When will the power be back in Westminster, MD?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Westminster is a city of about 20,662 residents in Carroll County.
Baltimore Gas & Electric and Potomac Edison have reported outages for Westminster by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Westminster is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Westminster:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Westminster: the closest other places we track are Hanover, PA, about 16 miles to the north; Frederick, about 24 miles to the southwest; Baltimore, about 29 miles to the southeast; and York, PA, about 30 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Gaithersburg (33 mi S); Waynesboro, PA (33 mi W); Laurel (34 mi S); Rockville (35 mi S); Bel Air (35 mi E); Hagerstown (38 mi W); College Park (40 mi S); and Greenbelt (41 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Mechanicsburg, PA (44 mi); northeast toward Columbia, PA (42 mi); east toward Aberdeen (45 mi); southeast toward Annapolis (50 mi); south toward Takoma Park (41 mi); southwest toward Leesburg, VA (44 mi); west toward Martinsburg, WV (52 mi); and northwest toward Chambersburg, PA (42 mi).
Who serves Westminster?
We track live outage data from Baltimore Gas & Electric and Potomac Edison in Carroll County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
Westminster's last tracked outage began Sep 26, peaked at 546 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 26 — 546 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 23 — 61 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 22 — 93 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 4 — 58 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Carroll County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Carroll County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Westminster, MD?
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 Westminster's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Westminster, MD?
To check your own street, search a Westminster ZIP code — 21157 or 21158 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Westminster specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Westminster we have the city-level view: Baltimore Gas & Electric and Potomac Edison have published outages for Westminster under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Westminster is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Carroll County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Westminster.
