When will the power be back in Frederick County, MD?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Frederick County, MD right now.

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Elsewhere in Maryland: 2,506 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:02 AM EDT.

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Who serves Frederick County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Potomac Edison, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Thurmont Municipal Light Co also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Frederick County, MD

Last significant outage: Sep 28, 2026 — peaked at 1,102 customers, restored in ~4.5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 32 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.7 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Frederick County, MD

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 941 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 1 major event of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~4.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~9,606 customers out in May 2015, restored after about 2 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.

Cities we track in Frederick County

Frederick

Communities in Frederick County include Brunswick, Walkersville, Thurmont, Middletown, Emmitsburg, Myersville, New Market and Woodsboro. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Frederick County, MD?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Frederick include Potomac Edison and Thurmont Municipal Light Co — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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