Is the power out in 93109?

Live answer for ZIP 93109 (Santa Barbara 95% of the ZIP; Santa Barbara County), from PG&E and Southern California Edison, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 93109

We don't have ZIP-level data for 93109.

Santa Barbara County as a whole has 172 customers without power.

Outage map

ZIP 93109Santa Barbara CountyPG&E and Southern California Edison publish 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 Santa Barbara County, which includes 93109

2014–2025 record

Santa Barbara County averaged 41.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for California counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 36. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 15 hours, starting January 12, 2025.

The largest on record began December 5, 2017, with 56,650 customers out at once.

41.7significant 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.

1 hourtypical (median) length

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

18 hourslongest on record (February 2019)

56,650most 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.
December 5, 2017	56,650	1.5 hours	70,302
August 15, 2020	20,656	13 hours	163,222
February 24, 2019	20,617	3 hours	46,164
November 17, 2015	19,069	13 hours	46,950
June 8, 2017	14,205	1.5 hours	12,505

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

PG&E: outage map and reporting
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.