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Power Outages in Bullitt County, KY

Kentucky Utilities Co, Louisville Gas & Electric Co, Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp and Salt River Electric Coop Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.7 hours.

Bullitt County, KY is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Kentucky Utilities Co, Louisville Gas & Electric Co, Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp and Salt River Electric Coop Corp publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Bullitt County

0.0%of this county's ~40,004 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Kentucky Utilities Co, Louisville Gas & Electric Co, Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp, Salt River Electric Coop Corp.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Kentucky Utilities CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Louisville Gas & Electric CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Nolin Rural Electric Coop CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Salt River Electric Coop CorpLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Bullitt 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
1,038
Oxygen service
298
Dialysis (facility)
72
Home health / hospice
147
By ZIP code (5)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
4016555427417≤11
40047279≤11208≤11
4015067≤11550
4010949039≤11
4017738≤1129≤11

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

🔔 Alerts for Bullitt County, KY

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Bullitt County

Bullitt County has been under 22 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×7
  • Heat Advisory ×6
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×4
  • Flood Advisory ×2
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
  • Frost Advisory ×1

Latest Bullitt County, KY outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 26m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 965 customers out (2.3% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 55m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 883 customers out (2.1% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 30m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,100 customers out (5.1% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,539 customers out (3.7% of the county)

Outage trend · Bullitt County, KY
0customers out · peak 29
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Bullitt County, KY: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 29 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0102030Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Bullitt 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 Bullitt County went about 7.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 22,343 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 7.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Bullitt County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.7h, 2016 0.4h, 2017 2.3h, 2018 5.7h, 2019 3.7h, 2020 2.2h, 2021 2.1h, 2022 3.7h, 2023 13.6h, 2024 6.1h, 2025 7.7h. Highlighted: 2023.0510150.7h20150.4h20162.3h20175.7h20183.7h20192.2h20202.1h20213.7h202213.6h20236.1h20247.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 15,629 customers out) · decade average 4.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20153751,7910.7
20163201,8110.4
201775722,3432.3
20187056,1335.7
201976511,7303.7
20207572,3912.2
20218133,8782.1
20229159,6633.7
202387115,62913.6
202499512,3666.1
20259728,1217.7

Cost of power in Bullitt County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Bullitt 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.

11.4¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 18% 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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
July 20, 201722,3432h 15m
March 3, 202315,6296d 10h
November 9, 201715,2027h 15m
May 26, 202412,3664d 7h
June 25, 202312,2652d 22h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High high winds exposure · 4.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

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TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Bullitt County: FAQ

How often does Bullitt County, KY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Bullitt County, KY logged 972 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Bullitt County, KY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 22,343 customers without power, beginning July 20, 2017 and lasting about 2h 15m.
Is there a power outage in Bullitt County, KY right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Bullitt County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Bullitt County, KY?
Tracked electric providers include Louisville Gas & Electric Co, Salt River Electric Coop Corp.
Nearby counties
Hardin CountyJefferson CountyNelson CountySpencer County
ZIP codes in Bullitt County

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

40047, 40109, 40110, 40150, 40165, 40177

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Kentucky Utilities Co3.4 hrsLive · total only-
Salt River Electric Coop Corp8.5 hrsLive · total only-
Louisville Gas & Electric Co3.8 hrsLive · total only-
Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp3.3 hrsLive · 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/21029 and /api/v1/counties/21029/history.