When will the power be back in Lexington, KY?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Lexington is a city of about 329,437 residents in Fayette County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Lexington by name, so this page reports the Fayette County county-wide view, which covers Lexington. If a serving utility does name Lexington during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Lexington:
+ 27 more ZIP codes in Lexington
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lexington: the closest other places we track are Nicholasville, about 12 miles to the southwest; Frankfort, about 24 miles to the northwest; Berea, about 33 miles to the south; and Shelbyville, about 44 miles to the west. Also nearby: Bardstown (56 mi W), Mount Washington (60 mi W), Independence (63 mi N), Alexandria (64 mi N), Florence (66 mi N), Somerset (67 mi S), Shepherdsville (68 mi W) and Campbellsville (69 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fort Thomas (72 mi); northeast toward Portsmouth, OH (96 mi); east toward Ironton, OH (102 mi); southeast toward Morristown, TN (142 mi); southwest toward Bowling Green (131 mi); west toward Jeffersonville, IN (71 mi); and northwest toward Madison, IN (71 mi).
Who serves Lexington?
We track live outage data from LG&E and KU and Blue Grass Energy ↗ in Fayette County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Clark Energy Cooperative also serves parts of Fayette County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Lexington's last tracked outage began Oct 4, peaked at 57 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 4 — 57 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 20 — 26 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Sep 7 — 185 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Fayette County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Fayette County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Lexington, KY?
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 Lexington's own record: across the 3 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 Lexington, KY?
To check your own street, search a Lexington ZIP code — 40502, 40503, 40504, 40505, 40506, 40507 or any of the other 33 — and the map opens on that area.
