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Power outages in Kentucky

Live outage status by county · updated ~every 15 minutes
486
customers reported out statewide · 21 counties reporting · 1 above the significant-outage threshold · updated 9:00 PM EDT
Significant outages (50+ customers, largest first)
Edmonson — 415 reported out · grew sharply just now — past outages here like this ran ~1.8 hr start to finish (69 over 12 years of records)
“Reporting” means at least one customer reported out in county-level data (the federal nationwide tally combined with utilities' own live data where we track them); “significant” means 50+ customers out — the floor for the active list above.
All Kentucky counties (120)

Utility coverage in Kentucky

Tracked utilities with dedicated pages
Duke Energy Ohio & Kentucky
Also tracked live — opens in the app
Big Sandy RECC (KY) · City of Bardstown Electric (KY) · Cumberland Valley Electric (KY) · Fleming-Mason Energy (KY) · Inter County Energy Coop Corp (KY) · Jackson Energy Cooperative (KY) · Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation (KY) · Kenergy (KY) · Kentucky Power (AEP) · LG&E and KU (Kentucky) · Licking Valley Rural ECC (KY) · Meade County RECC (KY) · +8 more — search any utility name on the live map
This is our tracking coverage, not a complete registry of every utility serving Kentucky.

Historical outage patterns in Kentucky

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) contain 29,535 county-level outage records (200+ customers at peak) in Kentucky between 2014 and 2025 across all 120 counties — 141 of them major events of 10,000+ customers. Half were restored within about 2.3 hr, and county-level outages here have been most common in summer (33% of all records). The busiest year on record was 2025.
Largest single-county outage on record: ~141,810 customers out in Jefferson County in November 2025, restored after about 6.9 days.
Months that hit the widest area at once — these rank among the three largest outages ever recorded in the most counties: March 2023 (56 counties), November 2025 (28 counties), February 2021 (22 counties).
Where restoration has historically taken longest: Jefferson County (~6 hr typical), Knott County (~5.3 hr typical), Pike County (~5.3 hr typical) — against ~2.3 hr statewide.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), 2014–2025. These are federal historical records, not outages tracked live by this site. Statewide figures aggregate the same per-county records shown on each county page below; the statewide restoration figure is the typical (middle) value across the per-county typical times, weighted by how many records each county has. A county appears in a “widest area” month when that month produced one of its three largest recorded outages.
Kentucky — live power outage tracker

Common questions

How do I check power outages in Kentucky?

This page lists live outage status for every county in Kentucky, updated about every 15 minutes from the federal government's public county outage data (ODIN) and National Weather Service alerts, combined with utilities' own live data where we track them. Open any county for its restoration outlook, or search your ZIP or address for the most specific view.

Which utilities serve Kentucky?

Electric utilities we track in Kentucky include Duke Energy Ohio & Kentucky, Big Sandy RECC (KY), City of Bardstown Electric (KY), Cumberland Valley Electric (KY) and others. Each restores its own service area — report an outage to your serving utility so crews can be dispatched.

When will power be restored in Kentucky?

Restoration depends on the cause and scale of each outage, so it varies by county and utility. For each affected area with enough trend data we publish an independent restoration estimate — from the live outage count, the recovery rate, and weather — shown even before the utility posts an official time; very small or brand-new outages say so instead of guessing. Open an area above for its outlook.

How accurate are the estimates?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Statewide totals combine the federal county-by-county tally with utilities' own live outage data, so this page and the live map always show the same numbers.

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