Power Outages in Lafayette County, MS
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, no outages are reported by North East Mississippi EPA and Tallahatchie Valley E P A in Lafayette County, MS. There is no live feed for City of Oxford - (MS). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.6 hours.
Lafayette County, MS is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/lafayette-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lafayette County, MS", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/mississippi/lafayette-county
No active outages are reported by North East Mississippi EPA and Tallahatchie Valley E P A in Lafayette County.
No live feed for City of Oxford - (MS): outages in itsservice area won't show here.
78%of this county's ~35,671 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Oxford - (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 | 26,618 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Tallahatchie Valley E P A | Live · county | 0 | 1,137 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Oxford - (MS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
North East Mississippi EPA and Tallahatchie Valley 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 Lafayette 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38655 | 371 | 21 | 250 | 14 |
| 38601 | 35 | ≤11 | 17 | ≤11 |
| 38627 | 25 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
| 38673 | 17 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
| 38949 | ≤11 | ≤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 Lafayette County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lafayette County right now.
Lafayette 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 Lafayette County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lafayette County went about 6.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,154 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 6.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 9,154 customers out) · decade average 4.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 539 | 2,120 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 764 | 7,102 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | 784 | 2,425 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 568 | 9,154 | 8.5 |
| 2021 | 617 | 5,683 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 592 | 2,809 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 636 | 5,183 | 5.3 |
| 2024 | 670 | 3,493 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 630 | 4,825 | 6.6 |
Cost of power in Lafayette County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lafayette 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.
- North East Mississippi EPA14.2¢26,836 cust
- Tallahatchie Valley E P A13.0¢21,509 cust
- City of Oxford - (MS)12.2¢8,620 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 Moderate high winds exposure · 4.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Lafayette County: FAQ
- How often does Lafayette County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lafayette County, MS logged 630 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lafayette County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,154 customers without power, beginning April 10, 2020 and lasting about 7d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Lafayette County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lafayette County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Lafayette County, MS?
- Tracked electric providers include North East Mississippi EPA, Tallahatchie Valley E P A.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lafayette County.
38601, 38627, 38655, 38673, 38677, 38949
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Oxford - (MS) | 2.3 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Tallahatchie Valley E P A | - | Live · county | - |
| North East Mississippi EPA | - | 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/28071 and /api/v1/counties/28071/history.