When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Cape Coral, FL?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Lee County, Florida
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customers reported out in Cape Coral · live from Lee County Electric Coop (FL) · updated 9:02 PM EDT
Utility restoration time for Cape Coral: ~56 min from now
Our Cape Coral estimate: ~1.7 hr to restore at the current pace (roughly 25 customers an hour)
Across the whole county (Lee, Florida, all utilities): 392 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Cape Coral figure above.
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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 29, 10,280 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.6 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.6 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 Cape Coral, Florida — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Cape Coral is a city in Lee County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Cape Coral directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Cape Coral

Cape Coral is a city of about 233,025 residents in Lee County.

Lee County Electric Coop has reported outages for Cape Coral by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Cape Coral 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 Cape Coral: 33904 · 33909 · 33910 · 33914 · 33915 · 33990 · 33991 · 33993 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Cape Coral: the closest other places we track are Fort Myers, about 10 miles to the east; Punta Gorda, about 18 miles to the north; Estero, about 19 miles to the southeast; Bonita Springs, about 24 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: North Port (31 mi NW), Naples (36 mi S), Venice (42 mi NW), Marco Island (52 mi S), Sarasota (59 mi NW), Sebring (67 mi NE), Bradenton (68 mi NW), Palmetto (70 mi NW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Bartow (87 mi); northeast toward Avon Park (72 mi); east toward Belle Glade (82 mi); southeast toward Pembroke Pines (112 mi); northwest toward St. Petersburg (87 mi).

Who serves Cape Coral?

We track live outage data from Florida Power & Light, Lee County Electric Coop in Lee 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 Cape Coral

Cape Coral's last tracked outage began Aug 27, peaked at 85 customers out, and was restored in 30 minutes. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 35 minutes.

  • Aug 27 — 85 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
  • Aug 23 — 135 customers out, restored in 35 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 — Lee County, FL (covers Cape Coral)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 2,352 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 34 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~6.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the Florida norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~462,570 customers out in September 2017, restored after about 10.3 days. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
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 Cape Coral, FL?

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 Cape Coral area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Cape Coral's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 35 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.

How do I check the power outage status in Cape Coral, FL?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Cape Coral 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 Cape Coral ZIP code — 33904, 33909, 33910, 33914, 33915, 33990, or any of the other 2 — 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 Cape Coral, FL?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Lee County include Florida Power & Light, Lee County Electric Coop; 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 Cape Coral specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for Cape Coral we have the city-level view: Lee County Electric Coop has published outages for Cape Coral under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Cape Coral is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Lee County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Cape Coral.

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.

Cape Coral, FL — live power outage tracker