When will the power be back in Amherst, OH?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Lorain County, Ohio

customers reported out in Amherst · live from FirstEnergy

Across the whole county (Lorain, OH, all utilities): 14 reported out, county-wide outlook no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~4 hr start to finish (9 on record) — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Amherst figure above.

Updated 11:38 PM EDT.

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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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What we track for Amherst

Amherst is a city of about 13,048 residents in Lorain County.

FirstEnergy has reported outages for Amherst by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Amherst 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 Amherst:

44001

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Amherst: the closest other places we track are Lorain, about 4 miles to the northeast; Vermilion, about 5 miles to the west; Elyria, about 7 miles to the east; and North Ridgeville, about 11 miles to the east. Also nearby: Avon (11 mi E), Avon Lake (13 mi NE), Westlake (16 mi E), North Olmsted (16 mi E), Bay Village (17 mi E), Berea (19 mi E), Fairview Park (20 mi E) and Rocky River (20 mi E).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Eastlake (45 mi); east toward Brook Park (21 mi); southeast toward Brunswick (24 mi); south toward Ashland (37 mi); southwest toward Norwalk (22 mi); and west toward Sandusky (25 mi).

Who serves Amherst?

We track live outage data from FirstEnergy and Ohio's Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Lorain County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Amherst, City of Oberlin, Village of Wellington and 1 other also serve parts of Lorain County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.

Recent outages tracked in Amherst

Amherst's last tracked outage began Sep 25, peaked at 130 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours.

Sep 25 — 130 customers out, restored in 3 hours

Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of Lorain County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Lorain County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Amherst, OH?

To check your own street, search an Amherst ZIP code — 44001 — and the map opens on that area.

Nearby & related

Avon · Avon Lake · Elyria · Lorain · North Ridgeville · Vermilion

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