When will the power be back in Atascadero, CA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Atascadero, California — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Atascadero is a city in San Luis Obispo County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Atascadero directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Atascadero is a city of about 29,743 residents in San Luis Obispo County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for Atascadero by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Atascadero 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 Atascadero: 93422 · 93423 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Atascadero: the closest other places we track are El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), about 11 miles to the north; Morro Bay, about 13 miles to the southwest; San Luis Obispo, about 15 miles to the south; Grover Beach, about 25 miles to the south. Also nearby: Arroyo Grande (25 mi S), Santa Maria (40 mi S), Avenal (50 mi NE), Coalinga (50 mi NE), King City (57 mi NW), Lompoc (58 mi S), Greenfield (66 mi NW), Wasco (75 mi E). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Mendota (90 mi); northeast toward Lemoore (75 mi); east toward Delano (82 mi); southeast toward Goleta (86 mi); northwest toward Soledad (76 mi).
Who serves Atascadero?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in San Luis Obispo County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Atascadero's last tracked outage began Aug 16, peaked at 327 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Aug 16 — 327 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 14 — 49 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Aug 14 — 2,840 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 14 — 882 customers out, restored in 3 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Atascadero, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Atascadero area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Atascadero's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Atascadero, CA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Atascadero area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Atascadero ZIP code — 93422, 93423 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Atascadero, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in San Luis Obispo County include Pacific Gas & Electric; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Atascadero specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Atascadero we have the city-level view: Pacific Gas & Electric has published outages for Atascadero under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Atascadero is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the San Luis Obispo County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Atascadero.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
