2017 Kentucky Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Kentucky customer went without power for about 2.6 hours, the 31st worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

2.6

vs prior year

▲ 27%

vs 2016

Customer-hours out

5.9M

Peak customers out

98,057

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of KY customers

Counties reporting

119

Kentucky year over year

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

Month by month, 2017

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

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All 119 Kentucky counties, 2017

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	Pike County	20.0	631K	31,507	10,091	547
2	Martin County	18.8	115K	6,097	2,645	221
3	Breathitt County	13.3	106K	7,915	2,053	233
4	Knott County	12.8	91K	7,061	1,914	290
5	Trigg County	12.7	82K	6,398	6,398	313
6	Perry County	12.6	204K	16,228	3,887	455
7	Leslie County	12.4	66K	5,295	1,624	276
8	Carroll County	12.4	78K	6,325	4,718	177
9	Lawrence County	11.7	100K	8,553	1,440	329
10	Floyd County	11.5	231K	20,057	3,908	403
11	Gallatin County	10.8	47K	4,358	2,534	202
12	Monroe County	10.8	75K	6,991	3,454	240
13	Pendleton County	9.9	62K	6,272	2,321	236
14	Hickman County	9.6	22K	2,285	2,285	181
15	Owen County	8.8	49K	5,563	4,006	348
16	Letcher County	8.8	97K	11,069	1,576	387
17	Carlisle County	6.6	15K	2,244	820	113
18	Todd County	6.4	34K	5,306	2,176	375
19	Magoffin County	6.4	42K	6,548	2,816	147
20	Lyon County	6.3	28K	4,392	2,861	306
21	Greenup County	6.3	114K	18,179	6,021	348
22	Lee County	6.3	25K	3,961	1,468	359
23	Bracken County	5.8	22K	3,833	1,764	160
24	Fulton County	5.6	23K	4,089	1,518	112
25	Boyd County	5.6	155K	27,789	5,092	548
26	Oldham County	5.4	149K	27,365	14,118	558
27	Campbell County	5.0	195K	38,975	6,047	554
28	Grant County	4.9	51K	10,264	2,760	296
29	Crittenden County	4.7	20K	4,136	2,513	290
30	Woodford County	4.7	58K	12,322	5,022	429
31	Trimble County	4.4	19K	4,257	1,550	65
32	Boone County	4.1	304K	74,771	18,940	727
33	Ohio County	3.9	50K	12,868	5,222	520
34	Kenton County	3.8	287K	74,546	10,615	743
35	Robertson County	3.8	4,453	1,161	389	41
36	Washington County	3.7	20K	5,512	4,702	249
37	Butler County	3.6	25K	6,824	5,972	291
38	Hopkins County	3.4	70K	20,238	5,050	591
39	Bell County	3.3	41K	12,248	2,718	552
40	Marshall County	3.3	61K	18,536	9,053	371
41	Nelson County	3.2	73K	22,386	15,158	528
42	Allen County	3.1	38K	11,953	2,030	332
43	Menifee County	3.1	11K	3,601	2,829	170
44	Harlan County	3.1	42K	13,700	1,975	517
45	Carter County	3.1	40K	12,835	956	333
46	Logan County	3.1	45K	14,637	3,583	421
47	Calloway County	3.0	76K	25,554	2,689	387
48	Harrison County	2.8	27K	9,604	1,769	367
49	Henry County	2.7	20K	7,357	2,305	151
50	Estill County	2.7	20K	7,224	1,825	98
51	McLean County	2.7	12K	4,361	1,324	369
52	Webster County	2.6	14K	5,270	1,309	301
53	Johnson County	2.5	32K	12,834	850	227
54	Spencer County	2.4	20K	8,434	5,930	261
55	Edmonson County	2.3	15K	6,505	6,505	307
56	Bullitt County	2.3	93K	40,366	22,343	757
57	Caldwell County	2.3	14K	5,933	784	231
58	Scott County	2.3	67K	29,867	3,530	550
59	Anderson County	2.2	25K	11,516	1,128	384
60	Franklin County	2.1	55K	25,840	1,673	315
61	Powell County	1.8	15K	8,244	3,193	233
62	Muhlenberg County	1.7	25K	14,901	5,758	515
63	Bourbon County	1.7	13K	7,414	1,869	376
64	Graves County	1.6	32K	19,692	3,625	433
65	Mason County	1.6	15K	9,434	975	185
66	Christian County	1.6	57K	36,367	7,877	593
67	Madison County	1.5	73K	48,463	6,197	706
68	Cumberland County	1.4	5,025	3,483	1,472	108
69	Union County	1.4	9,785	6,794	739	371
70	Nicholas County	1.4	5,016	3,502	419	156
71	Jefferson County	1.4	529K	390,033	11,527	860
72	Grayson County	1.3	19K	14,255	2,533	430
73	Hancock County	1.3	6,716	5,170	989	281
74	Bath County	1.3	8,326	6,489	694	186
75	Morgan County	1.2	9,768	8,162	1,687	68
76	Fleming County	1.1	8,979	7,871	1,297	66
77	Rockcastle County	1.1	9,093	8,013	774	142
78	Fayette County	1.1	183K	170,657	5,509	1,069
79	Mercer County	1.1	12K	11,645	742	309
80	Clark County	1.0	19K	18,710	2,191	484
81	Ballard County	1.0	4,021	4,230	538	88
82	Montgomery County	0.9	14K	15,495	870	376
83	Metcalfe County	0.9	5,615	6,226	1,484	63
84	Russell County	0.8	9,840	11,596	942	189
85	Jessamine County	0.7	21K	28,534	3,108	462
86	Marion County	0.7	7,677	10,962	3,103	152
87	Rowan County	0.7	10K	15,098	687	218
88	Taylor County	0.7	12K	16,754	4,346	113
89	Daviess County	0.7	36K	52,705	4,848	837
90	Warren County	0.6	44K	67,855	3,328	639
91	Clinton County	0.6	3,892	6,743	821	7
92	Meade County	0.5	9,789	18,076	1,404	117
93	Clay County	0.5	6,318	11,735	573	138
94	Whitley County	0.5	8,431	18,361	1,250	173
95	Henderson County	0.4	9,186	21,493	1,517	617
96	Owsley County	0.4	981	2,420	22	7
97	Livingston County	0.4	2,237	5,667	529	60
98	Simpson County	0.4	4,688	11,898	812	211
99	Laurel County	0.4	14K	35,907	1,790	438
100	Shelby County	0.3	8,330	23,928	1,324	334
101	Larue County	0.3	2,433	7,475	370	116
102	McCreary County	0.3	3,176	10,586	356	90
103	Adair County	0.3	3,174	10,660	1,195	79
104	Garrard County	0.3	2,560	8,676	431	137
105	Lewis County	0.3	1,693	5,886	245	25
106	Boyle County	0.3	4,616	16,810	1,651	248
107	Knox County	0.3	4,024	15,272	507	200
108	Hardin County	0.3	16K	61,032	3,268	538
109	Hart County	0.2	2,423	10,882	223	114
110	Green County	0.2	1,241	6,326	1,360	42
111	Casey County	0.2	1,467	8,794	253	61
112	McCracken County	0.2	5,994	36,761	897	88
113	Pulaski County	0.1	6,264	42,258	767	300
114	Barren County	0.1	3,453	24,665	588	93
115	Elliott County	0.1	600	4,390	19	12
116	Lincoln County	0.1	980	12,841	639	111
117	Wolfe County	0.1	315	4,146	64	7
118	Breckinridge County	0.0	236	13,773	110	13
119	Jackson County	0.0	21	7,104	19	4

