When will the power be back in Covington County, AL?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Covington County, AL right now.

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Elsewhere in Alabama: 107 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Covington County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Alabama Power and Wiregrass Electric Cooperative ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Covington Electric Cooperative, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, City of Andalusia and 1 other also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Covington County, AL

Last significant outage: Aug 21, 2026 — peaked at 445 customers, restored in ~4.7 hr (heat event).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 21, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Covington County, AL

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 298 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is shorter than the Alabama norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~7,212 customers out in April 2020, restored after about 43 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2024.

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.

Communities covered

Communities in Covington County include Andalusia, Opp, Florala, Babbie, River Falls, Lockhart, Red Level and Carolina. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Covington County, AL?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Covington include Alabama Power, Wiregrass Electric Cooperative, Covington Electric Cooperative and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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