See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Tennessee
151
customers reported out in Shelby County, TN
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Earliest posted restoration time (Memphis Light, Gas & Water): Oct 4, 2:30 AM CDT· 2 different times posted; the latest Oct 4, 3:30 AM CDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~17 hr start to finish (9 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Updated 10:32 PM CDT.
8151county-wide trend of customers without power · last 4.8 days · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Memphis — 86 customers reported out
Germantown — 61 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 3:30 AM CDT
Marion — 4 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 2:30 AM CDT
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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Memphis Light, Gas & Water, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. This is the utility we track here, not necessarily the only one serving it — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Shelby County, TN
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 6,321 customers, restored in ~19 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 25 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 3, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Shelby County, TN
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
3,028 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 98 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~10.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.
That is longer than the Tennessee norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2 hr.
Largest on record: ~155,108 customers out in May 2017, restored after about 5.3 days. The busiest year on record here was 2021.
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 in Shelby County include Memphis, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Arlington, Lakeland and Millington. 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 Shelby County, TN?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Shelby include Memphis Light, Gas & Water — 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.
