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When will the power be back in Hancock County, KY?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Hancock County, KY right now.
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Elsewhere in Kentucky: 41 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 10:31 PM CDT.
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Who serves Hancock County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Kenergy and Meade County RECC ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Hancock County, KY
⚡ Power here was restored about 31 hours ago — the outage peaked at 239 customers.
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 239 customers, restored in ~2.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 5 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 11, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Hancock County, KY
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 139 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 spring.
That is shorter than the Kentucky norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~4,750 customers out in July 2022, restored after about 1.5 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 Hancock County include Lewisport, Hawesville and Patesville. 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 Hancock County, KY?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Hancock include Kenergy and Meade County RECC — 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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