When will the power be back in Chelsea, AL?

Chelsea is a city of about 17,293 residents in Shelby County.

Alabama Power has reported outages for Chelsea by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Chelsea is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

ZIP codes in Chelsea:

• 35043

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Chelsea: the closest other places we track are Pelham, about 7 miles to the west; Alabaster, about 13 miles to the southwest; Calera, about 14 miles to the southwest; and Helena, about 15 miles to the west. Also nearby: Leeds (17 mi N), Birmingham (18 mi NW), Bessemer (20 mi W), Moody (21 mi N), Trussville (23 mi N), Sylacauga (23 mi SE), Gardendale (27 mi N) and Pell City (27 mi NE).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Huntsville (96 mi); northeast toward Oxford (48 mi); east toward Talladega (32 mi); southeast toward Alexander City (48 mi); south toward Millbrook (58 mi); southwest toward Meridian, MS (136 mi); west toward Tuscaloosa (52 mi); and northwest toward Jasper (53 mi).

Chelsea's last tracked outage began Oct 10, peaked at 256 customers out, and was restored in 16 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.

• Oct 10 — 256 customers out, restored in 16 hours
• Oct 7 — 63 customers out, restored in 3 hours
• Oct 6 — 64 customers out, restored in 4 hours
• Sep 22 — 70 customers out, restored in 7 hours