When will the power be back in Santee, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Santee is a city of about 59,104 residents in San Diego County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Santee by name, so this page reports the San Diego County county-wide view, which covers Santee. If a serving utility does name Santee during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Santee:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Santee: the closest other places we track are El Cajon, about 4 miles to the south; La Mesa, about 6 miles to the south; San Diego, about 8 miles to the west; and Poway, about 9 miles to the north. Also nearby: National City (15 mi SW), Chula Vista (16 mi S), Coronado (17 mi SW), Escondido (20 mi N), Encinitas (21 mi NW), Imperial Beach (21 mi S), San Marcos (22 mi NW) and Carlsbad (25 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Temecula (45 mi); northeast toward Rancho Mirage (71 mi); and northwest toward Vista (27 mi).
Who serves Santee?
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.
Santee's last tracked outage began Oct 11, peaked at 260 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 11 — 260 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 28 — 51 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 14 — 36 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 8 — 1,959 customers out, restored in 2 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
How do I check the power outage status in Santee, CA?
To check your own street, search a Santee ZIP code — 92071 or 92072 — and the map opens on that area.
