2021 Kentucky Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Kentucky customer went without power for about 10.4 hours, the 7th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

10.4

vs prior year

▲ 121%

vs 2020

Customer-hours out

24.2M

Peak customers out

153,858

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, 2021

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

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All 119 Kentucky counties, 2021

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	Lawrence County	192.9	1.7M	8,553	8,553	451
2	Carter County	152.8	2.0M	12,835	11,506	611
3	Elliott County	151.5	665K	4,390	3,545	345
4	Boyd County	95.4	2.7M	27,789	17,376	690
5	Menifee County	78.9	284K	3,601	3,601	252
6	Johnson County	69.3	889K	12,834	10,000	472
7	Owsley County	63.5	154K	2,420	2,420	216
8	Rockcastle County	63.5	509K	8,013	5,043	364
9	Jackson County	62.3	442K	7,104	5,910	401
10	Hickman County	58.6	134K	2,285	2,285	142
11	Magoffin County	50.2	329K	6,548	3,021	221
12	Martin County	46.0	280K	6,097	2,959	309
13	Leslie County	42.5	225K	5,295	3,128	392
14	Greenup County	41.2	749K	18,179	5,897	608
15	Lee County	40.7	161K	3,961	1,636	252
16	Clay County	37.1	435K	11,735	4,969	454
17	Lewis County	36.0	212K	5,886	2,442	463
18	Hopkins County	33.5	678K	20,238	9,493	580
19	Rowan County	30.3	458K	15,098	3,252	450
20	Bath County	29.4	190K	6,489	4,212	474
21	McCreary County	24.4	259K	10,586	5,336	366
22	Knott County	24.2	171K	7,061	3,088	405
23	Carlisle County	23.8	54K	2,244	1,371	148
24	Todd County	22.6	120K	5,306	5,306	240
25	Fulton County	22.6	92K	4,089	1,781	97
26	Floyd County	21.5	431K	20,057	6,930	577
27	Lincoln County	20.6	265K	12,841	5,945	355
28	Powell County	17.6	145K	8,244	2,407	261
29	Warren County	17.4	1.2M	67,855	43,157	932
30	Wayne County	17.0	228K	13,422	3,866	421
31	Clinton County	16.8	113K	6,743	5,992	251
32	Laurel County	16.7	600K	35,907	15,796	746
33	Breathitt County	16.7	132K	7,915	1,867	314
34	Bracken County	16.4	63K	3,833	2,651	353
35	Estill County	16.2	117K	7,224	3,146	290
36	Pulaski County	16.2	683K	42,258	14,885	797
37	Caldwell County	15.7	93K	5,933	2,603	191
38	Fleming County	15.3	121K	7,871	2,848	682
39	Perry County	14.2	231K	16,228	3,629	568
40	Montgomery County	13.2	204K	15,495	2,612	377
41	Letcher County	12.3	136K	11,069	1,609	533
42	Nicholas County	12.2	43K	3,502	1,128	380
43	Trigg County	11.4	73K	6,398	6,398	287
44	Pike County	11.3	357K	31,507	2,838	610
45	Ohio County	10.2	131K	12,868	9,485	568
46	Robertson County	10.0	12K	1,161	462	203
47	Garrard County	9.6	83K	8,676	1,697	245
48	Nelson County	9.5	213K	22,386	2,827	736
49	Lyon County	9.5	42K	4,392	1,625	244
50	Clark County	9.4	175K	18,710	6,423	428
51	Bell County	8.9	110K	12,248	4,899	592
52	Bourbon County	8.9	66K	7,414	1,063	401
53	McLean County	8.5	37K	4,361	1,994	306
54	Christian County	7.1	259K	36,367	4,424	517
55	Whitley County	7.0	129K	18,361	5,856	471
56	Mason County	6.9	65K	9,434	1,297	488
57	Anderson County	6.8	79K	11,516	6,275	505
58	Muhlenberg County	6.8	101K	14,901	5,330	495
59	Madison County	6.0	291K	48,463	5,795	494
60	Logan County	5.7	84K	14,637	3,745	421
61	Harlan County	5.6	77K	13,700	1,991	520
62	Calloway County	5.6	143K	25,554	8,627	483
63	Casey County	5.3	46K	8,794	3,724	206
64	Monroe County	5.2	36K	6,991	3,137	209
65	Marshall County	4.8	88K	18,536	6,116	550
66	Meade County	4.7	84K	18,076	2,972	421
67	Russell County	4.6	53K	11,596	1,445	368
68	Woodford County	4.6	56K	12,322	5,057	469
69	Gallatin County	4.4	19K	4,358	981	228
70	Graves County	4.3	86K	19,692	6,831	586
71	Morgan County	4.0	33K	8,162	593	91
72	Knox County	3.9	59K	15,272	4,005	566
73	Allen County	3.9	46K	11,953	7,604	339
74	Metcalfe County	3.8	23K	6,226	2,779	217
75	Marion County	3.7	40K	10,962	3,246	254
76	Grayson County	3.5	50K	14,255	7,095	653
77	Spencer County	3.4	28K	8,434	2,347	311
78	Butler County	3.4	23K	6,824	1,060	426
79	Cumberland County	3.3	11K	3,483	3,483	126
80	McCracken County	3.1	116K	36,761	9,743	805
81	Edmonson County	3.1	20K	6,505	1,352	356
82	Ballard County	3.1	13K	4,230	1,437	245
83	Breckinridge County	3.1	43K	13,773	1,328	334
84	Boyle County	3.1	52K	16,810	2,161	330
85	Hart County	3.0	33K	10,882	2,053	340
86	Union County	2.9	20K	6,794	981	339
87	Owen County	2.9	16K	5,563	719	335
88	Oldham County	2.9	79K	27,365	5,406	539
89	Pendleton County	2.7	17K	6,272	738	306
90	Harrison County	2.7	26K	9,604	1,279	392
91	Washington County	2.7	15K	5,512	492	283
92	Trimble County	2.5	11K	4,257	523	189
93	Campbell County	2.5	96K	38,975	9,987	598
94	Mercer County	2.3	27K	11,645	964	465
95	Hancock County	2.3	12K	5,170	3,499	261
96	Livingston County	2.2	13K	5,667	652	321
97	Grant County	2.2	22K	10,264	1,176	330
98	Bullitt County	2.1	85K	40,366	3,878	813
99	Scott County	2.0	60K	29,867	1,645	545
100	Henry County	1.9	14K	7,357	830	333
101	Barren County	1.8	46K	24,665	2,379	561
102	Jessamine County	1.8	52K	28,534	2,850	593
103	Kenton County	1.8	133K	74,546	5,691	848
104	Shelby County	1.7	42K	23,928	5,076	465
105	Boone County	1.7	129K	74,771	6,067	734
106	Jefferson County	1.7	660K	390,033	9,673	690
107	Fayette County	1.6	271K	170,657	11,702	855
108	Crittenden County	1.6	6,538	4,136	898	210
109	Carroll County	1.6	9,900	6,325	860	197
110	Larue County	1.4	11K	7,475	752	295
111	Henderson County	1.3	28K	21,493	2,089	511
112	Webster County	1.1	5,811	5,270	1,605	225
113	Daviess County	1.1	56K	52,705	5,268	728
114	Franklin County	0.9	23K	25,840	1,682	376
115	Hardin County	0.8	50K	61,032	2,793	718
116	Green County	0.6	3,763	6,326	673	76
117	Simpson County	0.4	4,676	11,898	466	257
118	Adair County	0.3	3,402	10,660	236	126
119	Taylor County	0.3	4,650	16,754	1,112	110

