2018 Kentucky Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Kentucky customer went without power for about 5.7 hours, the 14th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

5.7

vs prior year

▲ 121%

vs 2017

Customer-hours out

13.1M

Peak customers out

130,532

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

78%

of KY customers

Counties reporting

118

Kentucky year over year

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

Month by month, 2018

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

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All 118 Kentucky counties, 2018

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	Woodford County	67.7	834K	12,322	12,322	432
2	Leslie County	25.1	133K	5,295	3,336	367
3	Lawrence County	20.5	175K	8,553	3,707	402
4	Martin County	17.0	104K	6,097	2,717	308
5	Knott County	16.4	116K	7,061	1,097	435
6	Letcher County	16.0	177K	11,069	3,617	519
7	Oldham County	15.8	433K	27,365	8,086	531
8	Pike County	14.0	442K	31,507	5,496	641
9	Union County	12.3	84K	6,794	3,829	365
10	Lee County	12.2	48K	3,961	2,273	388
11	Ballard County	11.6	49K	4,230	3,358	217
12	Edmonson County	11.6	75K	6,505	2,156	369
13	Fayette County	11.1	1.9M	170,657	58,693	992
14	Carlisle County	10.7	24K	2,244	2,244	130
15	Perry County	10.1	163K	16,228	2,265	541
16	Livingston County	10.0	57K	5,667	3,202	250
17	Gallatin County	9.6	42K	4,358	1,412	213
18	Washington County	9.2	51K	5,512	2,145	321
19	Menifee County	9.1	33K	3,601	1,286	140
20	Jefferson County	8.9	3.5M	390,033	79,447	670
21	Trimble County	8.3	35K	4,257	2,496	257
22	Hancock County	8.1	42K	5,170	1,722	336
23	Grayson County	7.8	111K	14,255	3,776	458
24	Anderson County	7.6	88K	11,516	6,139	384
25	McLean County	7.6	33K	4,361	1,441	327
26	Trigg County	7.5	48K	6,398	6,398	300
27	Powell County	7.4	61K	8,244	1,845	232
28	Hickman County	7.3	17K	2,285	2,285	166
29	Henry County	7.3	54K	7,357	1,356	346
30	Bourbon County	6.9	51K	7,414	2,512	363
31	Breathitt County	6.7	53K	7,915	1,001	310
32	Floyd County	6.6	132K	20,057	2,380	550
33	Lyon County	6.5	29K	4,392	1,939	334
34	Grant County	6.4	66K	10,264	3,360	389
35	Montgomery County	6.3	97K	15,495	7,187	343
36	Harlan County	6.2	85K	13,700	2,723	579
37	Todd County	6.0	32K	5,306	2,147	336
38	Bullitt County	5.7	230K	40,366	6,133	705
39	Johnson County	5.2	67K	12,834	1,456	329
40	Webster County	5.0	26K	5,270	1,451	287
41	Pendleton County	5.0	31K	6,272	1,467	318
42	Bracken County	4.9	19K	3,833	920	198
43	Owen County	4.8	27K	5,563	1,047	316
44	Boyd County	4.7	131K	27,789	4,768	708
45	Kenton County	4.6	346K	74,546	8,821	802
46	Crittenden County	4.6	19K	4,136	2,547	309
47	Bell County	4.5	55K	12,248	3,858	559
48	Franklin County	4.5	116K	25,840	4,052	329
49	Robertson County	4.4	5,132	1,161	525	42
50	Carter County	4.3	55K	12,835	2,507	498
51	Ohio County	4.2	54K	12,868	1,959	535
52	Nelson County	4.0	90K	22,386	1,895	550
53	Campbell County	4.0	156K	38,975	6,716	652
54	Carroll County	3.9	25K	6,325	793	225
55	Spencer County	3.9	33K	8,434	3,049	264
56	Bath County	3.8	25K	6,489	1,171	165
57	Butler County	3.7	25K	6,824	5,977	380
58	Scott County	3.7	109K	29,867	6,606	593
59	Greenup County	3.6	66K	18,179	1,219	522
60	Allen County	3.5	42K	11,953	6,213	294
61	Magoffin County	3.4	22K	6,548	2,845	191
62	Christian County	3.3	119K	36,367	6,000	550
63	McCracken County	3.2	117K	36,761	5,979	549
64	Marshall County	3.2	58K	18,536	3,469	489
65	Muhlenberg County	3.0	45K	14,901	1,909	534
66	Shelby County	3.0	73K	23,928	3,485	491
67	Logan County	3.0	44K	14,637	3,357	448
68	Boone County	2.9	213K	74,771	5,800	757
69	Hardin County	2.8	173K	61,032	8,099	472
70	Jessamine County	2.7	77K	28,534	4,574	559
71	Estill County	2.6	19K	7,224	2,104	126
72	Calloway County	2.5	64K	25,554	6,116	408
73	Monroe County	2.4	17K	6,991	3,415	198
74	Harrison County	2.3	22K	9,604	1,223	397
75	Graves County	2.3	46K	19,692	2,491	623
76	Mercer County	2.3	27K	11,645	1,864	327
77	Clark County	2.3	43K	18,710	3,818	467
78	Fulton County	2.2	9,182	4,089	935	124
79	Nicholas County	2.1	7,298	3,502	619	173
80	Hopkins County	2.0	41K	20,238	3,584	572
81	Caldwell County	2.0	12K	5,933	907	211
82	Larue County	2.0	15K	7,475	2,974	187
83	Meade County	1.9	34K	18,076	1,400	87
84	Daviess County	1.8	97K	52,705	4,036	851
85	Rockcastle County	1.8	14K	8,013	2,688	129
86	Madison County	1.7	85K	48,463	2,056	711
87	Rowan County	1.7	26K	15,098	1,408	213
88	Hart County	1.7	19K	10,882	3,127	135
89	Warren County	1.5	105K	67,855	11,033	781
90	Henderson County	1.5	33K	21,493	4,288	528
91	Cumberland County	1.5	5,185	3,483	1,277	123
92	Metcalfe County	1.4	8,807	6,226	1,416	62
93	Clay County	1.3	15K	11,735	1,074	172
94	Laurel County	1.3	46K	35,907	3,378	526
95	McCreary County	1.1	12K	10,586	994	91
96	Barren County	1.1	26K	24,665	1,241	137
97	Simpson County	1.0	12K	11,898	2,821	305
98	Marion County	1.0	11K	10,962	909	209
99	Lewis County	0.8	4,739	5,886	254	27
100	Mason County	0.8	7,421	9,434	847	169
101	Boyle County	0.8	13K	16,810	1,300	262
102	Knox County	0.7	11K	15,272	1,229	234
103	Garrard County	0.7	6,194	8,676	2,981	81
104	Russell County	0.6	7,173	11,596	698	221
105	Morgan County	0.6	4,908	8,162	278	74
106	Pulaski County	0.6	23K	42,258	2,287	334
107	Lincoln County	0.5	6,176	12,841	805	135
108	Whitley County	0.3	6,109	18,361	1,281	141
109	Adair County	0.3	3,303	10,660	330	99
110	Taylor County	0.2	3,560	16,754	1,345	117
111	Owsley County	0.2	501	2,420	16	7
112	Clinton County	0.1	997	6,743	817	5
113	Fleming County	0.1	1,088	7,871	482	66
114	Elliott County	0.1	357	4,390	19	16
115	Breckinridge County	0.1	764	13,773	104	21
116	Green County	0.1	336	6,326	91	23
117	Casey County	0.0	403	8,794	19	48
118	Jackson County	0.0	65	7,104	10	4

