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Power Outages in Washington County, IN

Clark County Rural E M C - (IN), Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, Harrison County Rural E M C and Jackson County Rural E M C - (IN) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Orange County Rural E M C. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.4 hours.

Washington County, IN is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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Clark County Rural E M C - (IN), Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, Harrison County Rural E M C and Jackson County Rural E M C - (IN) publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Orange County Rural E M C: outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Washington County

0.0%of this county's ~13,586 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Orange County Rural E M C. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Clark County Rural E M C - (IN), Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, Harrison County Rural E M C, Jackson County Rural E M C - (IN).

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Clark County Rural E M C - (IN)Live · total onlynot by county------
Duke Energy Indiana, LLCLive · total onlynot by county------
Harrison County Rural E M CLive · total onlynot by county------
Jackson County Rural E M C - (IN)Live · total onlynot by county------
Orange County Rural E M CNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Washington 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
538
Oxygen service
151
Dialysis (facility)
62
Home health / hospice
95
By ZIP code (5)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
47167300≤11216≤11
47165116≤11910
4710834≤11250
4712525≤1119≤11
47120200180

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

🔔 Alerts for Washington County, IN

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Washington County

Washington County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 15, 2026.

  • Heat Advisory ×6
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×3
  • Special Weather Statement ×3
  • Flood Advisory ×1

Latest Washington County, IN outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 30m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 102 customers out

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,144 customers out (8.4% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 50m

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 202 customers out (1.6% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 54m

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 823 customers out (6.7% of the county)

Outage trend · Washington County, IN
0customers out · peak 1,026
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Washington County, IN: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1,026 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05001k1.5kOct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Washington 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 Washington County went about 4.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,148 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Indiana utilities averaged 5.8 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 4.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Washington County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.7h, 2016 1.2h, 2017 8.8h, 2018 13.8h, 2019 1.0h, 2020 2.3h, 2021 1.1h, 2022 6.8h, 2023 7.5h, 2024 1.9h, 2025 4.4h. Highlighted: 2018.0510151.7h20151.2h20168.8h201713.8h20181.0h20192.3h20201.1h20216.8h20227.5h20231.9h20244.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2018 (peak 4,616 customers out) · decade average 4.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151791,4341.7
20162731,4321.2
20171865,1488.8
20181774,61613.8
20191931,3151.0
20202121,2812.3
20212201,3121.1
20222745,0706.8
20232924,1947.5
20242561,4561.9
20252743,5334.4

Cost of power in Washington County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Washington 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.

14.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 25% since 2015
vs Indiana avg 16.7¢
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
March 1, 20175,1481d 9h
May 11, 20225,0707h 45m
May 31, 20184,6162d 3h
April 10, 20234,1944h
August 7, 20233,9011d 19h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 4.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Washington County: FAQ

How often does Washington County, IN lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Washington County, IN logged 274 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Washington County, IN?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,148 customers without power, beginning March 1, 2017 and lasting about 1d 9h.
Is there a power outage in Washington County, IN right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Washington County, IN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Washington County, IN?
Tracked electric providers include Clark County Rural E M C - (IN), Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, Harrison County Rural E M C, Jackson County Rural E M C - (IN).
Nearby counties
Clark CountyCrawford CountyFloyd CountyHarrison County
ZIP codes in Washington County

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

47108, 47120, 47125, 47165, 47167

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Duke Energy Indiana, LLC4.4 hrsLive · total only-
Jackson County Rural E M C - (IN)7.9 hrsLive · total only-
Harrison County Rural E M C4.2 hrsLive · total only-
Clark County Rural E M C - (IN)3.5 hrsLive · total only-
Orange County Rural E M C-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 Indiana customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/18175 and /api/v1/counties/18175/history.