When will the power be back in Baltimore, MD?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence 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 Baltimore, Maryland — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Baltimore is a city in Baltimore; when the serving utility's public feed reports Baltimore directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the city-wide view as context.
Baltimore is a city of about 568,271 residents in Baltimore.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Baltimore by name, so this page reports the Baltimore city-wide view, which covers Baltimore. If a serving utility does name Baltimore during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Baltimore: 21201 · 21202 · 21203 · 21205 · 21206 · 21210 · 21211 · 21212 · 21213 · 21214 · 21215 · 21216 · 21217 · 21218 · 21223 · 21224 · 21229 · 21230 · 21231 · 21233 · 21235 · 21239 · 21241 · 21251 · 21263 · 21264 · 21270 · 21273 · 21275 · 21278 · 21279 · 21280 · 21281 · 21287 · 21288 · 21289 · 21290 · 21297 · 21298 (Baltimore also extends into a neighboring city; those ZIPs are listed on that city's pages.) Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Baltimore: the closest other places we track are Laurel, about 20 miles to the southwest; Bel Air, about 21 miles to the northeast; Annapolis, about 24 miles to the south; Bowie, about 25 miles to the south. Also nearby: Greenbelt (26 mi SW), New Carrollton (27 mi SW), College Park (27 mi SW), Aberdeen (28 mi NE), Westminster (29 mi NW), Hyattsville (30 mi SW), Takoma Park (31 mi SW), Havre de Grace (32 mi NE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward York, PA (46 mi); northeast toward Elkton (47 mi); east toward Middletown, DE (49 mi); southeast toward Easton (46 mi); south toward La Plata (56 mi); southwest toward Rockville (33 mi); west toward Gaithersburg (34 mi); northwest toward Hanover, PA (41 mi).
Who serves Baltimore?
We track live outage data from Baltimore Gas & Electric in Baltimore — but several utilities can serve one city, 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.
Baltimore's last tracked outage began Aug 16, peaked at 69 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Aug 16 — 69 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Aug 16 — 621 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Aug 16 — 25 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Aug 16 — 79 customers out, restored in 7 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Baltimore, MD?
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 Baltimore area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Baltimore's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Baltimore, MD?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Baltimore 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. To narrow it to your own street, search a Baltimore ZIP code — 21201, 21202, 21203, 21205, 21206, 21210, or any of the other 33 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Baltimore, MD?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Baltimore include Baltimore Gas & Electric; 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 Baltimore specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Baltimore city-wide view, which covers Baltimore. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Baltimore by name; utilities here have so far reported only city-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Baltimore. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Laurel (20 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.
