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Power Outages in Grant County, KY

Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Duke Energy Kentucky, Kentucky Utilities Co, Owen Electric Coop Inc and Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Williamstown Utility Comm. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.9 hours.

Grant County, KY is served by 6 tracked utilities.

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Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Duke Energy Kentucky, Kentucky Utilities Co, Owen Electric Coop Inc and Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Williamstown Utility Comm: outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Grant County

0.0%of this county's ~11,944 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Williamstown Utility Comm. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Duke Energy Kentucky, Kentucky Utilities Co, Owen Electric Coop Inc, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Blue Grass Energy Coop CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Duke Energy KentuckyLive · total onlynot by county------
Kentucky Utilities CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Owen Electric Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Williamstown Utility CommNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Grant 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
415
Oxygen service
103
Dialysis (facility)
44
Home health / hospice
64
By ZIP code (5)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
41035130≤1193≤11
4103094≤1165≤11
4109786056≤11
41010590470
41052≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Grant County, KY

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Grant County

Grant County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×7
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×4
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Grant County, KY outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 11m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 139 customers out (1.2% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 36m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 642 customers out (5.4% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 55m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 642 customers out (5.4% of the county)

Outage trend · Grant County, KY
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Grant 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 Grant 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 Grant County went about 3.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,100 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 3.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Grant County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.5h, 2016 1.0h, 2017 4.9h, 2018 6.4h, 2019 3.1h, 2020 7.0h, 2021 2.2h, 2022 7.1h, 2023 9.7h, 2024 6.7h, 2025 3.9h. Highlighted: 2023.02.557.5102.5h20151.0h20164.9h20176.4h20183.1h20197.0h20202.2h20217.1h20229.7h20236.7h20243.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 4,305 customers out) · decade average 5.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151851,7712.5
20161921,5011.0
20172962,7604.9
20183893,3606.4
20194615,9123.1
20203095,3747.0
20213301,1762.2
20223172,8157.1
20234444,3059.7
20245149,1006.7
20254912,4363.9

Cost of power in Grant County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Grant 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.

13.0¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 26% 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
May 6, 20249,1004h
December 18, 20195,9121h 30m
April 9, 20205,3741d 23h
March 3, 20234,3054d 3h
January 18, 20233,61445m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 5.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

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Power outages in Grant County: FAQ

How often does Grant County, KY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Grant County, KY logged 491 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Grant County, KY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,100 customers without power, beginning May 6, 2024 and lasting about 4h.
Is there a power outage in Grant County, KY right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Grant County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Grant County, KY?
Tracked electric providers include Duke Energy Kentucky, Owen Electric Coop Inc.
Nearby counties
Boone CountyGallatin CountyHarrison CountyKenton County
ZIP codes in Grant County

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

41010, 41030, 41035, 41052, 41097

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-
Owen Electric Coop Inc2.3 hrsLive · total only-
Duke Energy Kentucky3.1 hrsLive · total only-
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop-Live · total only-
Williamstown Utility Comm-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/21081 and /api/v1/counties/21081/history.