Power Outages in Riverside County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 56 customers are without power in Riverside County, CA across 2 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 12.0 hours.
Riverside County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Riverside County right now.
Riverside County has been under 20 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 16, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×15
- Extreme Heat Watch ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Riverside County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 38m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 2,519 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 5,309 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 44m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 558 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 527 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 49m
Hardest-hit cities in Riverside 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 Riverside Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Riverside County went about 12.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 105,557 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 105,557 customers out) · decade average 4.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 407 | 16,984 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 416 | 20,239 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 397 | 15,795 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 430 | 38,539 | 3.3 |
| 2019 | 343 | 25,264 | 3.8 |
| 2020 | 191 | 69,172 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 219 | 35,291 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 187 | 17,255 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 283 | 20,052 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 251 | 14,151 | 4.3 |
| 2025 | 315 | 105,557 | 12.0 |
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 0.2% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Very High wildfire exposure · 4.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Riverside County: FAQ
- How often does Riverside County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Riverside County, CA logged 315 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 12.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Riverside County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 105,557 customers without power, beginning January 8, 2025 and lasting about 8d 19h.
- Is there a power outage in Riverside County, CA right now?
- Yes — about 56 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Riverside County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include SCE.
Riverside, Moreno Valley, Corona, Menifee, Murrieta, Temecula, Jurupa Valley, Indio, Hemet, Perris, Lake Elsinore, Eastvale, Beaumont, San Jacinto, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Coachella. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Riverside County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Riverside County (showing 40 of 71).
91752, 92201, 92203, 92210, 92211, 92220, 92223, 92225, 92230, 92234, 92236, 92239, 92240, 92241, 92253, 92254, 92258, 92260, 92262, 92264, 92270, 92274, 92276, 92282, 92320, 92501, 92503, 92504, 92505, 92506, 92507, 92508, 92509, 92518, 92521, 92530, 92532, 92536, 92539, 92543
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/06065 and /api/v1/counties/06065/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .