When will the power be back in Kingsport, TN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Kingsport is a city of about 57,109 residents in Sullivan County.
Appalachian Power has reported outages for Kingsport by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Kingsport is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Kingsport:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Kingsport: the closest other places we track are Johnson City, about 15 miles to the southeast; Bristol, about 18 miles to the east; Elizabethton, about 21 miles to the southeast; and Greeneville, about 29 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Morristown (47 mi SW); Asheville, NC (66 mi S); Lenoir, NC (71 mi SE); Morganton, NC (72 mi SE); Sevierville (72 mi SW); Waynesville, NC (76 mi S); Hendersonville, NC (83 mi S); and Knoxville (87 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Huntington, WV (131 mi); northeast toward Beckley, WV (115 mi); east toward Mount Airy, NC (107 mi); southeast toward Hickory, NC (87 mi); south toward Greer, SC (111 mi); southwest toward Farragut (102 mi); west toward Somerset, KY (120 mi); and northwest toward Berea, KY (121 mi).
Who serves Kingsport?
We track live outage data from Appalachian Power and BrightRidge in Sullivan County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Bristol and City of Elizabethton also serve parts of Sullivan County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Kingsport's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 62 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Oct 1 — 62 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 30 — 124 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 29 — 48 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 28 — 27 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
County context: across all of Sullivan County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.3 hr. The full record for Sullivan County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Kingsport, TN?
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 Kingsport's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Kingsport, TN?
To check your own street, search a Kingsport ZIP code — 37660, 37662, 37663, 37664, 37665 or 37669 — and the map opens on that area.
