Power Outages in Pontotoc County, MS
As of October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC, no outages are reported by North East Mississippi EPA in Pontotoc County, MS. There is no live feed for Pontotoc Electric Power Assn and Tombigbee Electric Power Assn. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.2 hours.
Pontotoc County, MS is served by 3 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/pontotoc-county
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- October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Pontotoc County, MS", live data as of October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC. https://massoutage.com/mississippi/pontotoc-county
No active outages are reported by North East Mississippi EPA in Pontotoc County.
No live feed for Pontotoc Electric Power Assn and Tombigbee Electric Power Assn: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
7.4%of this county's ~18,791 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Pontotoc Electric Power Assn, Tombigbee Electric Power Assn. 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 | 1,392 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Pontotoc Electric Power Assn | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tombigbee Electric Power Assn | 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 Pontotoc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38863 | 316 | 15 | 231 | ≤11 |
| 38826 | 73 | ≤11 | 50 | ≤11 |
| 38841 | 57 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 38871 | 40 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 38864 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 38869 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 38820 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤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 Pontotoc County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Pontotoc County right now.
Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pontotoc County went about 3.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,599 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 3.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 1,304 customers out) · decade average 1.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 74 | 276 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 120 | 190 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 125 | 1,010 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | 139 | 1,212 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 131 | 1,599 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 179 | 1,073 | 0.8 |
| 2023 | 135 | 1,261 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 200 | 1,119 | 0.4 |
| 2025 | 237 | 1,304 | 3.2 |
Cost of power in Pontotoc County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Pontotoc 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.
- Tombigbee Electric Power Assn13.0¢37,347 cust
- North East Mississippi EPA14.2¢26,836 cust
- Pontotoc Electric Power Assn13.8¢16,453 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 · 1.0 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 Pontotoc County: FAQ
- How often does Pontotoc County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pontotoc County, MS logged 237 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pontotoc County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,599 customers without power, beginning July 22, 2021 and lasting about 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Pontotoc County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Pontotoc County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Pontotoc County, MS?
- Tracked electric providers include North East Mississippi EPA.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pontotoc County.
38826, 38841, 38863, 38864, 38869, 38871
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tombigbee Electric Power Assn | - | No live feed | - |
| North East Mississippi EPA | - | Live · county | - |
| Pontotoc 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/28115 and /api/v1/counties/28115/history.