Power Outages in Marion County, AL
Alabama Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Tombigbee Electric Coop, Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 20.1 hours.
Marion County, AL is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/alabama/marion-county
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- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Marion County, AL". https://massoutage.com/alabama/marion-county
Alabama Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Tombigbee Electric Coop, Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~18,517 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Tombigbee Electric Coop, Inc. 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.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tombigbee Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Marion 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35570 | 167 | 16 | 123 | ≤11 |
| 35563 | 50 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 35564 | 34 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 35548 | 28 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 35543 | 26 | ≤11 | 21 | 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 Marion County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Marion County right now.
Marion County has been under 29 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×13
- Tropical Storm Warning ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
Latest Marion County, AL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 25m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 20, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 154 customers out (1.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Marion County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Marion County went about 20.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 11,879 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 20.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 10,346 customers out) · decade average 12.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 319 | 2,550 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 751 | 2,043 | 5.4 |
| 2019 | 821 | 3,263 | 7.8 |
| 2020 | 801 | 9,709 | 7.1 |
| 2021 | 755 | 5,951 | 23.1 |
| 2022 | 819 | 1,784 | 7.1 |
| 2023 | 879 | 10,346 | 27.2 |
| 2024 | 902 | 3,103 | 10.5 |
| 2025 | 851 | 11,879 | 20.1 |
Cost of power in Marion County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Marion 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 · 12.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Marion County: FAQ
- How often does Marion County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Marion County, AL logged 851 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 20.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Marion County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 11,879 customers without power, beginning April 6, 2025 and lasting about 17h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Marion County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Marion County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Marion County, AL?
- Tracked electric providers include Alabama Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Marion County.
35543, 35548, 35552, 35563, 35564, 35570
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 | |
| Tombigbee Electric Coop, Inc | - | 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/01093 and /api/v1/counties/01093/history.