When will the power be back in Somerset, KY?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Somerset is a city of about 12,389 residents in Pulaski County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Somerset by name, so this page reports the Pulaski County county-wide view, which covers Somerset. If a serving utility does name Somerset during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Somerset:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Somerset: the closest other places we track are Berea, about 39 miles to the northeast; Danville, about 39 miles to the north; Campbellsville, about 45 miles to the northwest; and Richmond, about 48 miles to the north. Also nearby: Nicholasville (56 mi N), Lexington (67 mi N), Versailles (67 mi N), Winchester (67 mi N), Lawrenceburg (67 mi N), Bardstown (69 mi NW), Glasgow (73 mi W) and Frankfort (78 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Georgetown (79 mi); east toward Kingsport, TN (120 mi); southeast toward Knoxville, TN (85 mi); south toward Crossville, TN (82 mi); southwest toward Cookeville, TN (82 mi); west toward Bowling Green (101 mi); and northwest toward Elizabethtown (82 mi).
Who serves Somerset?
We track live outage data from South Kentucky RECC, Inter County Energy Cooperative Corp, LG&E and KU, and Jackson Energy Cooperative in Pulaski County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Somerset's last tracked outage began Sep 14, peaked at 342 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 14 — 342 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 5 — 35 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Aug 25 — 31 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 18 — 43 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of Pulaski County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Pulaski County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Somerset, KY?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Somerset's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Somerset, KY?
To check your own street, search a Somerset ZIP code — 42501, 42502 or 42503 — and the map opens on that area.
