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Power Outages in Cullman County, AL

Alabama Power Co and Cullman Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Arab Electric Coop Inc and Cullman Power Board. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.0 hours.

Cullman County, AL is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Alabama Power Co and Cullman Electric Coop, Inc publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Arab Electric Coop Inc and Cullman Power Board: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Cullman County

0.0%of this county's ~52,668 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Arab Electric Coop Inc, Cullman Power Board. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Alabama Power Co, Cullman Electric Coop, Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Alabama Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Cullman Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Arab Electric Coop IncNo live feedcan't see------
Cullman Power BoardNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Cullman 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.

Power-dependent
1,367
Oxygen service
384
Dialysis (facility)
115
Home health / hospice
340
By ZIP code (11)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
35055328242580
3507722018168≤11
3505720213154≤11
3517915313114≤11
35058141≤11105≤11
3503360≤11490
3508350≤1139≤11
3505347≤1133≤11
3501934≤1124≤11
3508730≤1123≤11
35098160130

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Cullman County, AL

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Recent NWS alert activity · Cullman County

Cullman County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.

  • Heat Advisory ×4
  • Special Weather Statement ×4
  • Flood Watch ×2
  • High Wind Warning ×2
  • High Wind Watch ×1
  • Wind Advisory ×1

Latest Cullman County, AL outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 9h 5m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 467 customers out

  3. GREW

    Outage grew to 962 customers out (1.6% of the county)

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 635 customers out (1.1% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 24m

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 20, 2026

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 525 customers out (0.9% of the county)

Outage trend · Cullman County, AL
0customers out · peak 219
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Cullman County, AL: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 219 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0100200300Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Cullman County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Cullman County went about 7.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 15,511 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 7.0 hrs.

A decade of outages (2017–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Cullman County average outage hours per customer by year2017–2025: 2017 4.2h, 2018 3.2h, 2019 3.9h, 2020 6.5h, 2021 5.0h, 2022 4.4h, 2023 12.0h, 2024 2.3h, 2025 7.0h. Highlighted: 2023.0510154.2h20173.2h20183.9h20196.5h20205.0h20214.4h202212.0h20232.3h20247.0h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 15,511 customers out) · decade average 5.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201762910,6064.2
20189825,3883.2
20199977,3883.9
20209188,6946.5
20219597,0205.0
20229796,4364.4
202389115,51112.0
20249273,2572.3
202595911,6757.0

Cost of power in Cullman County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Cullman 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.

14.1¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 28% since 2015
vs Alabama avg 16.4¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
March 3, 202315,5113d 9h
August 6, 202314,7394d 23h
June 19, 202312,5033h
June 7, 202511,6753d 6h
May 6, 201710,6066h 30m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High high winds exposure · 5.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Cullman County: FAQ

How often does Cullman County, AL lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Cullman County, AL logged 959 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Cullman County, AL?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 15,511 customers without power, beginning March 3, 2023 and lasting about 3d 9h.
Is there a power outage in Cullman County, AL right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Cullman County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Cullman County, AL?
Tracked electric providers include Alabama Power Co, Cullman Electric Coop, Inc.
Nearby counties
Blount CountyLawrence CountyMarshall CountyMorgan County
ZIP codes in Cullman County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Cullman County.

35019, 35033, 35053, 35055, 35057, 35058, 35070, 35077, 35083, 35087, 35098, 35179

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Cullman Electric Coop, Inc13.0 hrsLive · total only-
Alabama Power Co-Live · total only
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Arab Electric Coop Inc-No live feed-
Cullman Power Board-No live feed-

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/01043 and /api/v1/counties/01043/history.