Power Outages in Boyd County, KY
Kentucky Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.3 hours.
Boyd County, KY is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/kentucky/boyd-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Boyd County, KY". https://massoutage.com/kentucky/boyd-county
Kentucky Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~23,855 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Kentucky Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Boyd 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 (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41102 | 398 | 21 | 333 | 0 |
| 41101 | 359 | ≤11 | 303 | ≤11 |
| 41129 | 204 | ≤11 | 170 | ≤11 |
| 41168 | 64 | ≤11 | 58 | 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 Boyd County or any town and utility in it.
- Freeze WarningSEVERE
Boyd County has been under 21 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×9
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
- Flood Warning ×2
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
- Freeze Warning ×1
- Flood Watch ×1
Latest Boyd County, KY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 6m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 720 customers out (2.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6h 5m
Hardest-hit cities in Boyd County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Boyd County went about 3.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 17,376 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 3.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 17,376 customers out) · decade average 14.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 468 | 2,686 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | 514 | 1,858 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 548 | 5,092 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 708 | 4,768 | 4.7 |
| 2019 | 730 | 5,021 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | 744 | 3,914 | 6.6 |
| 2021 | 690 | 17,376 | 95.4 |
| 2022 | 763 | 1,600 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 726 | 4,248 | 5.2 |
| 2024 | 754 | 12,198 | 20.5 |
| 2025 | 760 | 4,429 | 3.3 |
Cost of power in Boyd County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Boyd 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 Power Co16.0¢130,322 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.
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 14.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Boyd County: FAQ
- How often does Boyd County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Boyd County, KY logged 760 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Boyd County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 17,376 customers without power, beginning February 11, 2021 and lasting about 17d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Boyd County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Boyd County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Boyd County, KY?
- Tracked electric providers include Kentucky Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Boyd County.
41101, 41102, 41129, 41168
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Power Co | 15.2 hrs | Live · total only |
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/21019 and /api/v1/counties/21019/history.