When will the power be back in Frankfort, KY?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Frankfort is a city of about 28,610 residents in Franklin County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Frankfort by name, so this page reports the Franklin County county-wide view, which covers Frankfort. If a serving utility does name Frankfort during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Frankfort:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Frankfort: the closest other places we track are Shelbyville, about 20 miles to the west; Lexington, about 24 miles to the southeast; Nicholasville, about 26 miles to the southeast; and Mount Washington, about 39 miles to the west. Also nearby: Bardstown (41 mi SW); Jeffersonville, IN (47 mi W); Shepherdsville (48 mi W); Madison, IN (49 mi NW); Clarksville, IN (50 mi W); Berea (52 mi SE); New Albany, IN (53 mi W); and Independence (55 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Florence (56 mi); northeast toward Alexandria (59 mi); east toward Portsmouth, OH (111 mi); south toward Somerset (78 mi); southwest toward Radcliff (64 mi); west toward Owensboro (126 mi); and northwest toward Seymour, IN (76 mi).
Who serves Frankfort?
We track live outage data from Blue Grass Energy ↗, Shelby Energy Cooperative, and LG&E and KU in Franklin County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Frankfort also serves parts of Franklin County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Frankfort's last tracked outage began Oct 7, peaked at 68 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 7 — 68 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 20 — 47 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 11 — 117 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 5 — 295 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Franklin County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Franklin County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Frankfort, 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 Frankfort's own record: across the 6 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 Frankfort, KY?
To check your own street, search a Frankfort ZIP code — 40601, 40602, 40603, 40604, 40618, 40619 or any of the other 3 — and the map opens on that area.
