When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Brandon, MS?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Rankin County, Mississippi
No significant county-wide outage reported · updated 8:45 PM CDT.
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Elsewhere in Mississippi: 2,985 customers reported out — statewide status.
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Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Brandon, Mississippi — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Brandon is a city in Rankin County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Brandon directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Brandon

Brandon is a city of about 25,870 residents in Rankin County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Brandon by name, so this page reports the Rankin County county-wide view, which covers Brandon. If a serving utility does name Brandon during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Brandon: 39042 · 39043 · 39047 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Brandon: the closest other places we track are Pearl, about 6 miles to the west; Flowood, about 7 miles to the northwest; Jackson, about 13 miles to the west; Ridgeland, about 14 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Madison (16 mi NW), Byram (18 mi W), Clinton (21 mi W), Canton (22 mi N), Brookhaven (55 mi SW), Laurel (64 mi SE), Meridian (76 mi E), McComb (77 mi S). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Oxford (146 mi); northeast toward Northport, AL (155 mi); east toward Selma, AL (173 mi); southeast toward Hattiesburg (78 mi); south toward Bogalusa, LA (104 mi); southwest toward Natchez (96 mi); west toward Monroe, LA (123 mi); northwest toward Greenville (98 mi).

Who serves Brandon?

We track live outage data from Southern Pine Electric ↗ in Rankin County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Recent outages tracked in Brandon

Brandon's last tracked outage began Aug 15, peaked at 85 customers out, and was restored in 55 minutes.

  • Aug 15 — 85 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
Tracked by this site's own monitoring of the serving utilities' live feeds (outages of 25+ customers; times are US Eastern). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Rankin County, MS (covers Brandon)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 1,030 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 9 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~30,636 customers out in May 2024, restored after about 47 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2025.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Brandon, MS?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Brandon area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Brandon, MS?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Brandon area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Brandon ZIP code — 39042, 39043, 39047 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Brandon, MS?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Rankin County include Southern Pine Electric; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Brandon specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Rankin County county-wide view, which covers Brandon. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Brandon by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Brandon. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Pearl (6 mi W) is the closest place we track separately.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Brandon, MS — live power outage tracker