Power outages in Simi Valley, CA

Live outages the utility reports for Simi Valley addresses, updated every 10 minutes. Simi Valley has 124,861 residents.

Right now

Outages reported

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

2customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Share of customers unknown

At least one utility here doesn't publish how many customers it serves in this area, so we can't show a percentage.

Updated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

Southern California Edison's count for Simi Valley addresses

Utilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.

Southern California Edison2

Outage map

Simi ValleyVentura CountySouthern California Edison publishes totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outage history in Ventura County, which includes Simi Valley

2014–2025 record

Ventura County averaged 48 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for California counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 50. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 3.9 days, starting January 7, 2025.

The largest on record began January 7, 2025, with 127,930 customers out at once.

48significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.

45 minutestypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

3.9 dayslongest on record (January 2025)

127,930most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
January 7, 2025	127,930	3.9 days	2,677,095
January 19, 2021	76,167	2 days	1,655,403
October 5, 2021	74,381	11 hours	600,080
October 28, 2017	33,018	3.5 hours	54,754
January 13, 2025	32,576	3 days	1,267,134

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

Southern California Edison: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.