Power Outages in Floyd County, KY
Kentucky Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 18.9 hours.
Floyd County, KY is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/kentucky/floyd-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Floyd County, KY". https://massoutage.com/kentucky/floyd-county
Kentucky Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~19,897 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Kentucky Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Floyd 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 (27)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41653 | 332 | 13 | 277 | ≤11 |
| 41649 | 99 | ≤11 | 87 | 0 |
| 41635 | 98 | ≤11 | 81 | ≤11 |
| 41603 | 80 | ≤11 | 71 | 0 |
| 41650 | 76 | ≤11 | 61 | ≤11 |
| 41647 | 48 | ≤11 | 43 | ≤11 |
| 41640 | 47 | ≤11 | 43 | 0 |
| 41630 | 46 | ≤11 | 41 | 0 |
| 41605 | 38 | ≤11 | 38 | 0 |
| 41660 | 34 | ≤11 | 30 | 0 |
| 41655 | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 41666 | 30 | ≤11 | 26 | 0 |
| 41606 | 29 | ≤11 | 26 | 0 |
| 41642 | 27 | ≤11 | 22 | ≤11 |
| 41636 | 27 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 41602 | 27 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 41601 | 26 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 41615 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 41669 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 41616 | 17 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 41645 | 15 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
| 41622 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 41659 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 41663 | 13 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 41651 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 41621 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 41619 | ≤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 Floyd County or any town and utility in it.
- Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Floyd County has been under 27 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×23
- Flood Watch ×3
- Frost Advisory ×1
Latest Floyd County, KY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 8d 5h
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 282 customers out (1.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Floyd County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Floyd County went about 18.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,930 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 18.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 6,930 customers out) · decade average 13.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 394 | 2,313 | 8.1 |
| 2016 | 372 | 3,655 | 9.0 |
| 2017 | 403 | 3,908 | 11.5 |
| 2018 | 550 | 2,380 | 6.6 |
| 2019 | 583 | 3,307 | 7.9 |
| 2020 | 630 | 4,232 | 19.0 |
| 2021 | 577 | 6,930 | 21.5 |
| 2022 | 629 | 3,412 | 16.0 |
| 2023 | 620 | 4,824 | 18.1 |
| 2024 | 615 | 2,865 | 12.5 |
| 2025 | 591 | 2,885 | 18.9 |
Cost of power in Floyd County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Floyd 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 Power Co16.0¢130,322 cust
- Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp14.8¢11,521 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 Moderate high winds exposure · 13.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Floyd County: FAQ
- How often does Floyd County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Floyd County, KY logged 591 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 18.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Floyd County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,930 customers without power, beginning February 14, 2021 and lasting about 19d 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Floyd County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Floyd County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Floyd County, KY?
- Tracked electric providers include Kentucky Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Floyd County.
41216, 41601, 41602, 41603, 41604, 41605, 41606, 41607, 41612, 41615, 41616, 41619, 41621, 41622, 41630, 41631, 41635, 41636, 41642, 41645, 41647, 41649, 41650, 41651, 41653, 41655, 41660, 41663, 41666, 41667, 41669
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Power Co | 15.2 hrs | Live · total only | |
| Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp | 31.6 hrs | 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/21071 and /api/v1/counties/21071/history.