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Power Outages in Polk County, FL

As of October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Polk County, FL across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Bartow - (FL), City of Fort Meade - (FL), Duke Energy and Peace River Electric Coop, Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.3 hours.

Polk County, FL is served by 8 tracked utilities.

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Scattered outages

1 customers without power

Across 1 reported incident.

Not counted: no live feed for City of Bartow - (FL), City of Fort Meade - (FL), Duke Energy and Peace River Electric Coop, Inc.

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Live status by utility · Polk County

81%of this county's ~365,141 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Bartow - (FL), City of Fort Meade - (FL), Duke Energy, Peace River Electric Coop, Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Duke Energy Florida, LLCLive · county1153,6240.0%---
City of Lakeland - (FL)Live · county0141,6600.0%---
Withlacoochee River Elec CoopLive · county05970.0%---
Tampa Electric CoLive · county0---0-
City of Bartow - (FL)No live feedcan't see------
City of Fort Meade - (FL)No live feedcan't see------
Duke EnergyNo live feedcan't see------
Peace River Electric Coop, IncNo live feedcan't see------

Duke Energy Florida, LLC, City of Lakeland - (FL), Withlacoochee River Elec Coop and Tampa Electric Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Polk 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.

Power-dependent
9,055
Oxygen service
1,850
Dialysis (facility)
1,113
Home health / hospice
1,547
By ZIP code (33)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
338105662040812
338815331633813
33844460≤11292≤11
3388442412285≤11
3380141219314≤11
3382340818283≤11
3388038413254≤11
33809376≤11269≤11
3475937515228≤11
3383735320216≤11
33803349≤1125512
33805337≤11222≤11
3381333013231≤11
3383032315231≤11
33811240≤11160≤11
33898239≤11177≤11
3381523212164≤11
33860227≤11175≤11
33897186≤11135≤11
33843182≤11139≤11
33859178≤11133≤11
33868164≤11126≤11
33850149≤111030
33896129≤1190≤11
33853122≤1175≤11
33812103≤11700
3384198≤11800
3383960≤1142≤11
3383859≤1140≤11
33827290160
3385519≤11170
3384913≤11≤110
33867≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Polk County, FL

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Polk County or any town and utility in it.

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

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Recent NWS alert activity · Polk County

Polk County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Advisory on October 8, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×2
  • Flood Advisory ×1

Latest Polk County, FL outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h 21m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 577 customers out (0.2% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 15m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 9,919 customers out (3.2% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 55m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,130 customers out (0.4% of the county)

Outage trend · Polk County, FL
1customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 04:31 UTC
Polk County, FL: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 1 as of Oct 19, 2026 04:31 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.816 AM12 PM6 PMOct 19
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Polk County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Polk Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Polk County went about 2.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 209,976 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 2.3 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Polk County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.0h, 2016 1.6h, 2017 43.0h, 2018 1.2h, 2019 3.1h, 2020 1.9h, 2021 2.3h, 2022 32.0h, 2023 2.8h, 2024 34.3h, 2025 2.3h. Highlighted: 2017.02040601.0h20151.6h201643.0h20171.2h20183.1h20191.9h20202.3h202132.0h20222.8h202334.3h20242.3h2025
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Worst year here was 2017 (peak 130,427 customers out) · decade average 11.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20159226,6491.0
20167809,5791.6
2017806130,42743.0
20188636,7031.2
20196439,7093.1
202074616,2931.9
202164914,3502.3
2022518203,47032.0
202353721,0612.8
2024434209,97634.3
202554713,5662.3

Cost of power in Polk County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Polk 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.

15.3¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 25% since 2015
vs Florida avg 15.0¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
October 9, 2024209,97634d 21h
September 26, 2022203,47013d 6h
September 6, 2017130,42718d 9h
July 16, 202321,0615d 20h
October 19, 202016,2932d 21h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High hurricanes exposure · 11.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneVery High
Strong windVery High
TornadoRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
WildfireRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Polk County: FAQ

How often does Polk County, FL lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Polk County, FL logged 547 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Polk County, FL?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 209,976 customers without power, beginning October 9, 2024 and lasting about 34d 21h.
Is there a power outage in Polk County, FL right now?
Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Polk County, FL?
Tracked electric providers include City of Lakeland - (FL), Duke Energy, Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Tampa Electric Co, Withlacoochee River Elec Coop.
Nearby counties
Hardee CountyHighlands CountyHillsborough CountyLake County
Cities & towns in Polk County

Lakeland, Winter Haven. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Polk County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Polk County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Polk County.

33801, 33803, 33805, 33809, 33810, 33811, 33812, 33813, 33815, 33823, 33827, 33830, 33835, 33837, 33838, 33839, 33840, 33841, 33843, 33844, 33847, 33849, 33850, 33851, 33853, 33854, 33855, 33856, 33858, 33859, 33860, 33867, 33868, 33877, 33880, 33881, 33884, 33897, 33898, 34759

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Duke Energy Florida, LLC1.4 hrsLive · county-
Peace River Electric Coop, Inc2.6 hrsNo live feed-
Withlacoochee River Elec Coop1.8 hrsLive · county-
Tampa Electric Co1.9 hrsLive · county-
Duke Energy-No live feed-
City of Fort Meade - (FL)-No live feed-
City of Lakeland - (FL)-Live · county
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City of Bartow - (FL)-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/12105 and /api/v1/counties/12105/history. Live data as of .