Power Outages in Alcorn County, MS
Is there a power outage in Alcorn County, MS right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 23:55 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Alcorn County, MS across 1 reported incident.
Alcorn County, MS is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.5 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/alcorn-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 23:55 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Alcorn County, MS", live data as of October 19, 2026 23:55 UTC. https://massoutage.com/mississippi/alcorn-county
Report an outage in Alcorn County, MS
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Alcorn County Elec Power Assn; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
100%of this county's ~20,068 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcorn County Elec Power Assn | Live · county | 1 | 23,709 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
Alcorn County Elec Power Assn 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 Alcorn 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 (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38834 | 471 | 89 | 357 | ≤11 |
| 38865 | 88 | 12 | 56 | 0 |
| 38846 | 49 | 14 | 39 | ≤11 |
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 Alcorn County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Alcorn County right now.
Alcorn County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×11
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Alcorn 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 Alcorn Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Alcorn County went about 0.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,615 customers.
The US EIA reports Mississippi utilities averaged 8.7 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 0.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 396 customers out) · decade average 0.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21 | 62 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 22 | 264 | 0.3 |
| 2021 | 16 | 267 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 25 | 279 | 0.4 |
| 2023 | 27 | 396 | 0.5 |
| 2024 | 37 | 1,615 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 40 | 1,557 | 0.5 |
Cost of power in Alcorn County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Alcorn 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.
- Alcorn County Elec Power Assn13.5¢14,987 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 tornadoes exposure · 0.3 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 Alcorn County: FAQ
- How often does Alcorn County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Alcorn County, MS logged 40 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Alcorn County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,615 customers without power, beginning October 31, 2024 and lasting about 5h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Alcorn County, MS right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 23:55 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Alcorn County, MS across 1 reported incident.
- Which utilities serve Alcorn County, MS?
- Tracked electric providers include Alcorn County Elec Power Assn.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Alcorn County.
38834, 38846, 38865
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 Alcorn County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Mississippi →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcorn County Elec Power Assn | - | Live · 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 Mississippi customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28003 and /api/v1/counties/28003/history. Live data as of .