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Power Outages in Franklin County, AR

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp and Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.7 hours.

Franklin County, AR is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.

Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp and Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR) publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Franklin County

0.0%of this county's ~13,668 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

Only visible while reporting outages: Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.

System-wide total only, no county split: Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp, Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR).

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Oklahoma Gas & Electric CoOutages onlynone reported------
Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR)Live · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Franklin 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
347
Oxygen service
81
Dialysis (facility)
22
Home health / hospice
68
By ZIP code (6)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
72949168≤11144≤11
7293378≤11650
7282148≤11410
7292818≤11150
7295117≤11140
72930≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Franklin County, AR

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Franklin County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Franklin County

Franklin County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.

  • Heat Advisory ×10
  • Wind Advisory ×4

Latest Franklin County, AR outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 55m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 295 customers out (2.8% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 36m

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 4, 2026

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 4, 2026

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 381 customers out (3.6% of the county)

Outage trend · Franklin County, AR
0customers out · peak 2
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Franklin County, AR: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 2 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.511.52Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Franklin County

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

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Franklin County went about 5.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,843 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 5.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Franklin County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.4h, 2016 0.6h, 2017 1.8h, 2018 1.4h, 2019 6.8h, 2020 5.6h, 2021 17.1h, 2022 5.0h, 2023 8.0h, 2024 5.7h, 2025 5.7h. Highlighted: 2021.051015200.4h20150.6h20161.8h20171.4h20186.8h20195.6h202017.1h20215.0h20228.0h20235.7h20245.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 5,843 customers out) · decade average 5.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2015131,3400.4
201671,9350.6
2017131,4521.8
2018491,9081.4
20193782,4406.8
20202533,7525.6
20213165,84317.1
20223932,5765.0
20233331,9968.0
20244472,0335.7
20255422,0625.7

Cost of power in Franklin County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Franklin 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.

13.0¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 42% since 2015
vs Arkansas avg 14.3¢
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
May 4, 20215,8433d 16h
January 22, 20213,8431h 45m
January 7, 20203,75215m
August 7, 20202,6608h 15m
May 17, 20222,5761h 30m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 5.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively High
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 Franklin County: FAQ

How often does Franklin County, AR lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Franklin County, AR logged 542 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Franklin County, AR?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,843 customers without power, beginning May 4, 2021 and lasting about 3d 16h.
Is there a power outage in Franklin County, AR right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Franklin County, AR. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Franklin County, AR?
Tracked electric providers include Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co, Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR).
Nearby counties
Crawford CountyJohnson CountyLogan CountyMadison County
ZIP codes in Franklin County

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

72821, 72928, 72930, 72933, 72947, 72949

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp5.2 hrsLive · total only-
Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR)12.1 hrsLive · total only-
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co-Outages only
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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/05047 and /api/v1/counties/05047/history.