When will the power be back in Santa Barbara County, CA?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · California
67
customers reported out in Santa Barbara County, CA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Pacific Gas & Electric): Oct 4, 9:15 AM PDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~17 hr start to finish (19 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Updated 5:20 AM PDT.
6767county-wide trend of customers without power · last 2 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Los Olivos — 67 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 9:15 AM PDT
⚡ No power in Santa Barbara, CA? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
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.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Lompoc also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Santa Barbara County, CA
Last significant outage: Sep 29, 2026 — peaked at 2,567 customers, restored in ~3 days (heat event).
Across the 39 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 16 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 3, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Santa Barbara County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
2,077 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 19 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~8.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~56,650 customers out in December 2017, restored after about 3.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2022.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities in Santa Barbara County include Santa Maria, Lompoc, Goleta, Carpinteria, Guadalupe, Solvang, Buellton and Ballard. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Santa Barbara County, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Santa Barbara include Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and City of Lompoc — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