Biggest Kentucky outages of 2021

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	Warren County, KY	December 11, 2021 12:00	December 12, 2021 15:15	1d 3h	43,157	552K
2	Boyd County, KY	February 11, 2021 02:45	February 28, 2021 16:30	17d 13h	17,376	2.6M
3	Laurel County, KY	February 15, 2021 21:45	February 24, 2021 13:30	8d 15h	15,796	540K
4	Pulaski County, KY	February 15, 2021 21:00	February 22, 2021 00:45	6d 3h	14,885	495K
5	Fayette County, KY	February 10, 2021 16:30	February 19, 2021 14:15	8d 21h	11,702	104K
6	Carter County, KY	February 10, 2021 20:30	March 3, 2021 23:00	21d 2h	11,506	1.9M
7	Warren County, KY	February 16, 2021 00:15	February 16, 2021 06:15	6h	10,791	16K
8	Johnson County, KY	February 11, 2021 02:00	March 10, 2021 22:45	27d 20h	10,000	821K
9	Campbell County, KY	May 28, 2021 01:30	May 28, 2021 03:45	2h 15m	9,987	14K
10	McCracken County, KY	September 17, 2021 15:45	September 17, 2021 19:45	4h	9,743	3,054
11	Jefferson County, KY	January 24, 2021 16:00	January 24, 2021 19:30	3h 30m	9,673	2,605
12	Jefferson County, KY	June 11, 2021 20:15	June 16, 2021 05:30	4d 9h	9,612	38K
13	Hopkins County, KY	December 11, 2021 03:30	December 21, 2021 17:00	10d 13h	9,493	658K
14	Ohio County, KY	December 11, 2021 02:30	December 16, 2021 12:45	5d 10h	9,485	102K
15	Calloway County, KY	May 4, 2021 09:15	May 5, 2021 10:00	1d	8,627	64K
16	Jefferson County, KY	December 11, 2021 04:00	December 15, 2021 02:00	3d 22h	8,586	86K
17	Lawrence County, KY	February 11, 2021 00:30	March 7, 2021 00:15	23d 23h	8,553	1.6M
18	Jefferson County, KY	February 10, 2021 19:15	February 12, 2021 20:15	2d 1h	7,888	34K
19	Allen County, KY	February 16, 2021 02:45	February 16, 2021 04:15	1h 30m	7,604	6,652
20	Fayette County, KY	November 11, 2021 12:15	November 12, 2021 02:30	14h 15m	7,326	2,404
21	Fayette County, KY	February 25, 2021 15:15	February 25, 2021 22:30	7h 15m	7,119	1,975
22	Grayson County, KY	February 19, 2021 11:30	February 19, 2021 17:45	6h 15m	7,095	14K
23	Floyd County, KY	February 14, 2021 13:00	March 6, 2021 01:30	19d 12h	6,930	294K
24	Graves County, KY	July 15, 2021 17:30	July 15, 2021 18:00	30m	6,831	1,710
25	Jefferson County, KY	October 28, 2021 13:30	October 29, 2021 00:00	10h 30m	6,725	1,858

EAGLE-I tracked about 92% of Kentucky's electricity customers in 2021; 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 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2021:LA MI WV OR TX MS NC WA

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

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