Power Outages in Winston County, MS
There is no live feed for East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn and Louisville Electric System, so we can't see current outages in Winston County, MS. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.4 hours.
Winston County, MS is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/winston-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Winston County, MS". https://massoutage.com/mississippi/winston-county
No live feed for East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn and Louisville Electric System: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~14,137 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn, Louisville Electric System. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Louisville Electric System | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Winston 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39339 | 187 | ≤11 | 134 | ≤11 |
| 39346 | 44 | ≤11 | 30 | ≤11 |
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 Winston County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Winston County right now.
Winston County has been under 39 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×8
- Special Weather Statement ×7
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Tropical Storm Watch ×4
- Tropical Storm Warning ×3
- Flood Watch ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Winston County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Winston County went about 2.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,567 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 2.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 10,567 customers out) · decade average 4.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 13 | 58 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 19 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 123 | 3,193 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | 192 | 5,775 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 204 | 10,567 | 28.4 |
| 2022 | 320 | 1,410 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 233 | 3,604 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 218 | 3,320 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 210 | 1,812 | 2.4 |
Cost of power in Winston County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Winston 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.
- East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn14.9¢9,883 cust
- Louisville Electric System11.5¢2,447 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 · 4.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Winston County: FAQ
- How often does Winston County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Winston County, MS logged 210 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Winston County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,567 customers without power, beginning February 18, 2021 and lasting about 4d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Winston County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Winston County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Winston County.
39339, 39346
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn | 0.1 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Louisville Electric System | - | 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/28159 and /api/v1/counties/28159/history.