Power Outages in Pickens County, AL
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, Alabama Power Co reports only 1 small outage (below the size utilities publish exact counts for) in Pickens County, AL. There is no live feed for Black Warrior Elec Member Corp. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 33.9 hours.
Pickens County, AL is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/alabama/pickens-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Pickens County, AL", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/alabama/pickens-county
Alabama Power Co lists 1 small outage in Pickens County, below the size they publish exact counts for.
No live feed for Black Warrior Elec Member Corp: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
97%of this county's ~11,814 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Black Warrior Elec Member Corp. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 11,516 | 0.0% | +1 small outage (below reporting minimum) | 1 | October 19, 2026 05:00 UTC | |
| Black Warrior Elec Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alabama Power Co reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Pickens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35466 | 70 | ≤11 | 49 | ≤11 |
| 35481 | 46 | ≤11 | 33 | ≤11 |
| 35442 | 42 | ≤11 | 26 | ≤11 |
| 35447 | 28 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 35461 | 23 | ≤11 | 19 | 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 Pickens County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Pickens County right now.
Pickens County has been under 36 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×13
- Tropical Storm Watch ×7
- Tropical Storm Warning ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Flood Watch ×2
Latest Pickens County, AL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 30m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 174 customers out (1.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 15m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 132 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 489 customers out (4.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Pickens County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pickens County went about 33.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,654 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 33.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 8,654 customers out) · decade average 13.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 120 | 925 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 728 | 2,806 | 7.5 |
| 2019 | 804 | 4,907 | 19.3 |
| 2020 | 786 | 4,445 | 16.5 |
| 2021 | 708 | 1,691 | 5.9 |
| 2022 | 750 | 3,075 | 8.5 |
| 2023 | 714 | 3,655 | 11.3 |
| 2024 | 744 | 4,608 | 15.5 |
| 2025 | 707 | 8,654 | 33.9 |
Cost of power in Pickens County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Pickens 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
- Black Warrior Elec Member Corp15.1¢19,934 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 Moderate tornadoes exposure · 13.2 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 Pickens County: FAQ
- How often does Pickens County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pickens County, AL logged 707 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 33.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pickens County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,654 customers without power, beginning March 15, 2025 and lasting about 1d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Pickens County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Pickens County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Pickens County, AL?
- Tracked electric providers include Alabama Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pickens County.
35442, 35447, 35461, 35466, 35481
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 · county | |
| Black Warrior Elec Member Corp | - | 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/01107 and /api/v1/counties/01107/history.