When will the power be back in East Lansing, MI?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
East Lansing is a city of about 48,964 residents in Ingham County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for East Lansing by name, so this page reports the Ingham County county-wide view, which covers East Lansing. If a serving utility does name East Lansing during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in East Lansing:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around East Lansing: the closest other places we track are Lansing, about 5 miles to the southwest; Owosso, about 23 miles to the northeast; Ionia, about 34 miles to the northwest; and Jackson, about 35 miles to the south. Also nearby: Fenton (39 mi E), Flint (44 mi NE), South Lyon (47 mi SE), Burton (47 mi E), Battle Creek (49 mi SW), Ann Arbor (50 mi SE), Wixom (51 mi E) and Saginaw (54 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Mount Pleasant (60 mi); northeast toward Bay City (65 mi); east toward Novi (54 mi); southeast toward Ypsilanti (56 mi); south toward Adrian (63 mi); southwest toward Coldwater (61 mi); and west toward Kentwood (57 mi).
Who serves East Lansing?
We track live outage data from Consumers Energy, Lansing Board of Water & Light ↗, Michigan Electric Cooperatives ↗ and DTE Electric in Ingham County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
East Lansing's last tracked outage began Sep 3, peaked at 754 customers out, and was restored in 39 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 24 hours.
- Sep 3 — 754 customers out, restored in 39 hours
- Aug 27 — 313 customers out, restored in 9 hours
County context: across all of Ingham County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Ingham County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in East Lansing, 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 East Lansing's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 24 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in East Lansing, MI?
To check your own street, search an East Lansing ZIP code — 48823, 48824, 48825 or 48826 — and the map opens on that area.
