Power Outages in Madison County, AL
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 51 customers are without power in Madison County, AL across 3 reported incidents. City of Huntsville - (AL) publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.0 hours.
Madison County, AL is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/alabama/madison-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Madison County, AL", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/alabama/madison-county
0.0%of this county's ~192,774 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: City of Huntsville - (AL).
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Huntsville - (AL) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Madison 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 (21)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35810 | 271 | 15 | 192 | ≤11 |
| 35758 | 265 | ≤11 | 166 | ≤11 |
| 35811 | 249 | 13 | 184 | ≤11 |
| 35803 | 240 | 12 | 166 | ≤11 |
| 35749 | 206 | 12 | 141 | ≤11 |
| 35802 | 178 | ≤11 | 117 | ≤11 |
| 35750 | 172 | ≤11 | 136 | ≤11 |
| 35801 | 165 | ≤11 | 110 | 0 |
| 35805 | 152 | ≤11 | 119 | ≤11 |
| 35806 | 151 | ≤11 | 97 | ≤11 |
| 35763 | 147 | ≤11 | 98 | ≤11 |
| 35773 | 146 | ≤11 | 106 | 0 |
| 35757 | 128 | ≤11 | 84 | ≤11 |
| 35761 | 116 | ≤11 | 85 | 0 |
| 35816 | 94 | ≤11 | 68 | 0 |
| 35759 | 90 | ≤11 | 67 | 0 |
| 35760 | 83 | ≤11 | 63 | 0 |
| 35748 | 58 | ≤11 | 42 | 0 |
| 35824 | 46 | 0 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 35741 | 31 | ≤11 | 22 | 0 |
| 35808 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
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 Madison County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Madison County right now.
Madison County has been under 42 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 12, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×16
- Special Weather Statement ×12
- Heat Advisory ×6
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
- High Wind Warning ×2
- Flood Watch ×2
Latest Madison County, AL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 31m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 543 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 44m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 504 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,109 customers out (0.9% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 24m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,934 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 36m
Hardest-hit cities in Madison County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Madison Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Madison County went about 3.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 71,413 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 3.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 31,102 customers out) · decade average 2.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 450 | 48,334 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 1,216 | 32,086 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 1,127 | 19,919 | 2.9 |
| 2018 | 977 | 21,805 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 1,091 | 27,455 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 1,159 | 36,965 | 3.3 |
| 2021 | 1,094 | 32,123 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 1,118 | 71,413 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 1,048 | 31,102 | 4.6 |
| 2024 | 1,005 | 34,997 | 3.4 |
| 2025 | 817 | 18,523 | 3.0 |
Cost of power in Madison County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Madison 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.
- City of Huntsville - (AL)12.5¢201,803 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 ice storms exposure · 2.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Madison County: FAQ
- How often does Madison County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Madison County, AL logged 817 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Madison County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 71,413 customers without power, beginning December 24, 2022 and lasting about 17h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Madison County, AL right now?
- Yes, about 51 customers are currently without power across 3 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Madison County, AL?
- Tracked electric providers include City of Huntsville - (AL).
Huntsville, Madison. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Madison County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Madison County.
35741, 35748, 35749, 35750, 35757, 35758, 35759, 35760, 35761, 35763, 35773, 35801, 35802, 35803, 35805, 35806, 35808, 35810, 35811, 35816, 35824, 35896
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Huntsville - (AL) | - | 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/01089 and /api/v1/counties/01089/history. Live data as of .