Power Outages in Christian County, KY
Is there a power outage in Christian County, KY right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Christian County, KY across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Hopkinsville, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Christian County, KY is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.4 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/kentucky/christian-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Christian County, KY", live data as of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kentucky/christian-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Hopkinsville.
Report an outage in Christian 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, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop and City of Hopkinsville; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
62%of this county's ~32,915 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Hopkinsville. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop | Live · county | 2 | 19,621 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Kentucky Utilities Co | Live · county | 0 | 928 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| City of Hopkinsville | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop and Kentucky Utilities Co 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 Christian County1
Individual outages as listed by Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop, 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 | - | - | October 20, 2026 00:08 UTC | Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Christian 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 (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42240 | 525 | 24 | 404 | 13 |
| 42262 | 46 | ≤11 | 37 | ≤11 |
| 42217 | 42 | ≤11 | 36 | 0 |
| 42266 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 42254 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 42236 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 42232 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 42215 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
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 Christian County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Christian County right now.
Christian County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×12
- Frost Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
- Flood Advisory ×1
Latest Christian County, KY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 550 customers out (1.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Christian 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 Christian Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Christian County went about 5.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,854 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 5.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 9,254 customers out) · decade average 4.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 37 | 842 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 63 | 831 | 0.5 |
| 2017 | 593 | 7,877 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 550 | 6,000 | 3.2 |
| 2019 | 759 | 7,399 | 3.8 |
| 2020 | 518 | 6,562 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 517 | 4,424 | 7.1 |
| 2022 | 566 | 8,315 | 2.1 |
| 2023 | 575 | 10,854 | 10.7 |
| 2024 | 693 | 9,254 | 13.1 |
| 2025 | 886 | 5,058 | 5.4 |
Cost of power in Christian County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Christian 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
- Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop13.9¢40,704 cust
- City of Hopkinsville13.3¢9,760 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 ice storms exposure · 4.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Christian County: FAQ
- How often does Christian County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Christian County, KY logged 886 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Christian County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,854 customers without power, beginning March 3, 2023 and lasting about 3d 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Christian County, KY right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Christian County, KY across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Hopkinsville, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Christian County, KY?
- Tracked electric providers include Kentucky Utilities Co, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Christian County.
42215, 42217, 42232, 42236, 42240, 42254, 42262, 42266
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 Christian 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 | - |
| Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Hopkinsville | - | 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/21047 and /api/v1/counties/21047/history. Live data as of .