Power Outages in Pike County, KY
Is there a power outage in Pike County, KY right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Pike County, KY across 1 reported incident.
Pike County, KY is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 17.8 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC
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Report an outage in Pike County, KY
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99%of this county's ~31,371 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Power Co | Live · county | 5 | 31,069 | 0.0% | - | 1 | October 19, 2026 21:00 UTC |
Kentucky Power Co reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Pike 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 (30)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41501 | 645 | 38 | 545 | ≤11 |
| 41522 | 229 | 12 | 213 | 0 |
| 41572 | 139 | ≤11 | 125 | ≤11 |
| 41562 | 117 | ≤11 | 107 | 0 |
| 41514 | 102 | ≤11 | 95 | 0 |
| 41553 | 80 | ≤11 | 72 | 0 |
| 41539 | 64 | ≤11 | 58 | 0 |
| 41557 | 63 | ≤11 | 61 | 0 |
| 41544 | 37 | ≤11 | 33 | 0 |
| 41564 | 36 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 41554 | 34 | ≤11 | 33 | 0 |
| 41568 | 33 | ≤11 | 31 | 0 |
| 41528 | 31 | ≤11 | 28 | 0 |
| 41531 | 30 | 0 | 25 | ≤11 |
| 41555 | 27 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 41558 | 26 | ≤11 | 23 | 0 |
| 41543 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 41519 | 25 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 41548 | 23 | ≤11 | 21 | ≤11 |
| 41513 | 22 | ≤11 | 21 | ≤11 |
| 41512 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 41571 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 41520 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 41534 | 13 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 41503 | 13 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 41567 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 41547 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 41540 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 41538 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 41535 | ≤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 Pike County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Pike County right now.
Pike County has been under 45 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 19, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×26
- Flash Flood Warning ×7
- Flood Advisory ×6
- Flood Watch ×3
- Frost Advisory ×2
- Freeze Warning ×1
Latest Pike County, KY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 19m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 358 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 357 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 5m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 179 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 461 customers out (1.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Pike County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Pike Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pike County went about 17.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 16,027 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 17.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 16,027 customers out) · decade average 16.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 562 | 9,581 | 21.9 |
| 2016 | 543 | 6,623 | 9.3 |
| 2017 | 547 | 10,091 | 20.0 |
| 2018 | 641 | 5,496 | 14.0 |
| 2019 | 630 | 3,172 | 12.5 |
| 2020 | 657 | 16,027 | 28.4 |
| 2021 | 610 | 2,838 | 11.3 |
| 2022 | 648 | 5,339 | 18.4 |
| 2023 | 664 | 6,920 | 11.8 |
| 2024 | 649 | 4,709 | 12.3 |
| 2025 | 637 | 6,039 | 17.8 |
Cost of power in Pike County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Pike 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
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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 16.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Pike County: FAQ
- How often does Pike County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pike County, KY logged 637 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 17.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pike County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 16,027 customers without power, beginning April 13, 2020 and lasting about 6d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Pike County, KY right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Pike County, KY across 1 reported incident.
- Which utilities serve Pike County, KY?
- Tracked electric providers include Kentucky Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pike County.
41501, 41503, 41512, 41513, 41514, 41519, 41522, 41524, 41526, 41527, 41528, 41531, 41534, 41535, 41538, 41539, 41540, 41543, 41544, 41547, 41548, 41553, 41554, 41555, 41557, 41558, 41559, 41560, 41562, 41563, 41564, 41566, 41567, 41568, 41571, 41572, 41659
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Pike County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Kentucky →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Power Co | 15.2 hrs | Live · county | Outage map ↗ |
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/21195 and /api/v1/counties/21195/history. Live data as of .