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Power Outages in Garrard County, KY

Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY), Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY) and Kentucky Utilities Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.3 hours.

Garrard County, KY is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY), Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY) and Kentucky Utilities Co publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Garrard County

0.0%of this county's ~10,086 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY), Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY), Kentucky Utilities Co.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Blue Grass Energy Coop CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY)Live · total onlynot by county------
Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY)Live · total onlynot by county------
Kentucky Utilities CoLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Garrard 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
370
Oxygen service
64
Dialysis (facility)
26
Home health / hospice
74
By ZIP code (2)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
4044428213229≤11
4046162≤11590

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

🔔 Alerts for Garrard County, KY

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS
  • Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Recent NWS alert activity · Garrard County

Garrard County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×7
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×3
  • Frost Advisory ×2

Latest Garrard County, KY outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 45m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 851 customers out (8.7% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 50 customers out

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 376 customers out (3.9% of the county)

Outage trend · Garrard County, KY
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Garrard County, KY: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Garrard 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 Garrard County went about 3.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,176 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 3.3 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Garrard County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.7h, 2016 0.5h, 2017 0.3h, 2018 0.7h, 2019 1.3h, 2020 2.0h, 2021 9.6h, 2022 2.7h, 2023 10.1h, 2024 7.2h, 2025 3.3h. Highlighted: 2023.0510151.7h20150.5h20160.3h20170.7h20181.3h20192.0h20209.6h20212.7h202210.1h20237.2h20243.3h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 2,410 customers out) · decade average 3.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151001,3891.7
20161401,2690.5
20171374310.3
2018812,9810.7
20196805441.3
20203179612.0
20212451,6979.6
20222971,7142.7
20232442,41010.1
20242621,6457.2
20254213,1763.3

Cost of power in Garrard County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Garrard 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.

12.9¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 24% 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
November 12, 20253,17615m
August 28, 20182,9811h 15m
March 3, 20232,4104d
April 4, 20251,82315h 15m
December 23, 20221,71420h 30m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 3.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Garrard County: FAQ

How often does Garrard County, KY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Garrard County, KY logged 421 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Garrard County, KY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,176 customers without power, beginning November 12, 2025 and lasting about 15m.
Is there a power outage in Garrard County, KY right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Garrard County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Garrard County, KY?
Tracked electric providers include Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY), Kentucky Utilities Co.
Nearby counties
Boyle CountyJessamine CountyLincoln CountyMadison County
ZIP codes in Garrard County

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

40444, 40461

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-
Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp7.1 hrsLive · total only-
Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY)15.3 hrsLive · total only-
Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY)4.9 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/21079 and /api/v1/counties/21079/history.