2015 Kentucky Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Kentucky customer went without power for about 2.3 hours, the 25th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

2.3

vs prior year

no earlier year loaded

Customer-hours out

5.2M

Peak customers out

40,123

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of KY customers

Counties reporting

113

Kentucky year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across Kentucky; July was the worst.

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All 113 Kentucky counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Leslie County	33.3	176K	5,295	3,517	234
2	Pike County	21.9	691K	31,507	9,581	562
3	Martin County	21.7	133K	6,097	2,835	188
4	Lawrence County	20.8	178K	8,553	2,075	291
5	Breathitt County	19.8	156K	7,915	1,573	218
6	Perry County	19.3	313K	16,228	5,349	417
7	Carter County	18.4	236K	12,835	5,868	298
8	Knott County	17.1	121K	7,061	1,893	277
9	Letcher County	12.0	133K	11,069	3,259	354
10	Floyd County	8.1	163K	20,057	2,313	394
11	Magoffin County	7.6	50K	6,548	1,852	129
12	Cumberland County	6.6	23K	3,483	1,279	105
13	Johnson County	5.8	75K	12,834	2,703	227
14	Lee County	5.6	22K	3,961	2,308	331
15	Rowan County	5.1	77K	15,098	3,782	175
16	Monroe County	5.0	35K	6,991	1,834	236
17	Boyd County	4.3	120K	27,789	2,686	468
18	Woodford County	3.7	45K	12,322	2,364	388
19	Campbell County	3.6	142K	38,975	7,725	639
20	Greenup County	3.6	65K	18,179	3,801	326
21	Harlan County	3.4	47K	13,700	2,565	503
22	Muhlenberg County	3.4	51K	14,901	2,180	579
23	Allen County	3.2	39K	11,953	4,757	331
24	Owen County	3.1	17K	5,563	2,103	111
25	Anderson County	3.1	35K	11,516	6,066	229
26	Pendleton County	3.0	19K	6,272	891	96
27	Bell County	2.9	36K	12,248	3,873	466
28	Bath County	2.8	18K	6,489	1,476	133
29	Oldham County	2.7	74K	27,365	3,248	557
30	Metcalfe County	2.5	16K	6,226	1,531	83
31	Grant County	2.5	26K	10,264	1,771	185
32	Nicholas County	2.4	8,520	3,502	1,394	148
33	Morgan County	2.4	19K	8,162	1,188	47
34	Bracken County	2.4	9,087	3,833	918	122
35	Estill County	2.4	17K	7,224	3,122	94
36	McLean County	2.2	9,629	4,361	1,417	155
37	Bourbon County	2.1	15K	7,414	2,881	336
38	Kenton County	2.1	153K	74,546	8,280	757
39	Casey County	2.0	18K	8,794	1,099	75
40	Lyon County	1.9	8,275	4,392	1,830	180
41	Gallatin County	1.9	8,151	4,358	1,397	40
42	Mason County	1.8	17K	9,434	886	180
43	Jefferson County	1.8	719K	390,033	15,233	869
44	Garrard County	1.7	15K	8,676	1,389	100
45	Hickman County	1.6	3,753	2,285	934	29
46	Hardin County	1.6	98K	61,032	10,394	486
47	Mercer County	1.5	18K	11,645	2,240	274
48	Lincoln County	1.4	18K	12,841	3,122	93
49	Lewis County	1.4	8,119	5,886	257	20
50	Webster County	1.4	7,201	5,270	1,138	157
51	Robertson County	1.4	1,568	1,161	358	25
52	Montgomery County	1.3	19K	15,495	8,485	239
53	Hopkins County	1.2	25K	20,238	2,773	533
54	Fleming County	1.2	9,488	7,871	867	64
55	Laurel County	1.1	40K	35,907	2,792	461
56	Fayette County	1.1	189K	170,657	16,900	1,046
57	Shelby County	1.1	26K	23,928	3,527	251
58	Union County	1.1	7,229	6,794	1,797	194
59	Scott County	1.0	30K	29,867	1,507	497
60	Boyle County	1.0	17K	16,810	2,053	235
61	Harrison County	1.0	9,391	9,604	1,297	218
62	Crittenden County	0.9	3,928	4,136	385	112
63	Carroll County	0.9	5,541	6,325	871	102
64	Pulaski County	0.8	34K	42,258	1,108	312
65	Hart County	0.8	8,689	10,882	1,180	167
66	Henry County	0.8	5,810	7,357	951	160
67	Rockcastle County	0.8	6,145	8,013	782	120
68	Russell County	0.8	8,822	11,596	1,502	165
69	Henderson County	0.8	16K	21,493	2,458	206
70	McCreary County	0.7	7,830	10,586	758	97
71	Caldwell County	0.7	4,270	5,933	744	99
72	Bullitt County	0.7	28K	40,366	1,791	375
73	Menifee County	0.7	2,536	3,601	456	63
74	Ohio County	0.7	9,051	12,868	3,618	265
75	Madison County	0.7	34K	48,463	3,116	517
76	Franklin County	0.7	18K	25,840	773	231
77	Boone County	0.7	52K	74,771	2,420	624
78	Trimble County	0.6	2,679	4,257	484	55
79	Jessamine County	0.6	17K	28,534	1,390	274
80	Clay County	0.6	6,751	11,735	1,089	129
81	Elliott County	0.6	2,469	4,390	28	14
82	Hancock County	0.6	2,855	5,170	639	103
83	Clark County	0.5	10K	18,710	3,174	438
84	Washington County	0.5	2,604	5,512	1,787	64
85	Knox County	0.5	7,162	15,272	911	182
86	Powell County	0.4	3,575	8,244	403	113
87	Larue County	0.4	3,089	7,475	448	100
88	Marion County	0.3	3,806	10,962	804	143
89	Nelson County	0.3	6,841	22,386	1,725	109
90	Clinton County	0.3	1,882	6,743	826	6
91	Barren County	0.3	6,346	24,665	691	81
92	Ballard County	0.2	1,056	4,230	116	73
93	Taylor County	0.2	3,929	16,754	925	75
94	Spencer County	0.2	1,833	8,434	130	77
95	Livingston County	0.2	1,203	5,667	553	33
96	Owsley County	0.2	483	2,420	10	2
97	Meade County	0.2	3,427	18,076	283	140
98	Daviess County	0.2	9,691	52,705	1,700	233
99	Whitley County	0.2	2,995	18,361	380	175
100	Green County	0.1	765	6,326	145	40
101	Grayson County	0.1	1,418	14,255	160	102
102	Adair County	0.1	909	10,660	67	90
103	Edmonson County	0.1	394	6,505	74	6
104	Wolfe County	0.0	198	4,146	32	5
105	Fulton County	0.0	156	4,089	24	5
106	Christian County	0.0	1,045	36,367	842	37
107	Carlisle County	0.0	53	2,244	30	2
108	Simpson County	0.0	161	11,898	38	18
109	McCracken County	0.0	173	36,761	409	25
110	Logan County	0.0	11	14,637	11	2
111	Breckinridge County	0.0	7	13,773	2	4
112	Jackson County	0.0	1	7,104	1	1
113	Warren County	0.0	2	67,855	4	1

