When will the power be back in Carlsbad, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Carlsbad is a city of about 113,575 residents in San Diego County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Carlsbad by name, so this page reports the San Diego County county-wide view, which covers Carlsbad. If a serving utility does name Carlsbad during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Carlsbad:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Carlsbad: the closest other places we track are Vista, about 5 miles to the northeast; Encinitas, about 5 miles to the south; San Marcos, about 6 miles to the east; and Oceanside, about 7 miles to the north. Also nearby: Solana Beach (9 mi S), Escondido (12 mi E), Poway (18 mi SE), San Diego (22 mi SE), Santee (25 mi SE), Temecula (27 mi N), La Mesa (29 mi SE) and El Cajon (29 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Murrieta (32 mi); southeast toward Lemon Grove (31 mi); south toward Coronado (33 mi); and northwest toward San Clemente (29 mi).
Who serves Carlsbad?
We track live outage data from San Diego Gas & Electric in San Diego County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Imperial Irrigation District also serves parts of San Diego County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Carlsbad's last tracked outage began Sep 26, peaked at 377 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes.
- Sep 26 — 377 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 10 — 26 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Sep 10 — 30 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 9 — 459 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of San Diego County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 11.8 hr. The full record for San Diego County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Carlsbad, 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 Carlsbad's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Carlsbad, CA?
To check your own street, search a Carlsbad ZIP code — 92008, 92009, 92010, 92011, 92013 or 92018 — and the map opens on that area.
