2020 Kentucky Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Kentucky customer went without power for about 4.6 hours, the 29th worst of 51 states (US average 7.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

4.6

vs prior year

▲ 43%

vs 2019

Customer-hours out

10.9M

Peak customers out

74,165

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

92%

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, 2020

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

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All 119 Kentucky counties, 2020

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	130.2	689K	5,295	5,295	453
2	Knott County	81.2	573K	7,061	7,061	423
3	Perry County	61.3	994K	16,228	14,343	568
4	Letcher County	60.6	671K	11,069	7,888	579
5	Lewis County	39.4	232K	5,886	5,231	465
6	Pike County	28.4	896K	31,507	16,027	657
7	Bracken County	22.4	86K	3,833	3,505	332
8	Floyd County	19.0	380K	20,057	4,232	630
9	Martin County	17.1	104K	6,097	1,616	376
10	Breathitt County	17.0	135K	7,915	1,950	327
11	Lawrence County	15.4	131K	8,553	1,825	509
12	Knox County	15.2	233K	15,272	5,744	566
13	Whitley County	14.3	263K	18,361	7,182	583
14	Trigg County	14.2	91K	6,398	6,398	342
15	Johnson County	13.5	174K	12,834	2,233	547
16	Menifee County	11.4	41K	3,601	3,294	235
17	Cumberland County	11.0	38K	3,483	3,483	126
18	McCreary County	10.6	112K	10,586	7,829	330
19	Estill County	10.4	75K	7,224	1,327	218
20	Pendleton County	10.2	64K	6,272	2,511	328
21	Bell County	9.0	110K	12,248	3,794	595
22	Carter County	9.0	115K	12,835	1,414	634
23	Hickman County	8.3	19K	2,285	2,285	151
24	Owsley County	8.1	20K	2,420	394	90
25	Fleming County	7.6	60K	7,871	3,201	664
26	Grant County	7.0	72K	10,264	5,374	309
27	Wayne County	6.9	93K	13,422	3,821	393
28	Greenup County	6.7	121K	18,179	4,302	716
29	Robertson County	6.6	7,710	1,161	914	161
30	Oldham County	6.6	181K	27,365	6,582	487
31	Boyd County	6.6	182K	27,789	3,914	744
32	Bath County	6.0	39K	6,489	968	480
33	Allen County	6.0	71K	11,953	1,787	320
34	Mason County	5.5	52K	9,434	3,327	516
35	Rowan County	5.3	80K	15,098	2,018	454
36	Monroe County	5.2	37K	6,991	2,497	262
37	McLean County	5.2	23K	4,361	1,800	328
38	Metcalfe County	5.1	32K	6,226	2,777	245
39	Clay County	4.9	57K	11,735	1,164	257
40	Harlan County	4.8	65K	13,700	1,236	647
41	Lee County	4.5	18K	3,961	2,494	215
42	Nicholas County	4.3	15K	3,502	1,155	405
43	Clinton County	4.3	29K	6,743	1,430	214
44	Lyon County	4.3	19K	4,392	2,196	266
45	Pulaski County	4.0	171K	42,258	6,994	747
46	Breckinridge County	4.0	55K	13,773	1,044	320
47	Rockcastle County	3.9	31K	8,013	1,036	202
48	Meade County	3.8	69K	18,076	1,409	357
49	Henderson County	3.8	81K	21,493	8,164	555
50	Owen County	3.7	21K	5,563	808	324
51	Gallatin County	3.7	16K	4,358	755	200
52	Harrison County	3.5	34K	9,604	1,948	381
53	Livingston County	3.3	19K	5,667	1,618	239
54	Bourbon County	3.3	24K	7,414	2,426	442
55	Lincoln County	3.2	41K	12,841	3,161	396
56	Edmonson County	3.1	20K	6,505	1,353	357
57	Elliott County	3.1	13K	4,390	459	282
58	Magoffin County	3.0	20K	6,548	1,168	212
59	Ballard County	3.0	13K	4,230	574	288
60	Casey County	2.9	26K	8,794	828	229
61	Russell County	2.9	33K	11,596	1,030	349
62	Logan County	2.8	41K	14,637	3,760	442
63	Montgomery County	2.8	43K	15,495	1,536	291
64	Kenton County	2.8	206K	74,546	6,345	821
65	Todd County	2.7	14K	5,306	3,961	334
66	Carlisle County	2.7	6,107	2,244	685	139
67	Graves County	2.6	51K	19,692	3,205	519
68	Henry County	2.6	19K	7,357	993	291
69	Carroll County	2.5	16K	6,325	1,920	225
70	Caldwell County	2.5	15K	5,933	1,409	248
71	Adair County	2.5	26K	10,660	909	103
72	Boone County	2.5	184K	74,771	7,024	683
73	Spencer County	2.4	20K	8,434	1,341	272
74	Clark County	2.4	45K	18,710	4,946	450
75	Muhlenberg County	2.4	35K	14,901	1,788	509
76	Grayson County	2.4	34K	14,255	2,530	616
77	Fulton County	2.3	9,485	4,089	941	98
78	Trimble County	2.3	9,740	4,257	481	216
79	Bullitt County	2.2	89K	40,366	2,391	757
80	Woodford County	2.2	27K	12,322	1,335	441
81	Hart County	2.2	24K	10,882	1,573	390
82	Hancock County	2.0	11K	5,170	2,825	370
83	Marshall County	2.0	38K	18,536	1,605	570
84	Powell County	2.0	17K	8,244	721	298
85	Butler County	2.0	14K	6,824	2,961	453
86	Campbell County	2.0	77K	38,975	3,755	502
87	Nelson County	2.0	44K	22,386	1,788	655
88	Jackson County	2.0	14K	7,104	1,547	138
89	Garrard County	2.0	17K	8,676	961	317
90	Ohio County	1.9	25K	12,868	1,199	570
91	Barren County	1.9	46K	24,665	3,158	532
92	Warren County	1.8	123K	67,855	12,330	983
93	McCracken County	1.8	66K	36,761	6,420	854
94	Washington County	1.8	9,890	5,512	931	243
95	Anderson County	1.8	20K	11,516	642	453
96	Marion County	1.7	19K	10,962	2,895	393
97	Mercer County	1.6	19K	11,645	1,644	384
98	Crittenden County	1.6	6,445	4,136	2,300	230
99	Jefferson County	1.6	606K	390,033	14,215	689
100	Christian County	1.4	52K	36,367	6,562	518
101	Laurel County	1.4	49K	35,907	3,299	582
102	Boyle County	1.3	21K	16,810	2,106	350
103	Shelby County	1.3	30K	23,928	2,386	469
104	Scott County	1.2	37K	29,867	2,676	542
105	Hopkins County	1.2	24K	20,238	1,837	644
106	Jessamine County	1.2	33K	28,534	2,651	512
107	Fayette County	1.2	199K	170,657	10,762	934
108	Calloway County	1.1	28K	25,554	1,352	395
109	Union County	1.0	6,840	6,794	503	321
110	Morgan County	0.9	7,630	8,162	445	88
111	Madison County	0.9	45K	48,463	3,309	560
112	Larue County	0.9	6,571	7,475	520	293
113	Simpson County	0.9	10K	11,898	2,189	288
114	Hardin County	0.8	46K	61,032	8,185	807
115	Green County	0.7	4,342	6,326	608	50
116	Franklin County	0.7	18K	25,840	1,668	320
117	Daviess County	0.6	31K	52,705	1,753	859
118	Taylor County	0.2	3,664	16,754	1,099	99
119	Webster County	0.2	5,180	27,146	416	238

