When will the power be back in Polk County, FL?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Polk County, FL right now.

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Elsewhere in Florida: 1,073 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 3:31 AM EDT.

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Who serves Polk County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Tampa Electric, Duke Energy Florida, Lakeland Electric ↗ and Withlacoochee River EC, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Bartow, Peace River Electric Cooperative and City of Fort Meade also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Polk County, FL

⚡ Power here was restored about 41 hours ago — the outage peaked at 202 customers.

Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 202 customers, restored in ~2 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 37 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.5 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 28, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Polk County, FL

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 2,463 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 13 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~4 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~209,976 customers out in October 2024, restored after about 5.1 days. The busiest year on record here was 2019.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Cities we track in Polk County

Auburndale · Bartow · Davenport · Haines City · Lake Wales · Lakeland · Winter Haven

Communities in Polk County include Lakeland, Winter Haven, Haines City, Bartow, Auburndale, Lake Wales, Davenport and Lake Alfred. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Polk County, FL?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Polk include Tampa Electric, Duke Energy Florida, Lakeland Electric and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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