When will the power be back in Pelham, AL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Pelham is a city of about 25,396 residents in Shelby County.
Alabama Power has reported outages for Pelham by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Pelham 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 Pelham:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Pelham: the closest other places we track are Hoover, about 5 miles to the northwest; Chelsea, about 7 miles to the east; Alabaster, about 7 miles to the southwest; and Helena, about 8 miles to the west. Also nearby: Vestavia Hills (10 mi N), Homewood (11 mi N), Mountain Brook (12 mi N), Calera (13 mi S), Bessemer (13 mi W), Birmingham (15 mi N), Irondale (17 mi N) and Hueytown (17 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Center Point (23 mi); northeast toward Leeds (20 mi); east toward Sylacauga (30 mi); southeast toward Alexander City (55 mi); south toward Millbrook (60 mi); west toward Tuscaloosa (45 mi); and northwest toward Jasper (48 mi).
Who serves Pelham?
We track live outage data from Alabama Power in Shelby County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Shelby County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Pelham's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 29 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 2 — 29 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 1 — 68 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 26 — 51 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 24 — 65 customers out, restored in 6 hours
County context: across all of Shelby County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.3 hr. The full record for Shelby County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Pelham, AL?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Pelham's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Pelham, AL?
To check your own street, search a Pelham ZIP code — 35124 — and the map opens on that area.
