Power Outages in Letcher County, KY
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. and Kentucky Power Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 20.0 hours.
Letcher County, KY is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/kentucky/letcher-county
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Letcher County, KY". https://massoutage.com/kentucky/letcher-county
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. and Kentucky Power Co publish no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~11,753 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc., Kentucky Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kentucky Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Letcher 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 (19)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41858 | 262 | ≤11 | 232 | ≤11 |
| 41537 | 158 | ≤11 | 143 | 0 |
| 41840 | 41 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 41804 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 41837 | 31 | ≤11 | 28 | 0 |
| 41826 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 41835 | 25 | ≤11 | 23 | 0 |
| 41838 | 23 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 40862 | 21 | ≤11 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 40826 | 21 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 41855 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 41819 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 41833 | 19 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 41821 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 41825 | 17 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 41812 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 41832 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 41848 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 41517 | ≤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 Letcher County or any town and utility in it.
- Special Weather StatementMODERATE
- Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Letcher County has been under 39 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×17
- Flash Flood Warning ×9
- Flood Advisory ×6
- Flood Watch ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Frost Advisory ×1
Latest Letcher County, KY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 50m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 128 customers out (1.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Letcher County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Letcher County went about 20.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,417 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 20.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 8,417 customers out) · decade average 22.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 354 | 3,259 | 12.0 |
| 2016 | 334 | 1,459 | 6.7 |
| 2017 | 387 | 1,576 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 519 | 3,617 | 16.0 |
| 2019 | 594 | 1,445 | 10.0 |
| 2020 | 579 | 7,888 | 60.6 |
| 2021 | 533 | 1,609 | 12.3 |
| 2022 | 554 | 8,417 | 63.7 |
| 2023 | 555 | 2,787 | 14.7 |
| 2024 | 569 | 5,066 | 25.5 |
| 2025 | 548 | 3,258 | 20.0 |
Cost of power in Letcher County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Letcher 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
- Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.13.1¢22,506 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 winter weather exposure · 22.7 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 Letcher County: FAQ
- How often does Letcher County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Letcher County, KY logged 548 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 20.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Letcher County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,417 customers without power, beginning July 28, 2022 and lasting about 8d 21h.
- Is there a power outage in Letcher County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Letcher County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Letcher County, KY?
- Tracked electric providers include Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc., Kentucky Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Letcher County.
40826, 40862, 41517, 41537, 41804, 41810, 41812, 41815, 41819, 41821, 41824, 41825, 41826, 41832, 41833, 41835, 41837, 41838, 41840, 41845, 41848, 41849, 41855, 41858
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 | |
| Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. | 15.2 hrs | Live · 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/21133 and /api/v1/counties/21133/history.