When will the power be back in Ypsilanti, MI?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Ypsilanti is a city of about 20,150 residents in Washtenaw County.
DTE Electric has reported outages for Ypsilanti by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Ypsilanti 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 Ypsilanti:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Ypsilanti: the closest other places we track are Ann Arbor, about 6 miles to the west; Wayne, about 12 miles to the east; Romulus, about 13 miles to the east; and Westland, about 13 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: South Lyon (15 mi N), Garden City (15 mi E), Inkster (16 mi E), Livonia (16 mi NE), Novi (18 mi N), Taylor (18 mi E), Dearborn Heights (18 mi E) and Farmington (19 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Wixom (20 mi); northeast toward Farmington Hills (21 mi); east toward Allen Park (21 mi); southeast toward Flat Rock (20 mi); south toward Sylvania, OH (37 mi); southwest toward Adrian (32 mi); and west toward Jackson (40 mi).
Who serves Ypsilanti?
We track live outage data from DTE Electric, Consumers Energy and Midwest Energy & Communications in Washtenaw County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Village of Clinton and Village of Chelsea also serve parts of Washtenaw County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Ypsilanti's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 49 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 49 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 1 — 1,180 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 30 — 123 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 23 — 42 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Washtenaw County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.8 hr. The full record for Washtenaw County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Ypsilanti, 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 Ypsilanti's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Ypsilanti, MI?
To check your own street, search a Ypsilanti ZIP code — 48197 or 48198 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Ypsilanti specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Ypsilanti we have the city-level view: DTE Electric has published outages for Ypsilanti under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Ypsilanti is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Washtenaw County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Ypsilanti.
