When will the power be back in South San Francisco, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
South San Francisco is a city of about 64,660 residents in San Mateo County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for South San Francisco by name, so this page reports the San Mateo County county-wide view, which covers South San Francisco. If a serving utility does name South San Francisco during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in South San Francisco:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around South San Francisco: the closest other places we track are San Bruno, about 2 miles to the southwest; Millbrae, about 3 miles to the south; Daly City, about 4 miles to the northwest; and Burlingame, about 5 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: San Mateo (8 mi SE), Foster City (11 mi SE), Belmont (11 mi SE), Half Moon Bay (12 mi S), San Carlos (13 mi SE), Oakland (13 mi NE), Redwood City (14 mi SE) and San Leandro (14 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Berkeley (16 mi); northeast toward Orinda (21 mi); east toward Hayward (17 mi); and southeast toward Menlo Park (18 mi).
Who serves South San Francisco?
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.
South San Francisco's last tracked outage began Oct 7, peaked at 98 customers out, and was restored in 11 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Oct 7 — 98 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Oct 6 — 69 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 28 — 66 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 25 — 161 customers out, restored in 5 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 South San Francisco, CA?
To check your own street, search a South San Francisco ZIP code — 94080 or 94083 — and the map opens on that area.
