Power Outages in Santa Barbara County, CA
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Santa Barbara County, CA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.9 hours.
Santa Barbara County, CA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
No active power outages are currently reported in Santa Barbara County.
- Beach Hazards StatementMODERATE
Santa Barbara County has been under 55 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Beach Hazards Statement on July 20, 2026.
- Beach Hazards Statement ×16
- Heat Advisory ×13
- Extreme Heat Warning ×12
- Extreme Heat Watch ×8
- Red Flag Warning ×2
- Wind Advisory ×2
Latest Santa Barbara County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 23m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 567 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,515 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Santa Barbara County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Santa Mariano active outage
- Santa Barbarano active outage
- Lompocno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Santa Barbara County went about 5.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 56,650 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 12,480 customers out) · decade average 5.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 463 | 19,069 | 2.3 |
| 2016 | 440 | 13,095 | 2.3 |
| 2017 | 425 | 56,650 | 4.6 |
| 2018 | 502 | 13,902 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 463 | 22,471 | 5.9 |
| 2020 | 502 | 20,656 | 6.1 |
| 2021 | 482 | 7,938 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | 430 | 9,917 | 6.6 |
| 2023 | 318 | 12,480 | 6.7 |
| 2024 | 442 | 14,203 | 4.7 |
| 2025 | 424 | 8,559 | 5.9 |
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 0.4% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 5.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Santa Barbara County: FAQ
- How often does Santa Barbara County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Santa Barbara County, CA logged 424 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Santa Barbara County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 56,650 customers without power, beginning December 4, 2017 and lasting about 16h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Santa Barbara County, CA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Santa Barbara County, CA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Santa Barbara County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include PGE, SCE.
Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Lompoc. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Santa Barbara County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Santa Barbara County.
93013, 93067, 93101, 93103, 93105, 93106, 93108, 93109, 93110, 93111, 93117, 93254, 93427, 93429, 93434, 93436, 93437, 93440, 93441, 93454, 93455, 93458, 93460, 93463
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/06083 and /api/v1/counties/06083/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers).