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Power Outages in Pittsburg County, OK

Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc, Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co, People's Electric Cooperative and Public Service Co of Oklahoma publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 11.1 hours.

Pittsburg County, OK is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc, Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co, People's Electric Cooperative and Public Service Co of Oklahoma publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Pittsburg County

0.0%of this county's ~29,801 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc, Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co, People's Electric Cooperative, Public Service Co of Oklahoma.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Cookson Hills Elec Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Kiamichi Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Oklahoma Gas & Electric CoLive · total onlynot by county------
People's Electric CooperativeLive · total onlynot by county------
Public Service Co of OklahomaLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Pittsburg 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
707
Oxygen service
246
Dialysis (facility)
91
Home health / hospice
235
By ZIP code (9)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
7450144627377≤11
7454770≤1166≤11
7456135≤11320
7444228024≤11
7442523≤11190
7455320≤11200
7456016≤11120
74529≤110≤110
74528≤11≤11≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Pittsburg County, OK

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

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Recent NWS alert activity · Pittsburg County

Pittsburg County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on September 20, 2026.

  • Heat Advisory ×10
  • Special Weather Statement ×2

Latest Pittsburg County, OK outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 19m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 446 customers out (1.7% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 40m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 266 customers out (1.0% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h

  6. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 2,413 customers out

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 18, 2026

  8. GREW

    Outage grew to 4,706 customers out (18% of the county)

Outage trend · Pittsburg County, OK
0customers out · peak 72
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Pittsburg County, OK: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 72 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.020406080Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg County went about 11.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,325 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Oklahoma utilities averaged 5.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 11.1 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Pittsburg County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.2h, 2016 11.2h, 2017 2.7h, 2018 3.1h, 2019 5.9h, 2020 14.6h, 2021 6.8h, 2022 6.6h, 2023 9.5h, 2024 4.3h, 2025 11.1h. Highlighted: 2020.0510151.2h201511.2h20162.7h20173.1h20185.9h201914.6h20206.8h20216.6h20229.5h20234.3h202411.1h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 5,043 customers out) · decade average 7.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20154982,6061.2
20165494,19811.2
20175993,1502.7
20189704,3313.1
20199186,9125.9
20209975,04314.6
20219342,8766.8
20229525,2606.6
20239048,3259.5
20248374,2454.3
20259045,84011.1

Cost of power in Pittsburg County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Pittsburg 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.

14.1¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 41% since 2015
vs Oklahoma avg 14.3¢
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
September 22, 20238,3253d
May 1, 20196,9122d 1h
May 19, 20255,8407d 9h
June 9, 20225,2602h 15m
April 21, 20205,0433h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High ice storms exposure · 7.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormVery High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
WildfireRelatively 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 Pittsburg County: FAQ

How often does Pittsburg County, OK lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Pittsburg County, OK logged 904 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 11.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Pittsburg County, OK?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,325 customers without power, beginning September 22, 2023 and lasting about 3d.
Is there a power outage in Pittsburg County, OK right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Pittsburg County, OK. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Pittsburg County, OK?
Tracked electric providers include Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc, People's Electric Cooperative, Public Service Co of Oklahoma.
Nearby counties
Atoka CountyCoal CountyHaskell CountyHughes County
ZIP codes in Pittsburg County

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

74425, 74430, 74442, 74501, 74522, 74528, 74546, 74547, 74553, 74554, 74560, 74561, 74565

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Public Service Co of Oklahoma3.3 hrsLive · total only
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Cookson Hills Elec Coop, Inc8.1 hrsLive · total only-
Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc38.7 hrsLive · total only-
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co-Live · total only
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People's Electric Cooperative-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 Oklahoma customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/40121 and /api/v1/counties/40121/history.