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Power Outages in Scott County, MS

Central Electric Power Assn - (MS), Entergy Mississippi LLC, Mississippi Power Co and Southern Pine Electric Cooperative publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.4 hours.

Scott County, MS is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Central Electric Power Assn - (MS), Entergy Mississippi LLC, Mississippi Power Co and Southern Pine Electric Cooperative publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Scott County

0.0%of this county's ~18,009 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Central Electric Power Assn - (MS), Entergy Mississippi LLC, Mississippi Power Co, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Central Electric Power Assn - (MS)Live · total onlynot by county------
Entergy Mississippi LLCLive · total onlynot by county------
Mississippi Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Southern Pine Electric CooperativeLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Scott 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
459
Oxygen service
104
Dialysis (facility)
69
Home health / hospice
201
By ZIP code (4)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
3907421112143≤11
39117134≤11810
3909240≤11320
3915216≤11≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Scott County, MS

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Scott County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Scott County

Scott County has been under 23 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
  • Heat Advisory ×4
  • Red Flag Warning ×3
  • Special Weather Statement ×3
  • Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×3
  • Wind Advisory ×3

Latest Scott County, MS outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 4, 2026

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 212 customers out (1.2% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 25m

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 342 customers out (1.9% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 25m

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 359 customers out (2.0% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 36m

Outage trend · Scott County, MS
0customers out · peak 19
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Scott County, MS: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 19 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05101520Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Scott 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 Scott County went about 10.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 14,747 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 10.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Scott County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.0h, 2016 1.7h, 2017 3.0h, 2018 2.8h, 2019 8.3h, 2020 9.2h, 2021 32.1h, 2022 9.2h, 2023 21.5h, 2024 19.5h, 2025 10.4h. Highlighted: 2021.0102030401.0h20151.7h20163.0h20172.8h20188.3h20199.2h202032.1h20219.2h202221.5h202319.5h202410.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 12,650 customers out) · decade average 10.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20153271,5761.0
20165101,1591.7
20174681,8383.0
20185583,1852.8
20195834,9288.3
20206228,4159.2
202162412,65032.1
20227166,0259.2
202369114,74721.5
202469610,66719.5
20257425,06210.4

Cost of power in Scott County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Scott 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.

14.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 19% 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
June 16, 202314,7474d 17h
February 15, 202112,6509d 12h
April 10, 202410,6673d 20h
May 4, 20218,9342d 6h
March 4, 20208,4151d 16h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 10.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneRelatively Moderate
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively 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 Scott County: FAQ

How often does Scott County, MS lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Scott County, MS logged 742 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Scott County, MS?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 14,747 customers without power, beginning June 16, 2023 and lasting about 4d 17h.
Is there a power outage in Scott County, MS right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Scott County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Scott County, MS?
Tracked electric providers include Central Electric Power Assn - (MS), Entergy Mississippi LLC, Mississippi Power Co, Southern Pine Electric Cooperative.
Nearby counties
Jasper CountyLeake CountyMadison CountyNewton County
ZIP codes in Scott County

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

39074, 39092, 39117, 39359

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-
Mississippi Power Co1.8 hrsLive · total only
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Southern Pine Electric Cooperative10.8 hrsLive · total only-
Central Electric Power Assn - (MS)-Live · 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/28123 and /api/v1/counties/28123/history.