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Power Outages in Spencer County, KY

As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Salt River Electric Coop Corp, Kentucky Utilities Co, Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Shelby Energy Coop, Inc - (KY) and Louisville Gas & Electric Co in Spencer County, KY. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 18.1 hours.

Spencer County, KY is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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No outages reported

No active outages are reported by Salt River Electric Coop Corp, Kentucky Utilities Co, Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Shelby Energy Coop, Inc - (KY) and Louisville Gas & Electric Co in Spencer County.

Live status by utility · Spencer County

100%of this county's ~9,516 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Salt River Electric Coop CorpLive · county06,9710.0%---
Kentucky Utilities CoLive · county02,2190.0%-0-
Blue Grass Energy Coop CorpLive · county04720.0%---
Shelby Energy Coop, Inc - (KY)Live · county01660.0%---
Louisville Gas & Electric CoLive · county050.0%-0-

Salt River Electric Coop Corp, Kentucky Utilities Co, Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp, Shelby Energy Coop, Inc - (KY) and Louisville Gas & Electric Co reportevery 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, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Spencer 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
256
Oxygen service
60
Dialysis (facility)
25
Home health / hospice
30
By ZIP code (3)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
40071203≤11152≤11
4004629≤11220
40020≤11≤11≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Spencer County, KY

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

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  • Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Recent NWS alert activity · Spencer County

Spencer County has been under 23 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 19, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×8
  • Heat Advisory ×6
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×5
  • Frost Advisory ×4

Latest Spencer County, KY outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4d 1h

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 502 customers out (5.1% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 30m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 126 customers out (1.3% of the county)

Outage trend · Spencer County, KY
0customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC
Spencer County, KY: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 186 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Spencer 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 Spencer County went about 18.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,094 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 18.1 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Spencer County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.2h, 2016 0.4h, 2017 2.4h, 2018 3.9h, 2019 6.0h, 2020 2.4h, 2021 3.4h, 2022 4.8h, 2023 14.9h, 2024 6.2h, 2025 18.1h. Highlighted: 2025.051015200.2h20150.4h20162.4h20173.9h20186.0h20192.4h20203.4h20214.8h202214.9h20236.2h202418.1h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 3,817 customers out) · decade average 5.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2015771300.2
2016821,0300.4
20172615,9302.4
20182643,0493.9
20196392,5186.0
20202721,3412.4
20213112,3473.4
20223304,0554.8
20233316,09414.9
20243842,7236.2
20254333,81718.1

Cost of power in Spencer County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Spencer 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.

11.3¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 19% 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, 20236,0945d 5h
July 20, 20175,93030m
November 9, 20174,3603h 15m
February 7, 20224,0551h 15m
May 17, 20253,8171d 19h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
MODERATE

Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 5.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneVery Low
TornadoRelatively Low
Ice stormRelatively Low
Strong windRelatively Low
WildfireVery Low
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Power outages in Spencer County: FAQ

How often does Spencer County, KY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Spencer County, KY logged 433 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 18.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Spencer County, KY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,094 customers without power, beginning March 3, 2023 and lasting about 5d 5h.
Is there a power outage in Spencer County, KY right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Spencer County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Spencer County, KY?
Tracked electric providers include Salt River Electric Coop Corp.
Nearby counties
Anderson CountyBullitt CountyJefferson CountyNelson County
ZIP codes in Spencer County

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

40046, 40071

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 · county-
Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp7.1 hrsLive · county-
Salt River Electric Coop Corp8.5 hrsLive · county-
Shelby Energy Coop, Inc - (KY)4.1 hrsLive · county-
Louisville Gas & Electric Co3.8 hrsLive · county-

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/21215 and /api/v1/counties/21215/history.