When will the power be back in Poway, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Poway is a city of about 49,435 residents in San Diego County.
San Diego Gas & Electric has reported outages for Poway by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Poway 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 Poway:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Poway: the closest other places we track are Santee, about 9 miles to the south; Escondido, about 11 miles to the north; San Diego, about 12 miles to the southwest; and El Cajon, about 13 miles to the south. Also nearby: San Marcos (14 mi NW), Solana Beach (14 mi W), Encinitas (15 mi W), La Mesa (15 mi S), Lemon Grove (18 mi S), Carlsbad (18 mi NW), Vista (19 mi NW) and National City (23 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Temecula (36 mi); northeast toward Palm Springs (63 mi); south toward Coronado (24 mi); and northwest toward Oceanside (23 mi).
Who serves Poway?
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.
Poway's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 42 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 1 — 42 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 16 — 31 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 14 — 779 customers out, restored in 12 hours
- Sep 9 — 180 customers out, restored in an hour
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
How do I check the power outage status in Poway, CA?
To check your own street, search a Poway ZIP code — 92064 or 92074 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Poway specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Poway we have the city-level view: San Diego Gas & Electric has published outages for Poway under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Poway is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the San Diego County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Poway.
