When will the power be back in Santa Clara County, CA?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · California
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customers reported out in Santa Clara County, CA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Earliest posted restoration time (Pacific Gas & Electric): Oct 4, 4:15 AM PDT· 2 different times posted; the latest Oct 4, 8:45 AM PDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~7 hr start to finish (5 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 2:28 AM PDT.
110county-wide trend of customers without power · last 19 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
Lexington Hills — 9 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 4:15 AM PDT · earliest of the 2 times posted here; the latest is Oct 4, 8:45 AM PDT
Burbank — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 2:00 AM PDT — this time has passed
⚡ No power in Santa Clara, 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 Silicon Valley Power, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Palo Alto 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 Clara County, CA
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 277 customers, restored in ~30 min (heat event).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 17.9 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 11, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Santa Clara County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
2,023 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 43 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~14.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in fall.
That is longer than the California norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~8.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~145,840 customers out in February 2024, restored after about 5.2 days. 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 Clara County include San Jose, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Milpitas, Palo Alto, Gilroy, Cupertino and Morgan Hill. 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 Clara County, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Santa Clara include Pacific Gas & Electric, Silicon Valley Power and City of Palo Alto — 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.
