When will the power be back in Santa Maria, CA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Santa Maria, California — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Santa Maria directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Santa Maria is a city of about 111,346 residents in Santa Barbara County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Santa Maria by name, so this page reports the Santa Barbara County county-wide view, which covers Santa Maria. If a serving utility does name Santa Maria during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Santa Maria: 93454 · 93455 · 93456 · 93457 · 93458 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Santa Maria: the closest other places we track are Arroyo Grande, about 15 miles to the northwest; Grover Beach, about 16 miles to the northwest; Lompoc, about 19 miles to the south; San Luis Obispo, about 26 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Morro Bay (38 mi NW), Atascadero (40 mi N), Goleta (48 mi SE), El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (50 mi N), Santa Barbara (55 mi SE), Carpinteria (63 mi SE), Wasco (76 mi NE), Avenal (78 mi N). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Coalinga (84 mi); northeast toward Shafter (80 mi); east toward Bakersfield (85 mi); southeast toward San Buenaventura (Ventura) (82 mi); northwest toward King City (97 mi).
Who serves Santa Maria?
We track live outage data from 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. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Santa Maria's last tracked outage began Aug 16, peaked at 31 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Aug 16 — 31 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 14 — 102 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 14 — 102 customers out, restored in an hour
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Santa Maria, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Santa Maria area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Santa Maria's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Santa Maria, CA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Santa Maria area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Santa Maria ZIP code — 93454, 93455, 93456, 93457, 93458 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Santa Maria, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Santa Barbara County include Southern California Edison; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Santa Maria specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Santa Barbara County county-wide view, which covers Santa Maria. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Santa Maria by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Santa Maria. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Arroyo Grande (15 mi NW) is the closest place we track separately.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