Biggest Kentucky outages of 2017

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	Bullitt County, KY	July 20, 2017 13:00	July 20, 2017 15:15	2h 15m	22,343	11K
2	Boone County, KY	March 1, 2017 08:00	March 4, 2017 18:45	3d 10h	18,940	207K
3	Bullitt County, KY	November 9, 2017 14:45	November 9, 2017 22:00	7h 15m	15,202	12K
4	Nelson County, KY	July 20, 2017 14:45	July 20, 2017 15:15	30m	15,158	7,529
5	Oldham County, KY	March 1, 2017 11:30	March 3, 2017 01:00	1d 13h	14,118	46K
6	Oldham County, KY	July 23, 2017 07:00	July 23, 2017 22:45	15h 45m	11,968	15K
7	Nelson County, KY	November 9, 2017 18:15	November 9, 2017 22:00	3h 45m	11,813	13K
8	Jefferson County, KY	December 13, 2017 11:30	December 14, 2017 00:00	12h 30m	11,527	3,430
9	Kenton County, KY	August 11, 2017 07:00	August 11, 2017 07:15	15m	10,615	2,654
10	Bullitt County, KY	November 6, 2017 04:15	November 7, 2017 13:15	1d 9h	10,185	26K
11	Pike County, KY	March 1, 2017 13:30	March 5, 2017 23:00	4d 9h	10,091	267K
12	Marshall County, KY	March 6, 2017 08:45	March 6, 2017 12:15	3h 30m	9,053	7,039
13	Jefferson County, KY	July 13, 2017 12:00	July 15, 2017 04:00	1d 16h	9,002	5,078
14	Jefferson County, KY	January 23, 2017 10:00	January 24, 2017 07:15	21h 15m	8,817	11K
15	Christian County, KY	May 3, 2017 11:15	May 3, 2017 11:30	15m	7,877	1,969
16	Jefferson County, KY	August 1, 2017 09:15	August 1, 2017 20:45	11h 30m	7,445	3,638
17	Jefferson County, KY	January 16, 2017 12:45	January 18, 2017 05:30	1d 16h	7,413	8,380
18	Kenton County, KY	March 1, 2017 06:45	March 4, 2017 22:30	3d 15h	6,991	140K
19	Jefferson County, KY	September 18, 2017 04:45	September 18, 2017 05:15	30m	6,925	1,732
20	Edmonson County, KY	April 5, 2017 20:15	April 6, 2017 03:00	6h 45m	6,505	4,911
21	Trigg County, KY	July 9, 2017 13:00	July 9, 2017 14:45	1h 45m	6,398	5,346
22	Trigg County, KY	January 23, 2017 23:00	January 24, 2017 01:15	2h 15m	6,398	12K
23	Madison County, KY	March 1, 2017 13:15	March 3, 2017 02:45	1d 13h	6,197	21K
24	Jefferson County, KY	March 1, 2017 03:15	March 2, 2017 09:15	1d 6h	6,128	37K
25	Campbell County, KY	August 11, 2017 07:00	August 11, 2017 07:15	15m	6,047	1,512

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Kentucky's electricity customers in 2017; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

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Other states in 2017:FL ME WV NH GA RI VT NC

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

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