Biggest Kentucky outages of 2020

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	Pike County, KY	April 13, 2020 01:15	April 19, 2020 05:45	6d 4h	16,027	623K
2	Perry County, KY	April 12, 2020 22:45	April 20, 2020 22:15	7d 23h	14,343	813K
3	Jefferson County, KY	July 10, 2020 10:15	July 14, 2020 05:00	3d 18h	14,215	96K
4	Jefferson County, KY	September 23, 2020 11:45	September 23, 2020 21:00	9h 15m	12,685	3,450
5	Warren County, KY	February 19, 2020 15:15	February 19, 2020 21:15	6h	12,330	9,284
6	Jefferson County, KY	March 12, 2020 13:15	March 13, 2020 01:45	12h 30m	11,002	3,362
7	Fayette County, KY	March 11, 2020 18:00	March 12, 2020 07:45	13h 45m	10,762	12K
8	Warren County, KY	September 17, 2020 13:30	September 17, 2020 17:15	3h 45m	9,848	2,853
9	Fayette County, KY	June 10, 2020 10:45	June 11, 2020 16:15	1d 5h	9,142	19K
10	Hardin County, KY	May 28, 2020 18:15	May 28, 2020 23:15	5h	8,185	7,959
11	Henderson County, KY	March 29, 2020 01:00	March 31, 2020 00:30	1d 23h	8,164	63K
12	Jefferson County, KY	August 10, 2020 12:45	August 13, 2020 07:00	2d 18h	7,966	5,198
13	Letcher County, KY	April 12, 2020 23:00	April 20, 2020 20:45	7d 21h	7,888	532K
14	McCreary County, KY	April 12, 2020 23:45	April 16, 2020 17:45	3d 18h	7,829	56K
15	Jefferson County, KY	October 12, 2020 12:30	October 14, 2020 03:30	1d 15h	7,561	4,175
16	Jefferson County, KY	June 10, 2020 10:15	June 11, 2020 23:30	1d 13h	7,529	8,720
17	Whitley County, KY	April 12, 2020 23:45	April 19, 2020 04:30	6d 4h	7,182	210K
18	Knott County, KY	April 13, 2020 01:00	April 21, 2020 00:00	7d 23h	7,061	472K
19	Boone County, KY	April 9, 2020 02:30	April 11, 2020 11:00	2d 8h	7,024	76K
20	Pulaski County, KY	September 2, 2020 13:15	September 2, 2020 16:00	2h 45m	6,994	6,734
21	Warren County, KY	January 11, 2020 12:00	January 12, 2020 19:30	1d 7h	6,918	20K
22	Jefferson County, KY	June 16, 2020 11:15	June 17, 2020 02:00	14h 45m	6,871	3,770
23	Jefferson County, KY	April 8, 2020 11:00	April 10, 2020 01:15	1d 14h	6,608	24K
24	Oldham County, KY	July 11, 2020 13:15	July 13, 2020 23:45	2d 10h	6,582	73K
25	Christian County, KY	August 3, 2020 19:15	August 3, 2020 19:30	15m	6,562	1,641

EAGLE-I tracked about 92% of Kentucky's electricity customers in 2020; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by county customer counts.

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Other states in 2020:LA ME OK IA AL MS NJ WV

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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