When will the power be back in Atascadero, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
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:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Atascadero: the closest other places we track are Morro Bay, about 13 miles to the southwest; Paso Robles, about 14 miles to the northeast; San Luis Obispo, about 15 miles to the south; and 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) and 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); and 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. Central Coast Community Energy also serves parts of San Luis Obispo County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Atascadero's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 48 customers out, and was restored in 18 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 30 — 48 customers out, restored in 18 hours
- Sep 22 — 48 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 21 — 1,832 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 18 — 77 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
County context: across all of San Luis Obispo County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6.3 hr. The full record for San Luis Obispo County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Atascadero, 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 Atascadero's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Atascadero, CA?
To check your own street, search an Atascadero ZIP code — 93422 or 93423 — and the map opens on that area.
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.
