When will the power be back in Tavares, FL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Tavares is a city of about 22,007 residents in Lake County.
Duke Energy Florida has reported outages for Tavares by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Tavares 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 Tavares:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Tavares: the closest other places we track are Eustis, about 6 miles to the northeast; Mount Dora, about 6 miles to the east; Leesburg, about 10 miles to the west; and Minneola, about 13 miles to the south. Also nearby: Groveland (14 mi SW), Apopka (14 mi SE), Lady Lake (15 mi NW), Wildwood (17 mi W), Clermont (18 mi S), Ocoee (19 mi SE), Winter Garden (19 mi SE) and Altamonte Springs (23 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Palatka (59 mi); northeast toward DeLand (31 mi); east toward Longwood (24 mi); southeast toward Maitland (25 mi); south toward Davenport (44 mi); southwest toward Zephyrhills (47 mi); and northwest toward Ocala (37 mi).
Who serves Tavares?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Florida, SECO Energy ↗, City of Leesburg Electric ↗ and Clay Electric Cooperative in Lake County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Mount Dora also serves parts of Lake County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Tavares's last tracked outage began Sep 12, peaked at 91 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 12 — 91 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 4 — 247 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 3 — 59 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 29 — 110 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Lake County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Lake County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Tavares, 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 Tavares's own record: across the 4 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 Tavares, FL?
To check your own street, search a Tavares ZIP code — 32778 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Tavares specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Tavares we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Florida has published outages for Tavares under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Tavares is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Lake County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Tavares.
