Power Outages in Lee County, FL
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 13 customers are without power in Lee County, FL across 2 reported incidents. Florida Power & Light Co and Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.2 hours.
Lee County, FL is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/florida/lee-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lee County, FL", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/florida/lee-county
- Florida Power & Light Co
- Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL)
0.0%of this county's ~668,566 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Florida Power & Light Co, Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL).
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Power & Light Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Lee Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (32)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33917 | 583 | 21 | 456 | ≤11 |
| 34135 | 480 | 21 | 310 | ≤11 |
| 33908 | 447 | 22 | 314 | ≤11 |
| 33914 | 414 | 15 | 315 | ≤11 |
| 33903 | 402 | 16 | 320 | ≤11 |
| 33919 | 343 | 16 | 264 | ≤11 |
| 33990 | 334 | ≤11 | 267 | ≤11 |
| 33928 | 325 | 26 | 206 | ≤11 |
| 33904 | 325 | 13 | 254 | ≤11 |
| 33905 | 322 | 16 | 226 | ≤11 |
| 33936 | 309 | ≤11 | 229 | ≤11 |
| 33909 | 309 | ≤11 | 208 | ≤11 |
| 33913 | 270 | 14 | 177 | ≤11 |
| 33991 | 254 | ≤11 | 179 | ≤11 |
| 33993 | 253 | 12 | 179 | ≤11 |
| 33912 | 212 | ≤11 | 151 | ≤11 |
| 33901 | 206 | ≤11 | 159 | ≤11 |
| 33907 | 203 | ≤11 | 152 | ≤11 |
| 34134 | 176 | ≤11 | 113 | ≤11 |
| 33916 | 158 | ≤11 | 107 | ≤11 |
| 33971 | 157 | ≤11 | 112 | ≤11 |
| 33967 | 142 | ≤11 | 98 | ≤11 |
| 33972 | 130 | ≤11 | 88 | ≤11 |
| 33974 | 111 | ≤11 | 73 | ≤11 |
| 33966 | 94 | ≤11 | 69 | 0 |
| 33976 | 86 | ≤11 | 62 | 0 |
| 33920 | 81 | ≤11 | 58 | 0 |
| 33931 | 69 | ≤11 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 33957 | 49 | ≤11 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 33956 | 46 | ≤11 | 40 | 0 |
| 33922 | 46 | 0 | 32 | ≤11 |
| 33973 | 45 | ≤11 | 28 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Lee County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lee County right now.
Lee County has been under 19 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Rip Current Statement on October 11, 2026.
- Rip Current Statement ×6
- Flood Advisory ×5
- High Surf Advisory ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Lee County, FL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 55m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 1,285 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,142 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,109 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 56m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 295 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 1,285 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Lee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Lee Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lee County went about 1.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 462,570 customers.
The US EIA reports Florida utilities averaged 1.2 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 456,573 customers out) · decade average 16.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 601 | 36,539 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 561 | 31,690 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 420 | 462,570 | 43.3 |
| 2018 | 487 | 50,000 | 0.8 |
| 2019 | 457 | 9,571 | 0.6 |
| 2020 | 387 | 17,626 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 397 | 33,440 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 197 | 456,573 | 109.4 |
| 2023 | 213 | 26,132 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 175 | 273,470 | 20.8 |
| 2025 | 187 | 70,665 | 1.2 |
Cost of power in Lee County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lee County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Florida Power & Light Co14.6¢5,337,118 cust
- Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL)14.2¢236,578 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Very High hurricanes exposure · 16.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Lee County: FAQ
- How often does Lee County, FL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lee County, FL logged 187 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lee County, FL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 462,570 customers without power, beginning September 5, 2017 and lasting about 17d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Lee County, FL right now?
- Yes, about 13 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Lee County, FL?
- Tracked electric providers include Florida Power & Light Co, Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL).
Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Lee County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lee County.
33901, 33903, 33904, 33905, 33907, 33908, 33909, 33912, 33913, 33914, 33916, 33917, 33919, 33920, 33921, 33922, 33924, 33928, 33931, 33956, 33957, 33965, 33966, 33967, 33971, 33972, 33973, 33974, 33976, 33990, 33991, 33993, 34134, 34135
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Power & Light Co | 0.8 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL) | - | Live · total only | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Florida customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/12071 and /api/v1/counties/12071/history. Live data as of .