When will the power be back in Sullivan County, TN?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Tennessee
12
customers reported out in Sullivan County, TN
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Appalachian Power): Oct 4, 12:30 PM EDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~6 hr start to finish (9 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 5:22 AM EDT.
1212county-wide trend of customers without power · last 4 hr · 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
Kingsport — 12 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 12:30 PM EDT
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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 Appalachian Power and BrightRidge, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Bristol and City of Elizabethton 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. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Outage history — Sullivan County, TN
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 1,506 customers, restored in ~4 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 16 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.4 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 — Sullivan County, TN
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
715 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 4 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~4.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the Tennessee norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2 hr.
Largest on record: ~21,584 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 6.9 days. The busiest year on record here was 2018.
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 Sullivan County include Kingsport, Bristol, Bluff City, Bloomingdale, Blountville, Colonial Heights, Orebank and Spurgeon. 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 Sullivan County, TN?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Sullivan include Appalachian Power, BrightRidge, City of Bristol 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.
