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Power Outages in Pendleton County, KY

Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Duke Energy Kentucky, Kentucky Utilities Co and Owen Electric Coop Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Falmouth - (KY) and Kentucky (statewide). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.2 hours.

Pendleton County, KY is served by 6 tracked utilities.

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

No live feed for City of Falmouth - (KY) and Kentucky (statewide): outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Pendleton County

0.0%of this county's ~7,188 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: City of Falmouth - (KY), Kentucky (statewide). 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.

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------
City of Falmouth - (KY)No live feedcan't see------
Kentucky (statewide)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Pendleton 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
245
Oxygen service
78
Dialysis (facility)
33
Home health / hospice
45
By ZIP code (3)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
41040131≤11105≤11
4100671≤11510
4103330≤1124≤11

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

🔔 Alerts for Pendleton County, KY

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Pendleton County

Pendleton County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×8
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×4
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Pendleton County, KY outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 8d 16h

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 106 customers out (1.5% of the county)

Outage trend · Pendleton County, KY
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Pendleton 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 Pendleton 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 Pendleton County went about 5.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,821 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 5.2 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Pendleton County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 3.0h, 2016 1.0h, 2017 9.9h, 2018 5.0h, 2019 4.2h, 2020 10.2h, 2021 2.7h, 2022 5.8h, 2023 11.9h, 2024 7.3h, 2025 5.2h. Highlighted: 2023.0510153.0h20151.0h20169.9h20175.0h20184.2h201910.2h20202.7h20215.8h202211.9h20237.3h20245.2h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 2,821 customers out) · decade average 6.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2015968913.0
20161749051.0
20172362,3219.9
20183181,4675.0
20195129734.2
20203282,51110.2
20213067382.7
20223282,0075.8
20233982,82111.9
20245061,5017.3
20254092,7995.2

Cost of power in Pendleton County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Pendleton 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.

12.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 17% 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
March 3, 20232,8214d 2h
April 3, 20252,7991d 3h
April 9, 20202,5111d 22h
March 1, 20172,3212d 14h
February 9, 20232,10413h 45m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 6.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively Moderate

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

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Power outages in Pendleton County: FAQ

How often does Pendleton County, KY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Pendleton County, KY logged 409 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Pendleton County, KY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,821 customers without power, beginning March 3, 2023 and lasting about 4d 2h.
Is there a power outage in Pendleton County, KY right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Pendleton County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Pendleton County, KY?
Tracked electric providers include Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Duke Energy Kentucky, Kentucky (statewide), Kentucky Utilities Co, Owen Electric Coop Inc.
Nearby counties
Bracken CountyCampbell CountyClermont CountyGrant County
ZIP codes in Pendleton County

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

41006, 41033, 41040

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-
Kentucky (statewide)-No live feed-
City of Falmouth - (KY)-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/21191 and /api/v1/counties/21191/history.