Power Outages in Benton County, MS
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, no outages are reported by North East Mississippi EPA in Benton County, MS. There is no live feed for City of Holly Springs and City of New Albany - (MS). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.0 hours.
Benton County, MS is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/benton-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Benton County, MS", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/mississippi/benton-county
No active outages are reported by North East Mississippi EPA in Benton County.
No live feed for City of Holly Springs and City of New Albany - (MS): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.3%of this county's ~4,209 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Holly Springs, City of New Albany - (MS). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East Mississippi EPA | Live · county | 0 | 13 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Holly Springs | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of New Albany - (MS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
North East Mississippi EPA 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 Benton 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 (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38603 | 58 | ≤11 | 43 | ≤11 |
| 38633 | 52 | ≤11 | 39 | ≤11 |
| 38642 | 40 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 38647 | 14 | ≤11 | ≤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 Benton County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Benton County right now.
Benton 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 Benton County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Benton County went about 5.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 854 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 5.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 428 customers out) · decade average 4.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 14 | 12 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 40 | 434 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 70 | 590 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 74 | 428 | 13.5 |
| 2022 | 83 | 437 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 79 | 854 | 12.4 |
| 2024 | 101 | 442 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 85 | 438 | 5.0 |
Cost of power in Benton County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Benton 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.
- City of Holly Springs12.6¢9,398 cust
- City of New Albany - (MS)13.2¢8,170 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.
Relatively Low tornadoes exposure · 4.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Benton County: FAQ
- How often does Benton County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Benton County, MS logged 85 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Benton County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 854 customers without power, beginning June 26, 2023 and lasting about 2d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Benton County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Benton County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Benton County.
38603, 38633, 38642, 38647
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of New Albany - (MS) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Holly Springs | - | 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 Mississippi customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28009 and /api/v1/counties/28009/history.