Power Outages in DeSoto County, MS
Is there a power outage in DeSoto County, MS right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:20 UTC, about 13 customers are without power in DeSoto County, MS across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Coahoma Electric Power Assn, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
DeSoto County, MS is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.6 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/desoto-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 16:20 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in DeSoto County, MS", live data as of October 19, 2026 16:20 UTC. https://massoutage.com/mississippi/desoto-county
Not counted: no live feed for Coahoma Electric Power Assn.
Report an outage in DeSoto 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 Entergy Mississippi LLC, Northcentral Mississippi E P A, City of Memphis - (TN) and Coahoma Electric Power Assn; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
65%of this county's ~94,089 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Coahoma Electric Power Assn. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
Only visible while reporting outages: City of Memphis - (TN). Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Mississippi LLC | Live · county | 13 | 61,279 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Memphis - (TN) | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Northcentral Mississippi E P A | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Coahoma Electric Power Assn | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Entergy Mississippi LLC and Northcentral Mississippi E P A 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, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in DeSoto 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 (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38654 | 446 | 24 | 324 | ≤11 |
| 38671 | 329 | 20 | 244 | ≤11 |
| 38632 | 313 | 21 | 230 | ≤11 |
| 38637 | 215 | 14 | 151 | ≤11 |
| 38672 | 118 | ≤11 | 80 | ≤11 |
| 38651 | 102 | ≤11 | 75 | ≤11 |
| 38680 | 49 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 38641 | 26 | ≤11 | 20 | 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 DeSoto County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for DeSoto County right now.
DeSoto County has been under 29 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×14
- Heat Advisory ×11
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×1
Latest DeSoto County, MS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 35m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 569 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 3,451 customers out (3.6% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,197 customers out (2.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 39m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,430 customers out (1.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in DeSoto 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 DeSoto Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in DeSoto County went about 4.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,224 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 4.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 7,975 customers out) · decade average 2.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 738 | 7,782 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | 768 | 6,874 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 713 | 9,224 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 841 | 3,297 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 762 | 7,363 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 767 | 6,971 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 854 | 5,845 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 936 | 8,123 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 779 | 8,309 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 827 | 3,543 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 744 | 7,975 | 4.6 |
Cost of power in DeSoto County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for DeSoto 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.
- Entergy Mississippi LLC13.9¢384,493 cust
- Northcentral Mississippi E P A13.3¢29,392 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 High tornadoes exposure · 2.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in DeSoto County: FAQ
- How often does DeSoto County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, DeSoto County, MS logged 744 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in DeSoto County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,224 customers without power, beginning May 28, 2017 and lasting about 2d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in DeSoto County, MS right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:20 UTC, about 13 customers are without power in DeSoto County, MS across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Coahoma Electric Power Assn, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve DeSoto County, MS?
- Tracked electric providers include City of Memphis - (TN), Entergy Mississippi LLC, Northcentral Mississippi E P A.
Southaven, Olive Branch. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the DeSoto County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within DeSoto County.
38632, 38637, 38641, 38651, 38654, 38671, 38672, 38680
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 DeSoto County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Mississippi →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Mississippi LLC | 10.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Northcentral Mississippi E P A | 4.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| City of Memphis - (TN) | 5.8 hrs | Outages only | - |
| Coahoma Electric Power Assn | - | 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/28033 and /api/v1/counties/28033/history. Live data as of .