When will the power be back in San Jose, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
San Jose is a city of about 997,368 residents in Santa Clara County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for San Jose by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when San Jose 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 San Jose:
+ 46 more ZIP codes in San Jose
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around San Jose: the closest other places we track are Campbell, about 6 miles to the west; Los Gatos, about 8 miles to the southwest; Santa Clara, about 8 miles to the northwest; and Milpitas, about 9 miles to the north. Also nearby: Saratoga (10 mi W), Cupertino (11 mi W), Sunnyvale (11 mi NW), Los Altos (14 mi W), Mountain View (14 mi NW), Morgan Hill (16 mi SE), Fremont (17 mi NW) and Scotts Valley (19 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Pleasanton (25 mi); northeast toward Tracy (37 mi); east toward Patterson (40 mi); southeast toward Gilroy (25 mi); south toward Watsonville (27 mi); southwest toward Santa Cruz (25 mi); west toward Half Moon Bay (34 mi); and northwest toward Menlo Park (21 mi).
Who serves San Jose?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric and Silicon Valley Power in Santa Clara County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Palo Alto also serves parts of Santa Clara County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
San Jose's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 67 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.
- Oct 6 — 67 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Oct 6 — 232 customers out, restored in 18 hours
- Oct 4 — 227 customers out, restored in 28 hours
- Oct 4 — 136 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of Santa Clara County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 14.8 hr. The full record for Santa Clara County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in San Jose, 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 San Jose's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in San Jose, CA?
To check your own street, search a San Jose ZIP code — 95025, 95101, 95103, 95106, 95108, 95109 or any of the other 52 — and the map opens on that area.
