When will the power be back in Shelton, CT?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Shelton is a city of about 42,805 residents in Fairfield County.
Eversource and United Illuminating have reported outages for Shelton by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Shelton 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 Shelton:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Shelton: the closest other places we track are Derby, about 3 miles to the northeast; Ansonia, about 4 miles to the northeast; Milford, about 7 miles to the southeast; and Bridgeport, about 9 miles to the south. Also nearby: West Haven (9 mi E), New Haven (11 mi E), Naugatuck (13 mi N), Waterbury (18 mi N), Danbury (18 mi W), Norwalk (21 mi SW), Meriden (24 mi NE) and Stamford (27 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Bristol (28 mi); northeast toward Middletown (30 mi); east toward New London (54 mi); south toward Patchogue, NY (38 mi); southwest toward Glen Cove, NY (39 mi); and west toward West Haverstraw, NY (45 mi).
Who serves Shelton?
We track live outage data from Eversource and United Illuminating ↗ in Fairfield County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of South Norwalk and Norwalk Third Taxing District also serve parts of Fairfield County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Shelton's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 87 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 6 — 87 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 1 — 102 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 28 — 44 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 28 — 82 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
County context: across all of Fairfield County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5 hr. The full record for Fairfield County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Shelton, CT?
To check your own street, search a Shelton ZIP code — 06484 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Shelton specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Shelton we have the city-level view: Eversource and United Illuminating have published outages for Shelton under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Shelton is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Fairfield County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Shelton.
