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Power Outages in Lincoln County, MS

Entergy Mississippi LLC, Magnolia Electric Power Assn, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative and Southwest Mississippi E P A publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 15.4 hours.

Lincoln County, MS is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Entergy Mississippi LLC, Magnolia Electric Power Assn, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative and Southwest Mississippi E P A publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Lincoln County

0.0%of this county's ~34,599 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Entergy Mississippi LLC, Magnolia Electric Power Assn, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Southwest Mississippi E P A.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Entergy Mississippi LLCLive · total onlynot by county------
Magnolia Electric Power AssnLive · total onlynot by county------
Southern Pine Electric CooperativeLive · total onlynot by county------
Southwest Mississippi E P ALive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Lincoln 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
529
Oxygen service
123
Dialysis (facility)
63
Home health / hospice
183
By ZIP code (3)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
3960134649248≤11
3962910514790
3966220≤11160

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

🔔 Alerts for Lincoln County, MS

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Lincoln County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Lincoln County

Lincoln County has been under 22 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Heat Advisory ×6
  • Red Flag Warning ×3
  • Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×3
  • Wind Advisory ×3
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×3
  • Fire Weather Watch ×2

Latest Lincoln County, MS outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 37m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 789 customers out (3.9% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 31m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 289 customers out (1.4% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 10m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 605 customers out (3.0% of the county)

Outage trend · Lincoln County, MS
0customers out · peak 326
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Lincoln County, MS: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 326 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0100200300400Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County went about 15.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 20,482 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 15.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Lincoln County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 3.0h, 2016 1.9h, 2017 20.9h, 2018 3.1h, 2019 9.1h, 2020 16.6h, 2021 48.8h, 2022 6.9h, 2023 7.6h, 2024 21.8h, 2025 15.4h. Highlighted: 2021.02040603.0h20151.9h201620.9h20173.1h20189.1h201916.6h202048.8h20216.9h20227.6h202321.8h202415.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 9,395 customers out) · decade average 14.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20154381,6013.0
20164481,3051.9
20176687,30620.9
20187184,9843.1
20197194,2169.1
202074020,48216.6
20216639,39548.8
20228682,9836.9
20238163,9127.6
20247826,37921.8
202589210,24115.4

Cost of power in Lincoln County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Lincoln 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.

14.9¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 31% since 2015
vs Mississippi avg 14.5¢
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
April 19, 202020,48220h 30m
February 16, 202510,2412d 12h
February 15, 20219,39523d 17h
October 10, 20207,7997d 1h
January 2, 20177,3061d 22h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 14.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Lincoln County: FAQ

How often does Lincoln County, MS lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Lincoln County, MS logged 892 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 15.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Lincoln County, MS?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 20,482 customers without power, beginning April 19, 2020 and lasting about 20h 30m.
Is there a power outage in Lincoln County, MS right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Lincoln County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Lincoln County, MS?
Tracked electric providers include Entergy Mississippi LLC, Magnolia Electric Power Assn, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, Southwest Mississippi E P A.
Nearby counties
Amite CountyCopiah CountyFranklin CountyJefferson County
ZIP codes in Lincoln County

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

39601, 39629, 39662

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Entergy Mississippi LLC10.7 hrsLive · total only-
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative10.8 hrsLive · total only-
Southwest Mississippi E P A45.6 hrsLive · total only-
Magnolia Electric Power Assn21.0 hrsLive · total only-

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/28085 and /api/v1/counties/28085/history.