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Power Outages in Talladega County, AL

Alabama Power Co, Central Alabama Electric Coop and Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Sylacauga Utilities Board. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.5 hours.

Talladega County, AL is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Alabama Power Co, Central Alabama Electric Coop and Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc publish no county-level figures.

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Live status by utility · Talladega County

0.0%of this county's ~46,934 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Sylacauga Utilities 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, Central Alabama Electric Coop, Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Alabama Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Central Alabama Electric CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Coosa Valley Electric Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Sylacauga Utilities BoardNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Talladega 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
1,310
Oxygen service
192
Dialysis (facility)
167
Home health / hospice
302
By ZIP code (10)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
3516034512282≤11
3515030713238≤11
35096129≤11100≤11
35044121≤1191≤11
35151120≤1197≤11
3626077≤1160≤11
36268680490
3501451≤1137≤11
3514912≤11≤110
35032≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Talladega County, AL

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Talladega County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Talladega County

Talladega County has been under 45 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.

  • Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×13
  • Tropical Storm Watch ×8
  • Special Weather Statement ×8
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
  • Tropical Storm Warning ×4
  • Wind Advisory ×2

Latest Talladega County, AL outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 35m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 470 customers out

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 827 customers out

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  6. GREW

    Outage grew to 1,423 customers out (3.6% of the county)

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 425 customers out (1.1% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 7h 29m

Outage trend · Talladega County, AL
0customers out · peak 13
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Talladega County, AL: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 13 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.051015Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Talladega County

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

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Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Talladega County went about 9.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 30,822 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 9.5 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Talladega County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.0h, 2016 0.0h, 2017 4.9h, 2018 5.7h, 2019 4.4h, 2020 46.8h, 2021 5.0h, 2022 5.9h, 2023 7.8h, 2024 6.4h, 2025 9.5h. Highlighted: 2020.02040600.0h20150.0h20164.9h20175.7h20184.4h201946.8h20205.0h20215.9h20227.8h20236.4h20249.5h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 30,822 customers out) · decade average 8.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201519960.0
2016364760.0
20175166,6744.9
20188919,5445.7
20199243,6624.4
202089230,82246.8
20219643,3065.0
20228556,5425.9
20238803,5227.8
20249043,8976.4
202586810,7549.5

Cost of power in Talladega County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Talladega 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.

17.6¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 41% 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
October 29, 202030,82212d 23h
February 16, 202510,7542d 2h
June 28, 20189,5444d 5h
January 11, 20207,8822d 21h
December 8, 20176,6742d 22h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 8.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively High
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate

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

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Power outages in Talladega County: FAQ

How often does Talladega County, AL lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Talladega County, AL logged 868 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Talladega County, AL?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 30,822 customers without power, beginning October 29, 2020 and lasting about 12d 23h.
Is there a power outage in Talladega County, AL right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Talladega County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Talladega County, AL?
Tracked electric providers include Alabama Power Co, Central Alabama Electric Coop, Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc.
Nearby counties
Calhoun CountyClay CountyCleburne CountyCoosa County
ZIP codes in Talladega County

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

35014, 35032, 35044, 35096, 35149, 35150, 35151, 35160, 36260, 36268

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Central Alabama Electric Coop7.8 hrsLive · total only-
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc5.8 hrsLive · total only-
Alabama Power Co-Live · total only
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Sylacauga Utilities 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/01121 and /api/v1/counties/01121/history.