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Power Outages in Knott 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 21.7 hours.

Knott County, KY is served by 2 tracked utilities.

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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.

Live status by utility · Knott County

0.0%of this county's ~8,104 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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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.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Kentucky Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop CorpNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Knott 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
428
Oxygen service
187
Dialysis (facility)
88
Home health / hospice
143
By ZIP code (18)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
4170138520346≤11
4182295≤1184≤11
4182451≤11490
4172249≤1140≤11
4183935≤11340
4184333≤1128≤11
4182832≤11280
41831290240
4186225≤11220
4183625≤11190
4184422≤11190
4184719≤1116≤11
41740190160
41834170150
4175917≤11140
41861≤110≤110
41859≤110≤110
41772≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Knott County, KY

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

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

Knott County has been under 32 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×19
  • Flash Flood Warning ×5
  • Flood Advisory ×4
  • Flood Watch ×3
  • Frost Advisory ×1

Latest Knott County, KY outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 14m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 135 customers out (1.8% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 19m

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 194 customers out (2.6% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 9h 20m

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026

Outage trend · Knott County, KY
0customers out · peak 68
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Knott County, KY: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 68 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.020406080Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Knott 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 Knott County went about 21.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,061 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 21.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Knott County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 17.1h, 2016 16.3h, 2017 12.8h, 2018 16.4h, 2019 19.4h, 2020 81.3h, 2021 24.2h, 2022 92.2h, 2023 18.1h, 2024 29.2h, 2025 21.7h. Highlighted: 2022.025507510017.1h201516.3h201612.8h201716.4h201819.4h201981.3h202024.2h202192.2h202218.1h202329.2h202421.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 5,965 customers out) · decade average 31.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20152771,89317.1
20162921,92116.3
20172901,91412.8
20184351,09716.4
20194212,50619.4
20204237,06181.3
20214053,08824.2
20224365,96592.2
20233982,42618.1
20244442,58529.2
20254202,34621.7

Cost of power in Knott County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Knott 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.

16.0¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 53% 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
April 13, 20207,0617d 23h
July 27, 20225,96511d 7h
February 11, 20213,08821d 19h
May 26, 20242,5854d 4h
April 21, 20202,5331d 3h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Low high winds exposure · 31.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

FloodingRelatively 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 Knott County: FAQ

How often does Knott County, KY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Knott County, KY logged 420 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 21.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Knott County, KY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,061 customers without power, beginning April 13, 2020 and lasting about 7d 23h.
Is there a power outage in Knott County, KY right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Knott County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Knott County, KY?
Tracked electric providers include Kentucky Power Co.
Nearby counties
Breathitt CountyFloyd CountyLetcher CountyMagoffin County
ZIP codes in Knott County

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

41640, 41643, 41722, 41725, 41740, 41759, 41772, 41773, 41817, 41822, 41828, 41831, 41834, 41836, 41839, 41843, 41844, 41847, 41859, 41861, 41862

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Kentucky Power Co15.2 hrsLive · total only
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Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp31.6 hrsNo 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/21119 and /api/v1/counties/21119/history.