When will the power be back in Kent, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Kent is a city of about 27,720 residents in Portage County.
FirstEnergy has reported outages for Kent by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Kent 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 Kent:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Kent: the closest other places we track are Stow, about 4 miles to the northwest; Tallmadge, about 5 miles to the southwest; Ravenna, about 6 miles to the east; and Streetsboro, about 6 miles to the north. Also nearby: Hudson (7 mi NW), Cuyahoga Falls (8 mi W), Akron (10 mi SW), Aurora (11 mi N), Twinsburg (13 mi N), Macedonia (13 mi NW), Green (15 mi SW) and Barberton (16 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Solon (17 mi); east toward Warren (29 mi); southeast toward Alliance (21 mi); south toward North Canton (19 mi); southwest toward Norton (17 mi); west toward Brunswick (25 mi); and northwest toward Brecksville (17 mi).
Who serves Kent?
We track live outage data from FirstEnergy in Portage County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
Kent's last tracked outage began Sep 19, peaked at 103 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 19 — 103 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 10 — 85 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Sep 10 — 74 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 3 — 234 customers out, restored in 18 hours
County context: across all of Portage County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Portage County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Kent, 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 Kent's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Kent, OH?
To check your own street, search a Kent ZIP code — 44240, 44242 or 44243 — and the map opens on that area.
