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

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

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Tri-County EMC ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative Corp 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 — Monroe County, KY

No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.

Longer-term outage history — Monroe County, KY

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 298 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is shorter than the Kentucky norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.3 hr.

Largest on record: ~5,526 customers out in August 2019, restored after about 1.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2025.

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 Monroe County include Tompkinsville, Gamaliel, Fountain Run and Mount Hermon. 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 Monroe County, KY?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Monroe include Tri-County EMC and Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative Corp — 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.

Nearby counties & areas

Cumberland County · Metcalfe County · Barren County · Allen County · Clinton County · Adair County · Green County · Russell County

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