When will the power be back in Ventura County, CA?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · California
98
customers reported out in Ventura County, CA
168 reported outages · county-wide data
Combined from the live data of the utilities serving this county — the slower nationwide tally shows 73,840.
⚡ Possible power cycling — outage reports here keep going up and down in a pattern that can mean the utility is rotating outages. We're not certain: this is read from the data, not an official utility announcement.
Earliest posted restoration time (Southern California Edison): Oct 16, 11:30 PM PDT · 3 different times posted; the latest Oct 17, 10:00 AM PDT
County-wide restoration outlook: grew sharply just now — past outages here of 200+ customers in the same kind of weather ran ~1 day start to finish (16 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Updated 11:13 PM PDT.
098 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 40 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
Oxnard — 67 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 17, 6:30 AM PDT
El Rio — 19 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 16, 11:30 PM PDT
San Buenaventura — 12 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 17, 10:00 AM PDT
⚡ No power in Ventura, 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.
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Who serves Ventura County?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Southern California Edison, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. This is the utility we track here, not necessarily the only one serving it — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Ventura County, CA
Last significant outage: Oct 15, 2026 — peaked at 8,716 customers, restored in ~33.5 hr (heat event).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 18.5 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (40)
| Began | Peak out | Restored in | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 8,716 | ~33.5 hr | heat event |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 7,028 | ~14.2 hr | heat event |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 3,695 | ~24.8 hr | no severe weather |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2,747 | ~13.3 hr | no severe weather |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 2,260 | ~14.2 hr | no severe weather |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 4,900 | ~13 hr | heat event |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 320 | ~5.8 hr | heat event |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 2,821 | ~2.3 days | heat event |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1,091 | ~35 hr | heat event |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 805 | ~13.5 hr | heat event |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2,755 | ~37 hr | heat event |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 270 | ~16.5 hr | wind/storm |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 2,193 | ~24.3 hr | wind/storm |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 479 | ~2 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 1,567 | ~38.5 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 3,233 | ~9.3 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 2,929 | ~12.8 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 263 | ~15 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 243 | ~4.8 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 3,572 | ~1.5 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 1,228 | ~36.2 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 1,220 | ~35.7 hr | weather alert |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 1,679 | ~18 hr | no severe weather |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 3,443 | ~28.8 hr | wind/storm |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1,996 | ~17.3 hr | wind/storm |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 597 | ~10.8 hr | wind/storm |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 2,358 | ~41 hr | heat event |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 4,385 | ~2 days | heat event |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 375 | ~30.2 hr | heat event |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2,937 | ~7.8 hr | weather alert |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 3,209 | ~19 hr | weather alert |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 2,761 | ~42 hr | weather alert |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 3,261 | ~14.3 hr | no severe weather |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 9,524 | ~23 hr | weather alert |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2,413 | ~26.8 hr | weather alert |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 269 | ~14 hr | heat event |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 3,213 | ~20.2 hr | heat event |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 514 | ~6.8 hr | heat event |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 2,925 | ~27.5 hr | heat event |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 2,455 | ~19.8 hr | heat event |
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 24, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Ventura County, CA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
3,252 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 58 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~9.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~661,704 customers out in January 2025, restored after about 2.5 days. The busiest year on record here was 2025.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than
half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period
than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Cities with their own pages in Ventura County
Communities in Ventura County include Oxnard, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, San Buenaventura (Ventura), Camarillo, Moorpark, Santa Paula and Port Hueneme. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
This page also serves Ventura: its outages are counted in this county's total.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Ventura County, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Ventura include Southern California Edison — 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.
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