When will the power be back in Lafayette County, MS?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Lafayette County, MS right now.

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Elsewhere in Mississippi: 1,562 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 4:16 AM CDT.

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Who serves Lafayette County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Northeast Mississippi EPA and Tallahatchie Valley EPA, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. North East Mississippi EPA and City of Oxford 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 — Lafayette County, MS

Last significant outage: Sep 16, 2026 — peaked at 270 customers, restored in ~1.8 hr (heat event).

Across the 11 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.8 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 31, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Lafayette County, MS

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 321 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~9,154 customers out in April 2020, restored after about 43.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2023.

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.

Cities we track in Lafayette County

Oxford

Communities in Lafayette County include Oxford, Taylor, Abbeville, Paris, Tula and University. 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 Lafayette County, MS?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Lafayette include Northeast Mississippi EPA, North East Mississippi EPA, City of Oxford 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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