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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Knox 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 Knox County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Cumberland Valley Electric and LG&E and KU, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Barbourville Utility Commission and Corbin City Utilities Commission 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 — Knox County, KY

Last significant outage: Sep 7, 2026 — peaked at 322 customers, restored in ~1 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 8 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.5 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 23, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Knox County, KY

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 262 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~5,744 customers out in April 2020, restored after about 3.8 days. 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 Knox County include Barbourville, Artemus, Bryants Store, Corbin, Dewitt, Flat Lick, Girdler and Gray. 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 Knox County, KY?

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