When will the power be back in Grand Rapids, MI?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Grand Rapids is a city of about 200,117 residents in Kent County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Grand Rapids by name, so this page reports the Kent County county-wide view, which covers Grand Rapids. If a serving utility does name Grand Rapids during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Grand Rapids:
+ 14 more ZIP codes in Grand Rapids
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Grand Rapids: the closest other places we track are Grandville, about 7 miles to the southwest; Holland, about 23 miles to the southwest; Grand Haven, about 29 miles to the west; and Muskegon, about 35 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Kalamazoo (48 mi S), Battle Creek (51 mi SE), Portage (53 mi S), Lansing (58 mi E), Mount Pleasant (62 mi NE), Owosso (75 mi E), Coldwater (78 mi SE) and Sturgis (81 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Cadillac (90 mi); east toward Fenton (99 mi); southeast toward Ann Arbor (109 mi); south toward Niles (84 mi); southwest toward Michigan City, IN (106 mi); and west toward Racine, WI (110 mi).
Who serves Grand Rapids?
We track live outage data from Consumers Energy, Great Lakes Energy Cooperative and DTE Electric in Kent County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Lowell also serves parts of Kent County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Grand Rapids's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 453 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 8 hours.
- Oct 6 — 453 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Oct 5 — 183 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Oct 4 — 2,722 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Oct 2 — 558 customers out, restored in 19 hours
County context: across all of Kent County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6 hr. The full record for Kent County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Grand Rapids, 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 Grand Rapids's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 8 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Grand Rapids, MI?
To check your own street, search a Grand Rapids ZIP code — 49501, 49502, 49503, 49504, 49505, 49506 or any of the other 20 — and the map opens on that area.
