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Power Outages in San Diego County, CA

Is there a power outage in San Diego County, CA right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC, no outages are reported by Imperial Irrigation District, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Diego Gas & Electric Co and Southern California Edison Co in San Diego County, CA. There is no live feed for City of Escondido - (CA).

San Diego County, CA is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.8 hours.

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No active outages are reported by Imperial Irrigation District, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Diego Gas & Electric Co and Southern California Edison Co in San Diego County.

No live feed for City of Escondido - (CA): outages in itsservice area won't show here.

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No outage contact on file for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison Co, Imperial Irrigation District and City of Escondido - (CA); check your electric bill or the utility's website.

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Live status by utility · San Diego County

0.0%of this county's ~1,384,956 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: City of Escondido - (CA). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Imperial Irrigation DistrictLive · county0---0-
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Live · county0---0-
San Diego Gas & Electric CoLive · county0---0-
Southern California Edison CoLive · county0---0-
City of Escondido - (CA)No live feedcan't see------

Imperial Irrigation District, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Diego Gas & Electric Co and Southern California Edison Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in San Diego Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.

Power-dependent
19,701
Oxygen service
2,942
Dialysis (facility)
3,334
Home health / hospice
4,182
By ZIP code (99)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
91911491≤1128814
9215447112285≤11
919104651626917
92021463≤11295≤11
92071398≤11257≤11
92114395≤1120015
9202039114225≤11
9205637819220≤11
91950366≤11192≤11
91977354≤1122415
9202833112198≤11
92057318≤11180≤11
92019316≤11187≤11
9208430612167≤11
92078305≤11177≤11
9202630513205≤11
92128304≤11185≤11
92040302≤11203≤11
92027301≤11188≤11
92126295≤11150≤11
92105292≤11162≤11
92064292≤11178≤11
92117291≤11180≤11
92115290≤11160≤11
92065266≤11185≤11
9202526513158≤11
91942256≤11135≤11
92024254≤11128≤11
92101234≤11136≤11
92129231≤11127≤11
92111230≤11121≤11
92173219≤11130≤11
92139215≤1111513
91913205≤11107≤11
92120203≤11124≤11
92069201≤11119≤11
91941200≤11112≤11
92672194≤11115≤11
92054190≤11107≤11
92037190≤11105≤11
92122188≤11101≤11
92009182≤1194≤11
92103180≤11105≤11
92113174≤11100≤11
92119173≤1196≤11
91945170≤11105≤11
92008159≤1184≤11
92127155≤1182≤11
92123154≤1180≤11
92130153≤1173≤11
92102152≤1184≤11
91932150≤1192≤11
92083143≤1184≤11
92029143≤1185≤11
92058141≤1183≤11
92109140≤11800
92131139≤1169≤11
91902136≤1176≤11
92104135≤1173≤11
92082133≤1196≤11
92081133≤1179≤11
91901127≤1183≤11
92110126≤1171≤11
92124121≤1158≤11
92011103≤1160≤11
92118101≤1156≤11
92107101≤11680
91915100≤1140≤11
9211698≤1149≤11
9210696≤1156≤11
9201096≤1155≤11
9210885≤1149≤11
9201481≤11360
9197880≤1146≤11
9207576≤1141≤11
9193566≤1138≤11
9206764≤1131≤11
9191459≤1125≤11
92007350130
9200335≤1121≤11
9190632023≤11
9196230022≤11
92036290240
9200429≤1121≤11
91905270180
9191619014≤11
9206118014≤11
92086160≤110
9207014≤11≤110
91917130≤110
9209112≤11≤110
92145≤11000
92121≤110≤110
92066≤110≤11≤11
92059≤110≤11≤11
91980≤110≤11≤11
91963≤110≤110
91946≤110≤11≤11
91934≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for San Diego County, CA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for San Diego County or any town and utility in it.

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS
  • Beach Hazards StatementMODERATE
Recent NWS alert activity · San Diego County

San Diego County has been under 132 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Beach Hazards Statement on October 19, 2026.

  • Beach Hazards Statement ×32
  • Coastal Flood Advisory ×21
  • Extreme Heat Warning ×19
  • Flood Advisory ×9
  • Coastal Flood Warning ×8
  • Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×8

Latest San Diego County, CA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 11h 15m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 728 customers out

  3. GREW

    Outage grew to 1,247 customers out (0.1% of the county)

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 508 customers out

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,354 customers out (0.1% of the county)

Outage trend · San Diego County, CA
0customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 18:50 UTC
San Diego County, CA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 18:50 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.816 PMOct 196 AM12 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in San Diego County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • San Diegono outage reported
  • Chula Vistano outage reported
  • Oceansideno outage reported
  • Escondidono outage reported
  • Carlsbadno outage reported
  • El Cajonno outage reported

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.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports California utilities averaged 6.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 3.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
San Diego County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.8h, 2016 2.2h, 2017 2.8h, 2018 2.9h, 2019 3.1h, 2020 4.6h, 2021 2.9h, 2022 2.6h, 2023 2.6h, 2024 4.0h, 2025 3.8h. Highlighted: 2020.02461.8h20152.2h20162.8h20172.9h20183.1h20194.6h20202.9h20212.6h20222.6h20234.0h20243.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 74,451 customers out) · decade average 3.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201535568,5491.8
201628747,1822.2
201727247,4192.8
201827030,0302.9
201925832,2123.1
202028174,4514.6
202125323,2082.9
202224862,3422.6
202321921,5642.6
202427651,8584.0
202527520,3383.8

Cost of power in San Diego County

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Estimated residential electricity price for San Diego County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.

33.8¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 97% since 2015
vs California avg 33.6¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
November 30, 202074,45110d 6h
September 20, 201568,5492h
October 4, 202262,34215h 15m
December 8, 202451,8584d 15h
August 3, 202051,30813d 8h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High wildfire exposure · 3.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

WildfireVery High
FloodingVery High
Heat waveRelatively High
EarthquakeRelatively High
Strong windRelatively Moderate
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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?
None reported. As of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC, no outages are reported by Imperial Irrigation District, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Diego Gas & Electric Co and Southern California Edison Co in San Diego County, CA. There is no live feed for City of Escondido - (CA).
Which utilities serve San Diego County, CA?
Tracked electric providers include San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
Nearby counties
Imperial CountyOrange CountyRiverside County
Cities & towns in San Diego County

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.

ZIP codes in San Diego County

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. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in San Diego County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in California →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.4.5 hrsLive · county-
Southern California Edison Co9.1 hrsLive · county-
Imperial Irrigation District1.9 hrsLive · county-
San Diego Gas & Electric Co2.2 hrsLive · countyOutage map ↗
City of Escondido - (CA)-No live feed-

Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/06073 and /api/v1/counties/06073/history.