When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Lexington-Fayette, KY?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Fayette County, Kentucky
No significant county-wide outage reported · updated 11:00 PM EDT.
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Elsewhere in Kentucky: 73 customers reported out — statewide status.
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Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Lexington-Fayette is a city in Fayette County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Lexington-Fayette directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Lexington-Fayette

Lexington-Fayette 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-Fayette by name, so this page reports the Fayette County county-wide view, which covers Lexington-Fayette. If a serving utility does name Lexington-Fayette during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

Around Lexington-Fayette: the closest other places we track are Nicholasville, about 12 miles to the southwest; Georgetown, about 14 miles to the north; Paris, about 15 miles to the northeast; Richmond, about 23 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Lawrenceburg (24 mi W), Frankfort (24 mi NW), Berea (33 mi S), Danville (33 mi SW), Shelbyville (44 mi W), La Grange (56 mi NW), Bardstown (56 mi W), Mount Washington (60 mi W). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Independence (63 mi); northeast toward Portsmouth, OH (96 mi); east toward Ironton, OH (102 mi); south toward Somerset (67 mi); southwest toward Campbellsville (69 mi); west toward Jeffersontown (61 mi); northwest toward Madison, IN (71 mi).

Who serves Lexington-Fayette?

We track live outage data from LG&E and KU ↗ in Fayette County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Outage history — Fayette County, KY (covers Lexington-Fayette)
Last significant outage: Aug 17, 2026 — peaked at 6,253 customers, restored in ~17.5 hr (weather alert).
Across the 6 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 14.7 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 — Fayette County, KY (covers Lexington-Fayette)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 970 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 19 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~111,273 customers out in November 2025, restored after about 3.3 hr. 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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Lexington-Fayette, KY?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Lexington-Fayette area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Lexington-Fayette, KY?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Lexington-Fayette area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Lexington-Fayette, KY?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Fayette County include LG&E and KU; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Lexington-Fayette specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Fayette County county-wide view, which covers Lexington-Fayette. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Lexington-Fayette by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Lexington-Fayette. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Nicholasville (12 mi SW) is the closest place we track separately.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

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Lexington-Fayette, KY — live power outage tracker