Power Outages in Benton County, AR
Is there a power outage in Benton County, AR right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 19:30 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Benton County, AR across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for City of Siloam Springs - (AR) and Empire District Electric Co, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Benton County, AR is served by 7 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.9 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/arkansas/benton-county
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- October 19, 2026 19:30 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Benton County, AR", live data as of October 19, 2026 19:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/arkansas/benton-county
- Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR)
- City of Bentonville - (AR)
Not counted: no live feed for City of Siloam Springs - (AR) and Empire District Electric Co.
Report an outage in Benton County, AR
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Empire District Electric Co, Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR), Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR), City of Siloam Springs - (AR) and City of Bentonville - (AR); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
100%of this county's ~124,119 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Siloam Springs - (AR), Empire District Electric Co. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | Live · county | 4 | 89,190 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Bentonville - (AR) | Live · county | 1 | 30,594 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 25,030 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | Live · county | 0 | 1,570 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| New-Mac Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Siloam Springs - (AR) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Empire District Electric Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR), City of Bentonville - (AR), Southwestern Electric Power Co, Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR) and New-Mac Electric Coop, Inc reportevery 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 Benton 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 (17)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72756 | 461 | 17 | 373 | ≤11 |
| 72758 | 382 | 17 | 304 | ≤11 |
| 72715 | 267 | ≤11 | 206 | ≤11 |
| 72761 | 257 | 16 | 212 | ≤11 |
| 72712 | 255 | ≤11 | 205 | ≤11 |
| 72714 | 168 | ≤11 | 136 | 0 |
| 72745 | 131 | ≤11 | 103 | ≤11 |
| 72734 | 121 | ≤11 | 104 | ≤11 |
| 72719 | 107 | ≤11 | 82 | ≤11 |
| 72751 | 102 | ≤11 | 86 | ≤11 |
| 72736 | 100 | ≤11 | 78 | ≤11 |
| 72732 | 81 | ≤11 | 66 | ≤11 |
| 72722 | 36 | ≤11 | 32 | 0 |
| 72768 | 29 | ≤11 | 23 | ≤11 |
| 72718 | 25 | ≤11 | 19 | ≤11 |
| 72747 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 72739 | ≤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 Benton County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Benton County right now.
Latest Benton County, AR outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4d 1h
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,148 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,747 customers out (1.9% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 40m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 932 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,741 customers out (1.9% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 25m
Hardest-hit cities in Benton 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 Benton Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Benton County went about 2.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 74,812 customers.
The US EIA reports Arkansas utilities averaged 7.9 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 2.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 74,812 customers out) · decade average 5.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 360 | 4,935 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 365 | 2,612 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 671 | 16,153 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 700 | 2,683 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 1,009 | 24,732 | 8.9 |
| 2020 | 645 | 12,463 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 862 | 8,433 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 1,044 | 21,489 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 1,060 | 6,735 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 957 | 74,812 | 35.4 |
| 2025 | 1,112 | 14,503 | 2.9 |
Cost of power in Benton County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Benton 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.
- Southwestern Electric Power Co12.1¢109,777 cust
- Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR)13.4¢104,579 cust
- Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR)13.7¢74,247 cust
- City of Bentonville - (AR)11.8¢22,559 cust
- City of Siloam Springs - (AR)11.5¢9,137 cust
- Empire District Electric Co13.8¢4,898 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Very High ice storms exposure · 5.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Benton County: FAQ
- How often does Benton County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Benton County, AR logged 1,112 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Benton County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 74,812 customers without power, beginning May 26, 2024 and lasting about 34d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Benton County, AR right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 19:30 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Benton County, AR across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for City of Siloam Springs - (AR) and Empire District Electric Co, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Benton County, AR?
- Tracked electric providers include Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR), City of Bentonville - (AR), Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR), Southwestern Electric Power Co.
Rogers, Bentonville. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Benton County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Benton County.
72712, 72713, 72714, 72715, 72718, 72719, 72722, 72732, 72734, 72736, 72739, 72745, 72747, 72751, 72756, 72758, 72761, 72768
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Benton County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Arkansas →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | 7.5 hrs | Live · county | Outage map ↗ |
| Empire District Electric Co | 2.8 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | 3.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | 12.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| City of Siloam Springs - (AR) | 0.7 hrs | No live feed | - |
| City of Bentonville - (AR) | - | Live · county | - |
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 Arkansas customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05007 and /api/v1/counties/05007/history. Live data as of .