When will the power be back in Goleta, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Goleta is a city of about 32,611 residents in Santa Barbara County.
Southern California Edison has reported outages for Goleta by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when Goleta 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 Goleta:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Goleta: the closest other places we track are Santa Barbara, about 9 miles to the east; Carpinteria, about 19 miles to the east; Ventura, about 33 miles to the east; and Lompoc, about 38 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Oxnard (40 mi SE), Port Hueneme (42 mi SE), Santa Paula (46 mi E), Santa Maria (48 mi NW), Camarillo (49 mi E), Fillmore (54 mi E), Moorpark (57 mi E) and Thousand Oaks (59 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Wasco (85 mi); northeast toward Arvin (78 mi); east toward Simi Valley (64 mi); southeast toward Malibu (69 mi); and northwest toward Arroyo Grande (63 mi).
Who serves Goleta?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison in Santa Barbara County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Lompoc also serves parts of Santa Barbara County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Goleta's last tracked outage began Sep 27, peaked at 67 customers out, and was restored in 14 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 13 hours.
- Sep 27 — 67 customers out, restored in 14 hours
- Sep 21 — 6,829 customers out, restored in 29 hours
- Sep 8 — 26 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 6 — 113 customers out, restored in 9 hours
County context: across all of Santa Barbara County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 8.8 hr. The full record for Santa Barbara County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Goleta, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Goleta's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 13 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Goleta, CA?
To check your own street, search a Goleta ZIP code — 93116, 93117, 93118 or 93199 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Goleta specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Goleta we have the city-level view: Southern California Edison has published outages for Goleta under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-29. When Goleta is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Santa Barbara County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Goleta.
