Power Outages in Manatee County, FL
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 15 customers are without power in Manatee County, FL across 1 reported incident. Florida Power & Light Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Peace River Electric Coop, Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.4 hours.
Manatee County, FL is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/florida/manatee-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Manatee County, FL", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/florida/manatee-county
Not counted: no live feed for Peace River Electric Coop, Inc.
0.0%of this county's ~258,033 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Peace River Electric Coop, Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Florida Power & Light Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Power & Light Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peace River Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Manatee 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 (18)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34221 | 475 | 14 | 356 | ≤11 |
| 34207 | 386 | ≤11 | 302 | ≤11 |
| 34203 | 386 | ≤11 | 294 | ≤11 |
| 34209 | 340 | 14 | 252 | ≤11 |
| 34219 | 297 | ≤11 | 196 | ≤11 |
| 34205 | 293 | ≤11 | 237 | ≤11 |
| 34243 | 247 | ≤11 | 175 | ≤11 |
| 34208 | 243 | ≤11 | 164 | ≤11 |
| 34222 | 201 | ≤11 | 157 | ≤11 |
| 34202 | 188 | ≤11 | 117 | ≤11 |
| 34211 | 174 | ≤11 | 111 | ≤11 |
| 34212 | 154 | ≤11 | 89 | ≤11 |
| 34210 | 134 | ≤11 | 100 | ≤11 |
| 34201 | 42 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 34251 | 39 | ≤11 | 27 | ≤11 |
| 34217 | 38 | ≤11 | 27 | ≤11 |
| 34250 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 34215 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
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 Manatee County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Manatee County right now.
Manatee County has been under 25 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Advisory on October 11, 2026.
- Rip Current Statement ×6
- Flood Advisory ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×5
- High Surf Advisory ×4
- Flood Warning ×3
- Flood Watch ×1
Latest Manatee County, FL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 44m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 921 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 25m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,066 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 11m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 1,064 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,877 customers out (0.7% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Manatee 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 Manatee Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Manatee County went about 1.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 225,195 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 1.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 220,455 customers out) · decade average 14.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 679 | 15,502 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 639 | 11,870 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 644 | 225,195 | 37.9 |
| 2018 | 613 | 9,877 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 539 | 10,566 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 587 | 9,360 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 573 | 5,466 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 456 | 160,255 | 42.6 |
| 2023 | 599 | 11,298 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 390 | 220,455 | 61.3 |
| 2025 | 306 | 18,963 | 1.4 |
Cost of power in Manatee County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Manatee 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
- Peace River Electric Coop, Inc12.8¢62,018 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 · 14.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Manatee County: FAQ
- How often does Manatee County, FL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Manatee County, FL logged 306 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Manatee County, FL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 225,195 customers without power, beginning September 9, 2017 and lasting about 12d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Manatee County, FL right now?
- Yes, about 15 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Manatee County, FL?
- Tracked electric providers include Florida Power & Light Co.
Bradenton. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Manatee County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Manatee County.
34201, 34202, 34203, 34205, 34207, 34208, 34209, 34210, 34211, 34212, 34215, 34216, 34217, 34219, 34221, 34222, 34243, 34250, 34251
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 | - |
| Peace River Electric Coop, Inc | 2.6 hrs | No live feed | - |
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/12081 and /api/v1/counties/12081/history. Live data as of .