When will the power be back in San Carlos, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
San Carlos is a city of about 29,403 residents in San Mateo County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for San Carlos by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when San Carlos 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 Carlos:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around San Carlos: the closest other places we track are Belmont, about 2 miles to the northwest; Redwood City, about 3 miles to the northeast; San Mateo, about 5 miles to the northwest; and Foster City, about 6 miles to the north. Also nearby: Menlo Park (7 mi E), Burlingame (8 mi NW), Half Moon Bay (10 mi W), Millbrae (10 mi NW), Mountain View (12 mi SE), San Bruno (13 mi NW), Hayward (13 mi NE) and South San Francisco (13 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward San Leandro (15 mi); northeast toward Union City (15 mi); east toward Fremont (15 mi); southeast toward Los Altos (13 mi); south toward Santa Cruz (38 mi); and northwest toward Daly City (17 mi).
Who serves San Carlos?
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.
San Carlos's last tracked outage began Oct 4, peaked at 608 customers out, and was restored in 40 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Oct 4 — 608 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 15 — 53 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 14 — 39 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Sep 5 — 28 customers out, restored in 4 hours
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
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in San Carlos, CA?
To check your own street, search a San Carlos ZIP code — 94070 — and the map opens on that area.
