When will the power be back in Flint, MI?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Flint is a city of about 79,735 residents in Genesee County.
Consumers Energy has reported outages for Flint by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Flint 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 Flint:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Flint: the closest other places we track are Burton, about 4 miles to the southeast; Fenton, about 16 miles to the south; Owosso, about 25 miles to the west; and Saginaw, about 30 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Pontiac (33 mi SE), Auburn Hills (33 mi SE), Wixom (35 mi S), Rochester Hills (37 mi SE), Rochester (37 mi SE), South Lyon (39 mi S), Novi (39 mi S) and Bay City (40 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Port Huron (64 mi); southeast toward Farmington Hills (40 mi); south toward Farmington (42 mi); southwest toward East Lansing (44 mi); and northwest toward Midland (50 mi).
Who serves Flint?
We track live outage data from Consumers Energy in Genesee County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Flint's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 165 customers out, and was restored in 16 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 1 — 165 customers out, restored in 16 hours
- Sep 29 — 276 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 28 — 97 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 26 — 127 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Genesee County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6 hr. The full record for Genesee County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Flint, MI?
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 Flint's own record: across the 4 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 Flint, MI?
To check your own street, search a Flint ZIP code — 48501, 48502, 48503, 48504, 48505, 48506 or any of the other 11 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Flint specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Flint we have the city-level view: Consumers Energy has published outages for Flint under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Flint is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Genesee County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Flint.
