Here's how to track power outages in Florida counties due to Milton
By Daylina Miller, Gabriella Paul
October 9, 2024 at 4:34 PM EDT
Hurricane Milton is causing power outages in the greater Tampa Bay region and all over the state.
Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night near Siesta Key shortly after 8:30 p.m. as a cat 3 hurricane.
As of 12:21 a.m. on Thursday. Oct. 10, 2.1 million Florida customers are without power.
Greater Tampa Bay region county-by-county outages
Hillsborough: 346,391
Pinellas: 412,906
Sarasota: 239,528
Manatee: 218,319
Pasco: 77,121
Hernando: 9,750
Polk: 109,823
Citrus: 22,076
Power Outage USA posts a map showing county-by-county power outage numbers at poweroutage.us/area/state/florida.
Power outage data is published by the Florida Public Service Commission every three hours online at psc.state.fl.us/ or on on Twitter at @floridapsc.
Find your power company
Florida Power and Light Co. provides service, in part, to these counties: Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, Hardee and Highlands. Residents can also monitor real-time power outages here.
Duke Energy is a primary power provider for the greater Tampa Bay region and Central Florida, including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Polk, Highlands, Hardee and Hernando counties.
Polk County is also serviced by Lakeland Electric, from Polk City to Highland city, and the Peace River Electric Cooperative, Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative and Tampa Electric Co.(TECO).
To help residents and emergency personnel stay connected ahead of Helene, Comcast has opened 52,296 public Xfinity WiFi hotspots in areas it serves across Florida in Hurricane Helene’s potential path. The free and public hotspots are open for anyone to use, including non-Xfinity customers.
For a map of public Xfinity WiFi hotspots, which are located both indoors and outdoors in places such as shopping districts, parks, and businesses, visit Finder.wifi.xfinity.com.
To find the nearest hotspot location in your city, search the WiFi Hotspot Map.
Monitoring and reporting outages
If you have internet access, outages can be monitored on these major power providers' websites:
If your power is provided by a cooperative or municipal government in the greater Tampa Bay region, you can monitor outage updates on these websites:
As of 12:21 a.m. on Thursday. Oct. 10, 2.1 million Florida customers are without power.
Greater Tampa Bay region county-by-county outages
Hillsborough: 346,391
Pinellas: 412,906
Sarasota: 239,528
Manatee: 218,319
Pasco: 77,121
Hernando: 9,750
Polk: 109,823
Citrus: 22,076
Power Outage USA posts a map showing county-by-county power outage numbers at poweroutage.us/area/state/florida.
Power outage data is published by the Florida Public Service Commission every three hours online at psc.state.fl.us/ or on on Twitter at @floridapsc.
Find your power company
Florida Power and Light Co. provides service, in part, to these counties: Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, Hardee and Highlands. Residents can also monitor real-time power outages here.
Duke Energy is a primary power provider for the greater Tampa Bay region and Central Florida, including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Polk, Highlands, Hardee and Hernando counties.
Polk County is also serviced by Lakeland Electric, from Polk City to Highland city, and the Peace River Electric Cooperative, Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative and Tampa Electric Co.(TECO).
To help residents and emergency personnel stay connected ahead of Helene, Comcast has opened 52,296 public Xfinity WiFi hotspots in areas it serves across Florida in Hurricane Helene’s potential path. The free and public hotspots are open for anyone to use, including non-Xfinity customers.
For a map of public Xfinity WiFi hotspots, which are located both indoors and outdoors in places such as shopping districts, parks, and businesses, visit Finder.wifi.xfinity.com.
To find the nearest hotspot location in your city, search the WiFi Hotspot Map.
Monitoring and reporting outages
If you have internet access, outages can be monitored on these major power providers' websites:
If your power is provided by a cooperative or municipal government in the greater Tampa Bay region, you can monitor outage updates on these websites:
- Peace River Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- Lee County Electric Cooperative
- Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- Lakeland Electric
- Glades Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, Inc.