Power Outages in San Diego County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 154 customers are without power in San Diego County, CA across 5 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.8 hours.
San Diego County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
- High Surf AdvisoryMINOR
San Diego County has been under 36 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a High Surf Advisory on July 20, 2026.
- Extreme Heat Warning ×12
- Beach Hazards Statement ×8
- Heat Advisory ×7
- Extreme Heat Watch ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- High Surf Advisory ×2
Latest San Diego County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 12m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 508 customers out (0.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 44m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 800 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 5m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 589 customers out (0.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 44m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 899 customers out (0.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in San Diego 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 San Diego Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in San Diego County went about 3.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 74,451 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 74,451 customers out) · decade average 3.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 355 | 68,549 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 287 | 47,182 | 2.2 |
| 2017 | 272 | 47,419 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 270 | 30,030 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 258 | 32,212 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 281 | 74,451 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 253 | 23,208 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 248 | 62,342 | 2.6 |
| 2023 | 219 | 21,564 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 276 | 51,858 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 275 | 20,338 | 3.8 |
Very High wildfire exposure · 3.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in San Diego County: FAQ
- How often does San Diego County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, San Diego County, CA logged 275 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in San Diego County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 74,451 customers without power, beginning November 30, 2020 and lasting about 10d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in San Diego County, CA right now?
- Yes — about 154 customers are currently without power across 5 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve San Diego County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include SDGE.
San Diego, Chula Vista, Oceanside, Escondido, Carlsbad, El Cajon, Vista, San Marcos, Encinitas, La Mesa, Santee, National City, Poway. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the San Diego County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within San Diego County (showing 40 of 115).
91901, 91902, 91905, 91906, 91910, 91911, 91913, 91914, 91915, 91916, 91917, 91931, 91932, 91934, 91935, 91941, 91942, 91945, 91948, 91950, 91962, 91963, 91977, 91978, 91980, 92003, 92004, 92007, 92008, 92009, 92010, 92011, 92014, 92019, 92020, 92021, 92024, 92025, 92026, 92027
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| SDGE | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/06073 and /api/v1/counties/06073/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .