers out in December 2020, restored after about 3.9 days. The busiest year on record here was 2019.
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.
Communities in San Diego County include Chula Vista, Oceanside, Escondido, Carlsbad, El Cajon, Vista, San Marcos and Encinitas. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in San Diego County, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of San Diego include San Diego Gas & Electric and Imperial Irrigation District — 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.
