Power Outages in Los Angeles County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 471 customers are without power in Los Angeles County, CA across 17 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.2 hours.
Los Angeles County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
- High Surf AdvisoryMINOR
- High Surf AdvisoryMINOR
Los Angeles County has been under 65 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a High Surf Advisory on July 20, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×19
- Beach Hazards Statement ×14
- Extreme Heat Warning ×12
- Extreme Heat Watch ×12
- High Surf Advisory ×3
- Red Flag Warning ×2
Latest Los Angeles County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 727 customers out (0.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 7h 8m
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,191 customers out (0.0% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 779 customers out (0.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 673 customers out (0.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 20h 52m
Hardest-hit cities in Los Angeles County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Los Angeles Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Los Angeles County went about 10.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,717,886 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 1,717,886 customers out) · decade average 4.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 38 | 34,780 | 5.4 |
| 2016 | 91 | 104,866 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 54 | 44,327 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 44 | 109,409 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 12 | 108,111 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 133,885 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 12 | 114,577 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 5 | 93,099 | 4.2 |
| 2023 | 7 | 46,663 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 29 | 40,281 | 3.4 |
| 2025 | 45 | 1,717,886 | 10.2 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 0.7% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Very High wildfire exposure · 4.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Los Angeles County: FAQ
- How often does Los Angeles County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Los Angeles County, CA logged 45 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Los Angeles County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,717,886 customers without power, beginning January 8, 2025 and lasting about 71d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Los Angeles County, CA right now?
- Yes — about 471 customers are currently without power across 17 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Los Angeles County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include SCE.
Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Clarita, Glendale, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pomona, Torrance, Pasadena, Downey, West Covina, El Monte, Inglewood, Burbank, Norwalk, Carson, Compton, South Gate, Santa Monica, Whittier, Hawthorne, Alhambra, Lakewood, Bellflower, Baldwin Park, Redondo Beach, Lynwood, Montebello, Pico Rivera, Gardena, and more. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Los Angeles County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Los Angeles County (showing 40 of 295).
90001, 90002, 90003, 90004, 90005, 90006, 90007, 90008, 90010, 90011, 90012, 90013, 90014, 90015, 90016, 90017, 90018, 90019, 90020, 90021, 90022, 90023, 90024, 90025, 90026, 90027, 90028, 90029, 90031, 90032, 90033, 90034, 90035, 90036, 90037, 90038, 90039, 90040, 90041, 90042
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCE | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/06037 and /api/v1/counties/06037/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .