Power Outages in Blount County, AL
Alabama Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 11.5 hours.
Blount County, AL is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/alabama/blount-county
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- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Blount County, AL". https://massoutage.com/alabama/blount-county
Alabama Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~32,338 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Alabama Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Blount Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35121 | 209 | ≤11 | 166 | ≤11 |
| 35031 | 103 | ≤11 | 80 | ≤11 |
| 35079 | 102 | ≤11 | 74 | ≤11 |
| 35049 | 50 | 0 | 38 | ≤11 |
| 35133 | 47 | ≤11 | 33 | ≤11 |
| 35097 | 32 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 35172 | 28 | 0 | 22 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Blount County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Blount County right now.
Blount County has been under 27 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×13
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Heat Advisory ×2
- High Wind Warning ×2
- Flood Watch ×2
- High Wind Watch ×1
Latest Blount County, AL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 419 customers out (1.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 31m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 420 customers out (1.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 54m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 338 customers out (1.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Blount County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Blount County went about 11.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 13,470 customers.
The US EIA reports Alabama utilities averaged 4.5 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 11.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 13,470 customers out) · decade average 8.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 183 | 1,609 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 856 | 6,359 | 7.2 |
| 2019 | 958 | 2,610 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 941 | 13,470 | 20.8 |
| 2021 | 877 | 6,219 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 938 | 4,580 | 8.1 |
| 2023 | 914 | 4,580 | 9.8 |
| 2024 | 947 | 7,391 | 6.5 |
| 2025 | 844 | 5,503 | 11.5 |
Cost of power in Blount County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Blount County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Alabama Power Co17.9¢1,342,827 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 8.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Blount County: FAQ
- How often does Blount County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Blount County, AL logged 844 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 11.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Blount County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 13,470 customers without power, beginning April 12, 2020 and lasting about 3d 10h.
- Is there a power outage in Blount County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Blount County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Blount County, AL?
- Tracked electric providers include Alabama Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Blount County.
35013, 35031, 35049, 35079, 35097, 35121, 35133, 35172
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power Co | - | Live · total only |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01009 and /api/v1/counties/01009/history.