Power Outages in Nelson County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Nelson County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.2 hours.
Nelson County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Nelson County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
No active NWS alerts for Nelson County right now.
Nelson County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Nelson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Nelson County went about 8.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 15,158 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 2,906 customers out) · decade average 6.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 109 | 1,725 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 131 | 635 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 528 | 15,158 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 550 | 1,895 | 4.0 |
| 2019 | 451 | 1,661 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 655 | 1,788 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 736 | 2,827 | 9.5 |
| 2022 | 722 | 2,099 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 718 | 10,759 | 19.5 |
| 2024 | 544 | 2,906 | 23.0 |
| 2025 | 691 | 4,232 | 8.2 |
Relatively High high winds exposure · 6.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Nelson County: FAQ
- How often does Nelson County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Nelson County, KY logged 691 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Nelson County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 15,158 customers without power, beginning July 20, 2017 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Nelson County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Nelson County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Nelson County.
40004, 40008, 40012, 40013, 40020, 40051, 40052, 40107
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21179 and /api/v1/counties/21179/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).