When will the power be back in Columbus, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Columbus is a city of about 933,263 residents in Franklin County.
AEP Ohio has reported outages for Columbus by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Columbus 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 Columbus:
- 43085
- 43201
- 43202
- 43203
- 43204
- 43205
- 43206
- 43207
- 43209
- 43210
- 43211
- 43212
- 43213
- 43214
- 43215
- 43216
- 43217
- 43218
- 43219
- 43220
- 43221
- 43222
- 43223
- 43224
- 43226
- 43227
- 43228
- 43229
- 43230
- 43231
- 43232
- 43234
- 43235
- 43236
- 43251
- 43260
- 43266
- 43268
- 43270
- 43271
- 43272
- 43279
- 43287
- 43291
Columbus also extends into a neighboring county: 43240. Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Columbus: the closest other places we track are Bexley, about 3 miles to the southeast; Upper Arlington, about 5 miles to the northwest; Whitehall, about 6 miles to the east; and Gahanna, about 7 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Worthington (8 mi N), Grove City (10 mi SW), Hilliard (10 mi W), Westerville (10 mi N), Reynoldsburg (10 mi E), Dublin (12 mi NW), New Albany (13 mi NE) and Canal Winchester (13 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Powell (14 mi); northeast toward Mount Vernon (39 mi); east toward Pataskala (14 mi); southeast toward Pickerington (13 mi); south toward Circleville (26 mi); southwest toward Washington Court House (39 mi); west toward London (25 mi); and northwest toward Marysville (26 mi).
Who serves Columbus?
We track live outage data from AEP Ohio, South Central Power ↗, FirstEnergy, The Energy Cooperative and 1 more in Franklin County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Columbus, City of Westerville and Village of Obetz also serve parts of Franklin County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent companies' combined pictures, see AEP outages across every state it serves and FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
Columbus's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 1,165 customers out, and was restored in 11 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.
- Oct 2 — 1,165 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Oct 1 — 222 customers out, restored in 16 hours
- Oct 1 — 1,080 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 28 — 503 customers out, restored in 2.4 days
County context: across all of Franklin County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 8.5 hr. The full record for Franklin County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Columbus, OH?
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 Columbus's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Columbus, OH?
To check your own street, search a Columbus ZIP code — 43085, 43201, 43202, 43203, 43204, 43205 or any of the other 38 — and the map opens on that area.