Biggest Kentucky outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Fayette County, KY	April 7, 2015 23:15	April 8, 2015 02:00	2h 45m	16,900	16K
2	Jefferson County, KY	July 16, 2015 11:15	July 19, 2015 01:45	2d 14h	15,233	132K
3	Jefferson County, KY	June 25, 2015 11:15	June 28, 2015 06:15	2d 19h	10,923	51K
4	Hardin County, KY	February 20, 2015 03:45	February 20, 2015 20:45	17h	10,394	64K
5	Jefferson County, KY	April 9, 2015 11:30	April 10, 2015 08:45	21h 15m	9,947	12K
6	Jefferson County, KY	July 29, 2015 11:30	July 31, 2015 18:00	2d 6h	9,621	31K
7	Pike County, KY	July 13, 2015 06:15	July 18, 2015 02:15	4d 20h	9,581	373K
8	Hardin County, KY	December 14, 2015 18:45	December 14, 2015 20:15	1h 30m	9,276	12K
9	Jefferson County, KY	August 4, 2015 18:30	August 5, 2015 03:15	8h 45m	8,675	20K
10	Montgomery County, KY	November 29, 2015 02:15	November 29, 2015 03:30	1h 15m	8,485	8,452
11	Kenton County, KY	May 5, 2015 18:00	May 6, 2015 04:45	10h 45m	8,280	2,927
12	Campbell County, KY	July 13, 2015 18:15	July 16, 2015 03:00	2d 8h	7,725	67K
13	Jefferson County, KY	March 9, 2015 10:00	March 10, 2015 01:00	15h	7,410	2,347
14	Kenton County, KY	June 28, 2015 09:30	June 28, 2015 17:00	7h 30m	7,193	9,168
15	Fayette County, KY	July 9, 2015 00:30	July 9, 2015 02:45	2h 15m	6,375	7,174
16	Anderson County, KY	September 20, 2015 23:45	September 21, 2015 00:45	1h	6,066	1,517
17	Carter County, KY	July 13, 2015 19:45	July 19, 2015 01:45	5d 6h	5,868	196K
18	Fayette County, KY	September 21, 2015 13:30	September 21, 2015 18:15	4h 45m	5,490	6,506
19	Fayette County, KY	November 9, 2015 21:30	November 10, 2015 00:45	3h 15m	5,358	5,363
20	Perry County, KY	July 13, 2015 21:00	July 19, 2015 01:45	5d 4h	5,349	226K
21	Fayette County, KY	May 19, 2015 13:45	May 28, 2015 22:30	9d 8h	5,263	7,357
22	Fayette County, KY	June 14, 2015 04:30	June 14, 2015 06:30	2h	5,148	3,590
23	Jefferson County, KY	April 7, 2015 11:00	April 8, 2015 08:00	21h	4,912	8,838
24	Fayette County, KY	July 13, 2015 11:15	July 15, 2015 21:00	2d 9h	4,817	17K
25	Allen County, KY	August 15, 2015 19:30	August 15, 2015 23:30	4h	4,757	5,059

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Kentucky's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Kentucky by year:2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

Other states in 2015:WV WA MI NC RI LA OK NJ

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.