When's the Power Back?

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: 9,042 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 12:01 AM EDT.
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Who serves Polk County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Duke Energy Florida, Lakeland Electric ↗, Tampa 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
Last significant outage: Oct 9, 2026 — peaked at 1,048 customers, restored in ~1 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 36 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.5 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (36)
BeganPeak outRestored inWeather
Oct 9, 20261,048~1 hrno severe weather
Oct 7, 2026320~9 hrno severe weather
Oct 6, 2026807~4.8 hrno severe weather
Oct 5, 2026278~8 hrno severe weather
Oct 2, 2026202~2 hrno severe weather
Sep 30, 2026318~10 hrno severe weather
Sep 26, 2026513~1 hrno severe weather
Sep 19, 2026307~18 hrno severe weather
Sep 18, 20261,130~1 hrno severe weather
Sep 17, 20262,369~12.5 hrno severe weather
Sep 14, 2026892~42 minno severe weather
Sep 13, 2026656~3.5 hrno severe weather
Sep 12, 20261,731~4.5 hrwind/storm
Sep 11, 2026513~10 hrweather alert
Sep 10, 20261,426~17.8 hrweather alert
Sep 7, 2026394~13 hrweather alert
Sep 4, 2026790~3 hrno severe weather
Sep 3, 20261,115~7.5 hrweather alert
Sep 2, 20262,046~14 hrno severe weather
Aug 30, 2026346~1.7 hrno severe weather
Aug 29, 2026743~5 hrweather alert
Aug 27, 20261,511~2.5 hrno severe weather
Aug 26, 20261,080~13.5 hrwind/storm
Aug 21, 20262,178~14.7 hrweather alert
Aug 20, 2026202~15.2 hrheat event
Aug 19, 2026505~1.5 hrheat event
Aug 18, 2026694~3.8 hrheat event
Aug 17, 20261,415~30 minheat event
Aug 16, 2026544~4.5 hrheat event
Aug 15, 20261,093~42 minheat event
Aug 14, 20262,824~4.7 hrheat event
Aug 11, 2026285~8.5 hrheat event
Aug 11, 2026279~3.8 hrheat event
Aug 10, 2026687~3 hrno severe weather
Aug 9, 2026481~2.8 hrno severe weather
Aug 8, 2026436~2 hrno severe weather
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 8, 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, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Cities with their own pages in Polk County
Auburndale · Davenport · Haines City · Lake Wales · 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.

This page also serves Bartow and Lakeland: their outages are counted in this county's total.

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 Duke Energy Florida, Lakeland Electric, Tampa 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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