massoutage

Power Outages in Bracken County, KY

Is there a power outage in Bracken County, KY right now? None reported. As of October 20, 2026 02:30 UTC, no outages are reported by Kentucky Utilities Co and Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp in Bracken County, KY. Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Kentucky (statewide).

Bracken County, KY is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.9 hours.

Cite this data
URL
https://massoutage.com/kentucky/bracken-county
As of
October 20, 2026 02:30 UTC
Publisher
MassOutage

MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bracken County, KY", live data as of October 20, 2026 02:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kentucky/bracken-county

Alert me
Bracken County, KY
Loading map…
This county Loading live outagesout
No outages reported

No active outages are reported by Kentucky Utilities Co and Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp in Bracken County.

Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc publishes no county-level figures.

No live feed for Kentucky (statewide): outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Report an outage in Bracken 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, Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc and Kentucky (statewide); check your electric bill or the utility's website.

Not sure which utility serves you? →

Live status by utility · Bracken County

74%of this county's ~6,276 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Kentucky (statewide). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Kentucky Utilities CoLive · county03,0150.0%-0-
Blue Grass Energy Coop CorpLive · county01,6100.0%---
Fleming-Mason Energy Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Kentucky (statewide)No live feedcan't see------

Kentucky Utilities Co and Blue Grass Energy 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, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Bracken 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
199
Oxygen service
69
Dialysis (facility)
44
Home health / hospice
33
By ZIP code (3)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
4100487≤11760
41002470370
4104331≤1127≤11

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

🔔 Alerts for Bracken County, KY

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

◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS
  • Special Weather StatementMODERATE
  • Special Weather StatementMODERATE
Recent NWS alert activity · Bracken County

Bracken County has been under 20 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 19, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×10
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×4
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Frost Advisory ×2
  • Flash Flood Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Bracken County, KY outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 1m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 186 customers out (4.0% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 21m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 105 customers out (2.7% of the county)

Outage trend · Bracken County, KY
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 20, 2026 02:30 UTC
Bracken County, KY: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 20, 2026 02:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 196 AM12 PM6 PM
Use the arrow keys to read values.
Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Bracken 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 Bracken County went about 8.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,545 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 8.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Bracken County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.4h, 2016 3.5h, 2017 5.7h, 2018 4.9h, 2019 6.8h, 2020 22.4h, 2021 16.4h, 2022 9.5h, 2023 13.0h, 2024 31.8h, 2025 8.9h. Highlighted: 2024.0102030402.4h20153.5h20165.7h20174.9h20186.8h201922.4h202016.4h20219.5h202213.0h202331.8h20248.9h2025
Use the arrow keys to read values.

Worst year here was 2024 (peak 3,545 customers out) · decade average 11.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151229182.4
20161622,6183.5
20171601,7645.7
20181989204.9
20194401,5406.8
20203323,50522.4
20213532,65116.4
20223651,4749.5
20233091,83513.0
20242993,54531.8
20253582,8008.9

Cost of power in Bracken County

ENERGY & AI DEMAND →

Estimated residential electricity price for Bracken 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.

12.1¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 22% since 2015
vs Kentucky avg 13.8¢
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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
September 27, 20243,5454d 19h
June 10, 20203,5051d 1h
November 12, 20252,80015m
March 16, 20212,6511h 15m
June 4, 20162,61845m
See the biggest power outages in US history →
Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 11.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively Moderate
All hazard rankings →

Power outages in Bracken County: FAQ

How often does Bracken County, KY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Bracken County, KY logged 358 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Bracken County, KY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,545 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2024 and lasting about 4d 19h.
Is there a power outage in Bracken County, KY right now?
None reported. As of October 20, 2026 02:30 UTC, no outages are reported by Kentucky Utilities Co and Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp in Bracken County, KY. Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Kentucky (statewide).
Which utilities serve Bracken County, KY?
Tracked electric providers include Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Kentucky (statewide), Kentucky Utilities Co.
ZIP codes in Bracken County

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

41002, 41004, 41043

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 Bracken County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Kentucky →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Kentucky Utilities Co3.4 hrsLive · county-
Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp7.1 hrsLive · county-
Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc3.4 hrsLive · total only-
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/21023 and /api/v1/counties/21023/history.