Power Outages in Fayette County, KY
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, about 7 customers are without power in Fayette County, KY across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY) and Kentucky (statewide), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.7 hours.
Fayette County, KY is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/kentucky/fayette-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Fayette County, KY", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kentucky/fayette-county
Not counted: no live feed for Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY) and Kentucky (statewide).
100%of this county's ~163,913 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Utilities Co | Live · county | 7 | 160,207 | 0.0% | - | 2 | October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC | |
| Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp | Live · county | 0 | 6,116 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kentucky (statewide) | No live feed | can'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, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Fayette 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 (14)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40505 | 407 | 17 | 330 | ≤11 |
| 40509 | 391 | ≤11 | 275 | ≤11 |
| 40517 | 361 | ≤11 | 274 | ≤11 |
| 40515 | 312 | ≤11 | 235 | ≤11 |
| 40511 | 288 | ≤11 | 218 | ≤11 |
| 40503 | 266 | ≤11 | 219 | ≤11 |
| 40504 | 238 | ≤11 | 195 | ≤11 |
| 40502 | 203 | ≤11 | 152 | ≤11 |
| 40508 | 182 | ≤11 | 140 | 0 |
| 40514 | 121 | ≤11 | 95 | ≤11 |
| 40513 | 85 | ≤11 | 61 | ≤11 |
| 40507 | 38 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 40516 | 26 | 0 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 40510 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤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 Fayette County or any town and utility in it.
- Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Fayette County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 19, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Dense Fog Advisory ×5
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
Latest Fayette County, KY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 35m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,170 customers out (0.7% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Fayette 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 Fayette Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Fayette County went about 2.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 111,273 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 2.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 52,488 customers out) · decade average 5.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,046 | 16,900 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 1,127 | 7,462 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 1,069 | 5,509 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 992 | 58,693 | 11.1 |
| 2019 | 769 | 22,362 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 934 | 10,762 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 855 | 11,702 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 920 | 18,507 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 659 | 52,488 | 26.0 |
| 2024 | 245 | 40,101 | 11.2 |
| 2025 | 461 | 111,273 | 2.7 |
Cost of power in Fayette County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Fayette 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
- Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp12.6¢61,870 cust
- Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY)13.4¢26,315 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 High ice storms exposure · 5.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Fayette County: FAQ
- How often does Fayette County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Fayette County, KY logged 461 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Fayette County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 111,273 customers without power, beginning November 12, 2025 and lasting about 9h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Fayette County, KY right now?
- Yes, about 7 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Fayette County, KY?
- Tracked electric providers include Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Kentucky (statewide), Kentucky Utilities Co.
Lexington-Fayette. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Fayette County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Fayette County.
40502, 40503, 40504, 40505, 40507, 40508, 40509, 40510, 40511, 40513, 40514, 40515, 40516, 40517, 40526, 40536
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Utilities Co | 3.4 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp | 7.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY) | 15.3 hrs | No live feed | - |
| 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/21067 and /api/v1/counties/21067/history. Live data as of .