Power Outages in Barren County, KY
Is there a power outage in Barren County, KY right now? None reported. As of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY), City of Glasgow - (KY), Kentucky Utilities Co and Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp in Barren County, KY. There is no live feed for Kentucky (statewide).
Barren County, KY is served by 6 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.9 hours.
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- October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Barren County, KY", live data as of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kentucky/barren-county
No active outages are reported by Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY), City of Glasgow - (KY), Kentucky Utilities Co and Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp in Barren County.
No live feed for Kentucky (statewide): outages in itsservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Barren County, KY
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 Kentucky Utilities Co, Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN), Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY), Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp, City of Glasgow - (KY) and Kentucky (statewide); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
93%of this county's ~26,121 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Kentucky (statewide). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY) | Live · county | 0 | 14,927 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Glasgow - (KY) | Live · county | 0 | 7,430 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Kentucky Utilities Co | Live · county | 0 | 1,384 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp | Live · county | 0 | 512 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN) | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kentucky (statewide) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY), City of Glasgow - (KY), Kentucky Utilities Co and Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp 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 Barren 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42141 | 635 | 12 | 485 | ≤11 |
| 42127 | 146 | ≤11 | 123 | 0 |
| 42160 | 34 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 42123 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 42156 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 42131 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 42130 | ≤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 Barren County or any town and utility in it.
- Special Weather StatementMODERATE
Barren County has been under 28 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 19, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×15
- Dense Fog Advisory ×4
- Frost Advisory ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Flood Advisory ×1
Latest Barren County, KY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 29m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,468 customers out (6.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Barren County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Barren County went about 4.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 11,038 customers.
The US EIA reports Kentucky utilities averaged 6.6 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 4.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 11,038 customers out) · decade average 4.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 81 | 691 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 106 | 1,376 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 93 | 588 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 137 | 1,241 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 387 | 1,651 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 532 | 3,158 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 561 | 2,379 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 629 | 2,431 | 2.1 |
| 2023 | 562 | 11,038 | 25.2 |
| 2024 | 586 | 6,510 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 614 | 3,703 | 4.9 |
Cost of power in Barren County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Barren 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.
- Kentucky Utilities Co11.9¢454,021 cust
- Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp12.7¢61,500 cust
- Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY)13.0¢25,109 cust
- Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)13.1¢20,632 cust
- City of Glasgow - (KY)14.0¢5,675 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.
Relatively High high winds exposure · 4.1 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 Barren County: FAQ
- How often does Barren County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Barren County, KY logged 614 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Barren County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 11,038 customers without power, beginning June 26, 2023 and lasting about 3d 17h.
- Is there a power outage in Barren County, KY right now?
- None reported. As of October 20, 2026 01:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY), City of Glasgow - (KY), Kentucky Utilities Co and Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp in Barren County, KY. There is no live feed for Kentucky (statewide).
- Which utilities serve Barren County, KY?
- Tracked electric providers include City of Glasgow - (KY), Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY), Kentucky (statewide), Kentucky Utilities Co, Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Barren County.
42123, 42127, 42130, 42131, 42141, 42156
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 Barren County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Kentucky →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Utilities Co | 3.4 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN) | 8.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY) | 5.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp | 7.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| City of Glasgow - (KY) | 2.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Kentucky (statewide) | - | 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 Kentucky customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21009 and /api/v1/counties/21009/history.