Power Outages in Santa Cruz County, CA
As of July 18, 2026 19:53 UTC, about 16 customers are without power in Santa Cruz County, CA across 3 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.0 hours.
Santa Cruz County, CA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Santa Cruz County right now.
Santa Cruz County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Tsunami Warning on July 16, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×6
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Santa Cruz County, CA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 17m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,452 customers out (2.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 37m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,476 customers out (1.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 28m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,127 customers out (0.9% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 38m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,143 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Santa Cruz 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 Cruz Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Santa Cruz County went about 14.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 89,427 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 30,226 customers out) · decade average 21.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 246 | 7,174 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 312 | 57,052 | 35.7 |
| 2020 | 577 | 89,427 | 37.9 |
| 2021 | 363 | 23,302 | 22.3 |
| 2022 | 440 | 17,663 | 10.2 |
| 2023 | 346 | 30,226 | 47.4 |
| 2024 | 388 | 36,292 | 24.0 |
| 2025 | 452 | 26,822 | 14.0 |
Relatively Moderate wildfire exposure · 21.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Santa Cruz County: FAQ
- How often does Santa Cruz County, CA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Santa Cruz County, CA logged 452 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Santa Cruz County, CA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 89,427 customers without power, beginning August 14, 2020 and lasting about 36d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Santa Cruz County, CA right now?
- Yes — about 16 customers are currently without power across 3 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Santa Cruz County, CA?
- Tracked electric providers include PGE.
Santa Cruz, Watsonville. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Santa Cruz County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Santa Cruz County.
95003, 95005, 95006, 95007, 95010, 95017, 95018, 95019, 95033, 95041, 95060, 95062, 95064, 95065, 95066, 95073, 95076
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/06087 and /api/v1/counties/06087/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of California customers). Live data as of .