When's the Power Back?

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
No significant county-wide outage reported in Santa Barbara County, CA right now.
⚠️ Red Flag Warning · Heat Advisory in effect for this area — conditions that can cause outages. This page updates about every 15 minutes.
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Elsewhere in California: 8,398 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 7:15 AM PDT.
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Who serves Santa Barbara County?

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: Oct 12, 2026 — peaked at 2,300 customers, restored in ~3 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 38 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 14.8 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (38)
BeganPeak outRestored inWeather
Oct 12, 20262,300~3 hrno severe weather
Oct 10, 20261,837~1.8 hrno severe weather
Oct 5, 2026371~4.3 daysheat event
Oct 4, 20265,814~14.8 hrheat event
Sep 29, 20262,567~3 daysheat event
Sep 29, 20262,646~5.8 hrwind/storm
Sep 28, 202640,250~4 hrwind/storm
Sep 26, 20261,931~15.5 hrno severe weather
Sep 24, 20262,189~29.8 hrno severe weather
Sep 23, 2026266~16 hrno severe weather
Sep 21, 20266,969~40.5 hrno severe weather
Sep 20, 2026246~8.5 hrno severe weather
Sep 17, 2026610~25.3 hrno severe weather
Sep 17, 20261,982~30 minno severe weather
Sep 14, 20264,216~38 hrwind/storm
Sep 13, 20261,904~1 hrwind/storm
Sep 10, 20262,365~33 hrheat event
Sep 9, 20264,625~18.7 hrheat event
Sep 8, 2026383~17.2 hrheat event
Sep 7, 20263,333~1.5 hrheat event
Sep 5, 20265,799~3 hrweather alert
Sep 2, 2026711~41 hrwind/storm
Sep 2, 20263,290~5.2 hrwind/storm
Aug 31, 2026282~23.3 hrwind/storm
Aug 30, 20265,292~18.8 hrno severe weather
Aug 30, 20265,675~2.3 hrno severe weather
Aug 30, 20261,294~6.2 hrno severe weather
Aug 29, 20262,229~11.8 hrheat event
Aug 28, 20261,390~13 hrheat event
Aug 27, 2026685~7.3 hrheat event
Aug 27, 20262,563~9.8 hrheat event
Aug 25, 20261,323~22 hrheat event
Aug 25, 20262,413~14.8 hrheat event
Aug 24, 2026590~7 hrheat event
Aug 23, 20264,792~9 hrheat event
Aug 20, 2026210~18 hrheat event
Aug 20, 20266,306~14.7 hrheat event
Aug 17, 20266,356~18 hrheat event
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 17, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Recent outages tracked in Lompoc

Lompoc's last tracked outage began Sep 9, peaked at 72 customers out, and was restored in an hour.

  • Sep 9 — 72 customers out, restored in an hour
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.
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, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Cities with their own pages in Santa Barbara County
Carpinteria · Goleta · Santa Barbara · Santa Maria

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.

This page also serves Lompoc: its outages are counted in this county's total, and the outages tracked in it are listed with the outage history above.

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.

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