When will the power be back in Richmond, KY?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Richmond is a city of about 39,581 residents in Madison County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Richmond by name, so this page reports the Madison County county-wide view, which covers Richmond. If a serving utility does name Richmond during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Richmond:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Richmond: the closest other places we track are Berea, about 10 miles to the south; Nicholasville, about 19 miles to the northwest; Winchester, about 20 miles to the north; and Lexington, about 23 miles to the north. Also nearby: Danville (27 mi W), Versailles (32 mi NW), Paris (33 mi N), Georgetown (37 mi N), Lawrenceburg (39 mi NW), Frankfort (45 mi NW), Somerset (48 mi S) and Shelbyville (61 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Alexandria (85 mi); northeast toward Portsmouth, OH (102 mi); southeast toward Morristown, TN (119 mi); southwest toward Campbellsville (64 mi); west toward Bardstown (64 mi); and northwest toward La Grange (75 mi).
Who serves Richmond?
We track live outage data from LG&E and KU, Blue Grass Energy ↗, Inter County Energy Cooperative Corp and Jackson Energy Cooperative in Madison County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Clark Energy Cooperative and City of Berea Municipal Utility also serve parts of Madison County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Richmond's last tracked outage began Aug 25, peaked at 102 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours.
- Aug 25 — 102 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Madison County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Madison County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Richmond, KY?
To check your own street, search a Richmond ZIP code — 40475 or 40476 — and the map opens on that area.
