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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Harlan County, KY right now.

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Elsewhere in Kentucky: 41 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:31 PM EDT.

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Who serves Harlan County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include LG&E and KU and Cumberland Valley Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Benham also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Harlan County, KY

Last significant outage: Sep 7, 2026 — peaked at 210 customers, restored in ~30 min (no severe weather).

Across the 5 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 6.2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 28, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Harlan County, KY

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 355 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~5,681 customers out in May 2025, restored after about 40 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2020.

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 Harlan County include Cumberland, Evarts, Lynch, Loyall, Benham, Ages, Alva and Cawood. 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 Harlan County, KY?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Harlan include LG&E and KU, Cumberland Valley Electric and City of Benham — 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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