When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Frankfort, KY?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Franklin County, Kentucky
No significant county-wide outage reported · updated 9:45 PM EDT.
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Elsewhere in Kentucky: 79 customers reported out — statewide status.
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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 Frankfort, Kentucky — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Frankfort is a city in Franklin County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Frankfort directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Frankfort

Frankfort is a city of about 28,610 residents in Franklin County.

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

ZIP codes in Frankfort: 40601 · 40602 · 40603 · 40604 · 40618 · 40619 · 40620 · 40621 · 40622 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Frankfort: the closest other places we track are Lawrenceburg, about 11 miles to the south; Versailles, about 12 miles to the southeast; Georgetown, about 17 miles to the east; Shelbyville, about 20 miles to the west. Also nearby: Lexington-Fayette (24 mi SE), Nicholasville (26 mi SE), La Grange (31 mi NW), Paris (32 mi E), Jeffersontown (38 mi W), Danville (39 mi S), Mount Washington (39 mi W), Lyndon (40 mi W). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Independence (55 mi); northeast toward Alexandria (59 mi); southeast toward Richmond (45 mi); south toward Somerset (78 mi); southwest toward Bardstown (41 mi); west toward St. Matthews (42 mi); northwest toward Madison, IN (49 mi).

Who serves Frankfort?

We track live outage data from Blue Grass Energy ↗, Shelby Energy Coop in Franklin 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.

Outage history — Franklin County, KY (covers Frankfort)
No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.
Longer-term outage history — Franklin County, KY (covers Frankfort)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 249 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~4,545 customers out in March 2023, restored after about 5.1 days. 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 Frankfort, KY?

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 Frankfort 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 Frankfort, KY?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Frankfort 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 Frankfort ZIP code — 40601, 40602, 40603, 40604, 40618, 40619, or any of the other 3 — 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 Frankfort, KY?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Franklin County include Blue Grass Energy, Shelby Energy 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 Frankfort specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Franklin County county-wide view, which covers Frankfort. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Frankfort by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Frankfort. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Lawrenceburg (11 mi S) 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.

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