When will the power be back in San Bruno, 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 San Bruno, California — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. San Bruno is a city in San Mateo County; when the serving utility's public feed reports San Bruno directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
San Bruno is a city of about 42,035 residents in San Mateo County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for San Bruno by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when San Bruno 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 San Bruno: 94066 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around San Bruno: the closest other places we track are South San Francisco, about 2 miles to the northeast; Millbrae, about 2 miles to the southeast; Pacifica, about 3 miles to the west; Burlingame, about 5 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Daly City (5 mi NW), Hillsborough (6 mi SE), San Mateo (8 mi SE), Belmont (11 mi SE), Half Moon Bay (11 mi S), Foster City (11 mi E), Alameda (12 mi NE), San Carlos (13 mi SE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Albany (19 mi); northeast toward Oakland (15 mi); east toward San Leandro (16 mi); southeast toward Redwood City (14 mi); south toward Pacific Grove (75 mi); northwest toward San Francisco (17 mi).
Who serves San Bruno?
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. 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.
San Bruno's last tracked outage began Aug 14, peaked at 49 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Aug 14 — 49 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Aug 13 — 30 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 13 — 55 customers out, restored in an hour
Common questions
When will my power be back on in San Bruno, 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 San Bruno 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 San Bruno's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in San Bruno, CA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the San Bruno 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 San Bruno ZIP code — 94066 — 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 San Bruno, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in San Mateo 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 San Bruno specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for San Bruno we have the city-level view: Pacific Gas & Electric has published outages for San Bruno under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-29. When San Bruno is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the San Mateo County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes San Bruno.
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.
