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2021 Kentucky Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Kentucky customer went without power for about 10.4 hours — the 7th worst of any US state that year, 1.7× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
10.4
Peak customers out
43,157
Rank (worst state)
7th
Counties affected
20

Kentucky outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2021 highlighted.

2.3h20152.0h20162.6h20175.7h20183.3h20194.7h202010.4h20215.6h202214.9h20239.8h20247.0h2025

Hardest-hit Kentucky counties in 2021

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Warren County43,1572Boyd County17,3763Laurel County15,7964Pulaski County14,8855Fayette County11,7026Carter County11,5067Trigg County10,4908Johnson County10,0009Campbell County9,98710McCracken County9,74311Jefferson County9,67312Lawrence County9,64513Hopkins County9,49314Ohio County9,48515Calloway County8,62716Allen County7,60417Grayson County7,09518Floyd County6,93019Graves County6,83120Clark County6,423

Biggest Kentucky outages of 2021

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Warren CountyDecember 11, 202143,157
Boyd CountyFebruary 11, 202117,376
Laurel CountyFebruary 15, 202115,796
Pulaski CountyFebruary 15, 202114,885
Fayette CountyFebruary 10, 202111,702
Carter CountyFebruary 10, 202111,506
Warren CountyFebruary 16, 202110,791
Trigg CountyDecember 11, 202110,490
Trigg CountyFebruary 19, 202110,341
Johnson CountyFebruary 11, 202110,000
Kentucky by year:20252024202320222020201920182017
Other states in 2021:LAMIWVTXORMS

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.