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

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

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Elsewhere in Alabama: 328 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Franklin County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Alabama Power, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Franklin Electric Cooperative and City of Russellville 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 — Franklin County, AL

Last significant outage: Sep 29, 2026 — peaked at 672 customers, restored in ~1 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 4 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.4 hr (median).

Every outage behind these figures (4)

Began	Peak out	Restored in	Weather
Sep 29, 2026	672	~1 hr	no severe weather
Sep 10, 2026	669	~1.5 hr	no severe weather
Aug 30, 2026	718	~1.3 hr	no severe weather
Aug 22, 2026	936	~15 hr	weather alert

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Franklin County, AL

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 152 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~4,842 customers out in February 2021, restored after about 36 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2023.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Franklin County include Russellville, Red Bay, Phil Campbell, Vina, Hodges, Belgreen and Spruce Pine. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

This page also serves Russellville: its outages are counted in this county's total.

Common questions

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

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Franklin include Alabama Power, Franklin Electric Cooperative and City of Russellville — 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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