Power Outages in Lowndes County, MS
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Lowndes County, MS across 1 reported incident. 4-County Electric Power Assn publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Columbus - (MS) and Monroe County Elec Power Assn, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.5 hours.
Lowndes County, MS is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/lowndes-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lowndes County, MS", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/mississippi/lowndes-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Columbus - (MS) and Monroe County Elec Power Assn.
0.0%of this county's ~33,361 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Columbus - (MS), Monroe County Elec Power Assn. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: 4-County Electric Power Assn.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-County Electric Power Assn | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Columbus - (MS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Monroe County Elec Power Assn | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Lowndes 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39702 | 280 | 19 | 190 | ≤11 |
| 39701 | 131 | ≤11 | 82 | ≤11 |
| 39705 | 117 | ≤11 | 73 | ≤11 |
| 39740 | 66 | ≤11 | 51 | ≤11 |
| 39743 | 35 | ≤11 | 17 | ≤11 |
| 39766 | 32 | 0 | 23 | ≤11 |
| 39736 | ≤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 Lowndes County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lowndes County right now.
Lowndes County has been under 36 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×8
- Heat Advisory ×7
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
- Flood Watch ×3
- Red Flag Warning ×3
- Tropical Storm Warning ×3
Latest Lowndes County, MS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 525 customers out (1.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Lowndes 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 Lowndes Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lowndes County went about 2.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,628 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 2.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 4,612 customers out) · decade average 1.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 253 | 3,072 | 0.6 |
| 2016 | 150 | 2,306 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 670 | 3,666 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 676 | 1,866 | 0.8 |
| 2019 | 631 | 3,383 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 658 | 2,095 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 638 | 3,655 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 696 | 5,628 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 728 | 3,173 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 722 | 3,190 | 1.2 |
| 2025 | 824 | 4,612 | 2.5 |
Cost of power in Lowndes County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lowndes 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.
- 4-County Electric Power Assn13.7¢41,491 cust
- Monroe County Elec Power Assn13.1¢10,247 cust
- City of Columbus - (MS)12.8¢8,852 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 High high winds exposure · 1.2 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 Lowndes County: FAQ
- How often does Lowndes County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lowndes County, MS logged 824 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lowndes County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,628 customers without power, beginning November 29, 2022 and lasting about 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Lowndes County, MS right now?
- Yes, about 5 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Lowndes County, MS?
- Tracked electric providers include 4-County Electric Power Assn.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lowndes County.
39701, 39702, 39705, 39736, 39740, 39743, 39753, 39766
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Columbus - (MS) | 2.7 hrs | No live feed | - |
| 4-County Electric Power Assn | - | Live · total only | - |
| Monroe County Elec 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/28087 and /api/v1/counties/28087/history. Live data as of .