Biggest Kentucky outages of 2018

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	Jefferson County, KY	November 15, 2018 03:15	November 20, 2018 04:45	5d 1h	79,447	1.9M
2	Fayette County, KY	July 20, 2018 12:15	July 26, 2018 06:45	5d 18h	58,693	1.6M
3	Jefferson County, KY	May 31, 2018 11:15	June 3, 2018 05:45	2d 18h	27,245	229K
4	Jefferson County, KY	July 20, 2018 17:30	July 25, 2018 01:45	4d 8h	26,689	524K
5	Jefferson County, KY	June 26, 2018 11:30	June 28, 2018 07:00	1d 19h	24,759	159K
6	Woodford County, KY	July 20, 2018 19:45	July 25, 2018 18:15	4d 22h	12,322	772K
7	Jefferson County, KY	October 20, 2018 09:30	October 23, 2018 09:45	3d	12,283	57K
8	Fayette County, KY	August 2, 2018 12:45	August 3, 2018 00:15	11h 30m	11,764	18K
9	Fayette County, KY	August 22, 2018 12:00	August 22, 2018 20:15	8h 15m	11,761	3,000
10	Warren County, KY	October 7, 2018 07:30	October 7, 2018 08:45	1h 15m	11,033	12K
11	Fayette County, KY	May 18, 2018 19:30	May 19, 2018 08:15	12h 45m	9,749	22K
12	Jefferson County, KY	March 28, 2018 09:45	March 29, 2018 07:15	21h 30m	9,305	9,047
13	Jefferson County, KY	March 29, 2018 11:00	March 30, 2018 04:45	17h 45m	9,303	4,567
14	Kenton County, KY	November 15, 2018 07:15	November 19, 2018 07:15	4d	8,821	137K
15	Kenton County, KY	October 20, 2018 23:15	October 23, 2018 05:30	2d 6h	8,190	47K
16	Hardin County, KY	April 4, 2018 00:45	April 4, 2018 08:30	7h 45m	8,099	5,948
17	Oldham County, KY	July 20, 2018 19:15	July 24, 2018 19:45	4d	8,086	46K
18	Jefferson County, KY	May 11, 2018 11:00	May 12, 2018 21:15	1d 10h	7,603	2,629
19	Warren County, KY	February 25, 2018 03:45	February 25, 2018 22:15	18h 30m	7,295	18K
20	Montgomery County, KY	July 20, 2018 20:30	July 24, 2018 00:00	3d 3h	7,187	77K
21	Hardin County, KY	November 15, 2018 02:30	November 18, 2018 03:45	3d 1h	7,119	105K
22	Jefferson County, KY	February 6, 2018 13:00	February 7, 2018 01:45	12h 45m	6,841	7,154
23	Campbell County, KY	November 15, 2018 08:00	November 18, 2018 18:15	3d 10h	6,716	48K
24	Fayette County, KY	December 16, 2018 16:15	December 17, 2018 01:00	8h 45m	6,651	8,007
25	Scott County, KY	June 16, 2018 14:45	June 16, 2018 21:15	6h 30m	6,606	13K

EAGLE-I tracked about 78% of Kentucky's electricity customers in 2018; 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 2018:NC VA WV MA RI VT ME MI

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

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