Power Outages in Butler County, KY
Is there a power outage in Butler County, KY right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Butler County, KY across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Kentucky (statewide), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Butler County, KY is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.6 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/kentucky/butler-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Butler County, KY", live data as of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kentucky/butler-county
Not counted: no live feed for Kentucky (statewide).
Report an outage in Butler 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 Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp, Kentucky (statewide) and Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
98%of this county's ~7,034 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp | Live · county | 2 | 6,314 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 592 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Kentucky (statewide) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp and Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Butler County1
Individual outages as listed by Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | - | - | - | Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Butler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42261 | 178 | ≤11 | 141 | ≤11 |
| 42275 | 14 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 42273 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 42219 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Butler County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Butler County right now.
Butler County has been under 25 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×15
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Frost Advisory ×3
Latest Butler County, KY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 6m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 169 customers out (2.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Butler County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Butler Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Butler County went about 5.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,572 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 5.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 6,572 customers out) · decade average 9.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 10 | 74 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 291 | 5,972 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 380 | 5,977 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | 616 | 940 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 453 | 2,961 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 426 | 1,060 | 3.4 |
| 2022 | 470 | 6,312 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 456 | 6,572 | 51.5 |
| 2024 | 437 | 3,509 | 13.8 |
| 2025 | 455 | 3,053 | 5.6 |
Cost of power in Butler County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Butler 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.
- Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp12.7¢61,500 cust
- Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop13.9¢40,704 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 Moderate ice storms exposure · 9.5 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 Butler County: FAQ
- How often does Butler County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Butler County, KY logged 455 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Butler County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,572 customers without power, beginning June 26, 2023 and lasting about 2d 21h.
- Is there a power outage in Butler County, KY right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Butler County, KY across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Kentucky (statewide), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Butler County, KY?
- Tracked electric providers include Kentucky (statewide), Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop, Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Butler County.
42252, 42261, 42273, 42275
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 Butler County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Kentucky →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp | 7.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Kentucky (statewide) | - | No live feed | - |
| Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop | - | Live · county | - |
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/21031 and /api/v1/counties/21031/history. Live data as of .