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Power Outages in Ohio County, KY

Kenergy Corp, Kentucky Utilities Co, Meade County Rural E C C and Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.0 hours.

Ohio County, KY is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Kenergy Corp, Kentucky Utilities Co, Meade County Rural E C C and Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Ohio County

0.0%of this county's ~14,132 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Kenergy Corp, Kentucky Utilities Co, Meade County Rural E C C, Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Kenergy CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Kentucky Utilities CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Meade County Rural E C CLive · total onlynot by county------
Warren Rural Elec Coop CorpLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Ohio 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
355
Oxygen service
195
Dialysis (facility)
77
Home health / hospice
121
By ZIP code (12)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
4232097≤1184≤11
4234775≤1157≤11
42378340240
4234929≤11250
4234327≤1122≤11
42328210160
42368190160
4233317≤11120
42370≤110≤110
42369≤110≤110
42361≤110≤110
42354≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Ohio County, KY

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

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

Ohio County has been under 23 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.

  • Heat Advisory ×15
  • Special Weather Statement ×4
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×3
  • Frost Advisory ×1

Latest Ohio County, KY outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 9m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 267 customers out (2.0% of the county)

Outage trend · Ohio County, KY
0customers out · peak 75
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Ohio County, KY: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 75 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 Ohio 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 Ohio County went about 4.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,485 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 4.0 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Ohio County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.7h, 2016 2.3h, 2017 3.9h, 2018 4.2h, 2019 3.5h, 2020 1.9h, 2021 10.2h, 2022 3.8h, 2023 18.5h, 2024 8.4h, 2025 4.0h. Highlighted: 2023.051015200.7h20152.3h20163.9h20174.2h20183.5h20191.9h202010.2h20213.8h202218.5h20238.4h20244.0h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 4,863 customers out) · decade average 5.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20152653,6180.7
20163332,3692.3
20175205,2223.9
20185351,9594.2
20197082,2923.5
20205701,1991.9
20215689,48510.2
20225433,5383.8
20235884,86318.5
20246333,2908.4
20256331,4704.0

Cost of power in Ohio County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Ohio 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.

13.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 37% 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
December 11, 20219,4855d 10h
May 27, 20175,22222h 30m
June 29, 20234,8633d 5h
March 3, 20234,5287d 1h
October 22, 20153,61830m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 5.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively High
Strong windRelatively Moderate

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

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Power outages in Ohio County: FAQ

How often does Ohio County, KY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Ohio County, KY logged 633 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Ohio County, KY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,485 customers without power, beginning December 11, 2021 and lasting about 5d 10h.
Is there a power outage in Ohio County, KY right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Ohio County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Ohio County, KY?
Tracked electric providers include Kenergy Corp, Kentucky Utilities Co, Meade County Rural E C C, Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp.
Nearby counties
Breckinridge CountyButler CountyDaviess CountyGrayson County
ZIP codes in Ohio County

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

42320, 42328, 42333, 42338, 42343, 42347, 42349, 42354, 42361, 42369, 42370, 42378

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-
Kenergy Corp11.5 hrsLive · total only-
Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp7.9 hrsLive · total only-
Meade County Rural E C C7.4 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/21183 and /api/v1/counties/21183/history.