When will the power be back in Punta Gorda, FL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Punta Gorda is a city of about 20,416 residents in Charlotte County.
Florida Power & Light has reported outages for Punta Gorda by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Punta Gorda: the closest other places we track are North Port, about 14 miles to the northwest; Cape Coral, about 18 miles to the south; Fort Myers, about 24 miles to the southeast; and Venice, about 26 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Estero (36 mi SE), Bonita Springs (41 mi SE), Sarasota (42 mi NW), Bradenton (52 mi NW), Palmetto (54 mi NW), Naples (54 mi S), Sebring (55 mi NE) and Avon Park (59 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lake Wales (76 mi); northeast toward St. Cloud (104 mi); east toward Belle Glade (87 mi); southeast toward Weston (116 mi); south toward Marco Island (70 mi); and northwest toward St. Petersburg (70 mi).
Who serves Punta Gorda?
We track live outage data from Florida Power & Light and Lee County Electric Cooperative in Charlotte County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Punta Gorda's last tracked outage began Sep 14, peaked at 48 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 14 — 48 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 12 — 100 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 5 — 27 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Aug 25 — 34 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Charlotte County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Charlotte County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Punta Gorda, FL?
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 Punta Gorda's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Punta Gorda, FL?
To check your own street, search a Punta Gorda ZIP code — 33950, 33951, 33955, 33980, 33982 or 33983 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Punta Gorda specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Punta Gorda we have the city-level view: Florida Power & Light has published outages for Punta Gorda under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-29. When Punta Gorda is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Charlotte County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Punta Gorda.
