When will the power be back in Hillsborough, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · San Mateo County, California

customers reported out in San Mateo, CA

Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.

Earliest posted restoration time (Pacific Gas & Electric): Oct 3, 11:45 PM PDT · 4 different times posted; the latest Oct 10, 7:50 PM PDT

County-wide restoration outlook: ~7 min to restore at the current pace (roughly 84 customers an hour)

Showing county-wide data because we don't have Hillsborough-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.

Updated 8:45 PM PDT.

15 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 2.6 days · tap or hover a point to see its number

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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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What we track for Hillsborough

Hillsborough is a town of about 11,171 residents in San Mateo County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Hillsborough by name, so this page reports the San Mateo County county-wide view, which covers Hillsborough. If a serving utility does name Hillsborough during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

Around Hillsborough: the closest other places we track are Burlingame, about 2 miles to the north; San Mateo, about 3 miles to the east; Millbrae, about 4 miles to the northwest; and Belmont, about 5 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: San Bruno (6 mi NW), San Carlos (6 mi SE), Foster City (7 mi E), South San Francisco (7 mi NW), Half Moon Bay (8 mi SW), Pacifica (8 mi NW), Redwood City (9 mi E) and Daly City (11 mi NW).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Alameda (14 mi); northeast toward San Leandro (15 mi); east toward Hayward (15 mi); southeast toward Menlo Park (13 mi); and northwest toward San Francisco (23 mi).

Who serves Hillsborough?

We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in San Mateo County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City & County of San Francisco also serves parts of San Mateo County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.

Recent outages tracked in Hillsborough

Hillsborough's last tracked outage began Aug 25, peaked at 230 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours.

Aug 25 — 230 customers out, restored in 6 hours

Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of San Mateo County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 11 hr. The full record for San Mateo County

Nearby & related

Belmont · Burlingame · Daly City · East Palo Alto · Foster City · Half Moon Bay · Menlo Park · Millbrae

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