When will the power be back in Gaithersburg, MD?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Gaithersburg is a city of about 70,686 residents in Montgomery County.
Potomac Edison and Pepco have reported outages for Gaithersburg by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Gaithersburg 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 Gaithersburg:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Gaithersburg: the closest other places we track are Rockville, about 5 miles to the southeast; Herndon, VA, about 15 miles to the southwest; Takoma Park, about 15 miles to the southeast; and Vienna, VA, about 16 miles to the south. Also nearby: Falls Church, VA (17 mi S); College Park (18 mi SE); Hyattsville (18 mi SE); Leesburg, VA (18 mi W); Laurel (19 mi E); Washington, DC (19 mi SE); Greenbelt (20 mi SE); and Fairfax, VA (20 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Westminster (33 mi); northeast toward Bel Air (54 mi); east toward Baltimore (34 mi); southeast toward New Carrollton (21 mi); south toward Alexandria, VA (23 mi); southwest toward Manassas Park, VA (28 mi); west toward Winchester, VA (52 mi); and northwest toward Frederick (23 mi).
Who serves Gaithersburg?
We track live outage data from Pepco, Potomac Edison and Baltimore Gas & Electric in Montgomery 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.
Gaithersburg's last tracked outage began Sep 22, peaked at 1,469 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 22 — 1,469 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 21 — 46 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 20 — 38 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 13 — 4,047 customers out, restored in 9 hours
County context: across all of Montgomery County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4 hr. The full record for Montgomery County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Gaithersburg, 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 Gaithersburg's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Gaithersburg, MD?
To check your own street, search a Gaithersburg ZIP code — 20877, 20878, 20879, 20882, 20883, 20884 or any of the other 3 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Gaithersburg specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Gaithersburg we have the city-level view: Potomac Edison and Pepco have published outages for Gaithersburg under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Gaithersburg is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Montgomery County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Gaithersburg.
