When will the power be back in Santa Cruz, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Santa Cruz County, California

No significant county-wide outage reported in Santa Cruz, CA right now.

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Elsewhere in California: 6,462 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 5:01 PM PDT.

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What we track for Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is a city of about 62,581 residents in Santa Cruz County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Santa Cruz by name, so this page reports the Santa Cruz County county-wide view, which covers Santa Cruz. If a serving utility does name Santa Cruz during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Santa Cruz:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Santa Cruz: the closest other places we track are Scotts Valley, about 6 miles to the north; Watsonville, about 15 miles to the east; Los Gatos, about 18 miles to the north; and Saratoga, about 20 miles to the north. Also nearby: Campbell (22 mi N), Cupertino (24 mi N), Marina (24 mi SE), Morgan Hill (24 mi NE), San Jose (25 mi NE), Gilroy (25 mi E), Pacific Grove (25 mi S) and Seaside (27 mi SE).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Santa Clara (27 mi); northeast toward Patterson (60 mi); east toward Hollister (36 mi); southeast toward Salinas (30 mi); south toward Monterey (27 mi); and northwest toward Half Moon Bay (41 mi).

Who serves Santa Cruz?

We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in Santa Cruz County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Central Coast Community Energy also serves parts of Santa Cruz County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.

Recent outages tracked in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 48 customers out, and was restored in 9 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.

Oct 6 — 48 customers out, restored in 9 hours
Sep 30 — 29 customers out, restored in 3 hours
Sep 30 — 902 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Sep 28 — 39 customers out, restored in 7 hours

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.

County context: across all of Santa Cruz County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 7.3 hr. The full record for Santa Cruz County

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Santa Cruz, 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 Santa Cruz'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 Santa Cruz, CA?

To check your own street, search a Santa Cruz ZIP code — 95060, 95061, 95062, 95063, 95064 or 95065 — and the map opens on that area.

Nearby & related

Scotts Valley · Watsonville

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