Power Outages in Santa Clara County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 196 customers are without power in Santa Clara County, CA across 12 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.4 hours.
Santa Clara County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Santa Clara County right now.
Santa Clara County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Tsunami Warning on July 16, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×8
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Santa Clara County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 6m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 799 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 57m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 583 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 5m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 626 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 25m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,643 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Santa Clara County went about 3.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 145,840 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 138,982 customers out) · decade average 3.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35 | 1,167 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 85 | 4,868 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | 15 | 314 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 152 | 19,587 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 186 | 36,001 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 374 | 34,460 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 128 | 39,108 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 154 | 50,309 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 57 | 138,982 | 10.7 |
| 2024 | 66 | 145,840 | 7.8 |
| 2025 | 100 | 40,070 | 3.4 |
Relatively Moderate wildfire exposure · 3.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Santa Clara County: FAQ
- How often does Santa Clara County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Santa Clara County, CA logged 100 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Santa Clara County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 145,840 customers without power, beginning January 21, 2024 and lasting about 49d 18h.
- Is there a power outage in Santa Clara County, CA right now?
- Yes — about 196 customers are currently without power across 12 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Santa Clara County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include PGE.
San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Milpitas, Palo Alto, Gilroy, Cupertino, Morgan Hill, Campbell. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Santa Clara County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Santa Clara County (showing 40 of 58).
94022, 94024, 94040, 94041, 94043, 94085, 94086, 94087, 94089, 94301, 94303, 94304, 94305, 94306, 95002, 95008, 95013, 95014, 95020, 95030, 95032, 95035, 95037, 95046, 95050, 95051, 95053, 95054, 95070, 95110, 95111, 95112, 95113, 95116, 95117, 95118, 95119, 95120, 95121, 95122
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGE | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/06085 and /api/v1/counties/06085/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .