2022 Kentucky Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Kentucky customer went without power for about 5.6 hours, the 18th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
5.6
vs prior year
▼ 46%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
13.2M
Peak customers out
77,818
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
94%
of KY customers
Counties reporting
120
Kentucky year over year
All 120 Kentucky counties, 2022
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knott County | 92.2 | 651K | 7,061 | 5,965 | 436 |
| 2 | Letcher County | 63.7 | 705K | 11,069 | 8,417 | 554 |
| 3 | Breathitt County | 52.1 | 412K | 7,915 | 3,078 | 452 |
| 4 | Perry County | 40.2 | 652K | 16,228 | 4,463 | 552 |
| 5 | Martin County | 38.6 | 235K | 6,097 | 3,906 | 345 |
| 6 | Leslie County | 32.9 | 174K | 5,295 | 3,227 | 371 |
| 7 | Fleming County | 27.3 | 215K | 7,871 | 2,809 | 626 |
| 8 | Johnson County | 21.6 | 278K | 12,834 | 5,379 | 478 |
| 9 | Menifee County | 20.2 | 73K | 3,601 | 3,601 | 311 |
| 10 | Robertson County | 19.1 | 22K | 1,161 | 526 | 216 |
| 11 | Pike County | 18.4 | 580K | 31,507 | 5,339 | 648 |
| 12 | Owsley County | 17.9 | 43K | 2,420 | 1,218 | 233 |
| 13 | Floyd County | 16.0 | 320K | 20,057 | 3,412 | 629 |
| 14 | Lawrence County | 15.8 | 135K | 8,553 | 5,259 | 512 |
| 15 | Mason County | 13.3 | 125K | 9,434 | 2,885 | 527 |
| 16 | Lee County | 12.6 | 50K | 3,961 | 1,007 | 343 |
| 17 | Estill County | 12.3 | 89K | 7,224 | 1,726 | 480 |
| 18 | Lewis County | 12.0 | 71K | 5,886 | 1,577 | 473 |
| 19 | Nicholas County | 11.5 | 40K | 3,502 | 1,274 | 382 |
| 20 | Bath County | 11.3 | 73K | 6,489 | 3,707 | 505 |
| 21 | Lyon County | 11.2 | 49K | 4,392 | 1,949 | 325 |
| 22 | Clay County | 10.4 | 122K | 11,735 | 1,566 | 555 |
| 23 | Whitley County | 9.8 | 180K | 18,361 | 3,272 | 551 |
| 24 | Bracken County | 9.5 | 37K | 3,833 | 1,474 | 365 |
| 25 | Bourbon County | 9.5 | 70K | 7,414 | 2,189 | 449 |
| 26 | Clinton County | 8.6 | 58K | 6,743 | 2,320 | 388 |
| 27 | Trigg County | 8.6 | 55K | 6,398 | 6,398 | 369 |
| 28 | Caldwell County | 8.6 | 51K | 5,933 | 2,266 | 244 |
| 29 | Carlisle County | 8.5 | 19K | 2,244 | 707 | 180 |
| 30 | Carter County | 8.0 | 103K | 12,835 | 3,243 | 670 |
| 31 | Magoffin County | 8.0 | 52K | 6,548 | 1,049 | 440 |
| 32 | Butler County | 7.9 | 54K | 6,824 | 6,312 | 470 |
| 33 | Hickman County | 7.7 | 18K | 2,285 | 2,285 | 166 |
| 34 | Elliott County | 7.6 | 33K | 4,390 | 1,312 | 313 |
| 35 | Crittenden County | 7.4 | 31K | 4,136 | 2,602 | 297 |
| 36 | Bell County | 7.4 | 91K | 12,248 | 2,862 | 583 |
| 37 | Grant County | 7.1 | 73K | 10,264 | 2,815 | 317 |
| 38 | Harlan County | 7.1 | 97K | 13,700 | 2,254 | 564 |
| 39 | Hopkins County | 7.0 | 142K | 20,238 | 5,036 | 678 |
| 40 | Laurel County | 6.9 | 250K | 35,907 | 5,339 | 884 |
| 41 | Rockcastle County | 6.7 | 54K | 8,013 | 1,265 | 484 |
| 42 | McCreary County | 6.7 | 71K | 10,586 | 2,561 | 414 |
| 43 | Allen County | 6.5 | 78K | 11,953 | 3,221 | 411 |
| 44 | Metcalfe County | 6.4 | 40K | 6,226 | 2,259 | 253 |
| 45 | Rowan County | 6.3 | 96K | 15,098 | 3,186 | 485 |
| 46 | Jackson County | 6.3 | 45K | 7,104 | 1,165 | 498 |
| 47 | Campbell County | 6.3 | 246K | 38,975 | 19,090 | 599 |
| 48 | Todd County | 6.1 | 32K | 5,306 | 5,306 | 311 |
| 49 | Pulaski County | 6.0 | 252K | 42,258 | 3,151 | 899 |
| 50 | Knox County | 5.9 | 90K | 15,272 | 2,521 | 624 |
| 51 | Wayne County | 5.9 | 79K | 13,422 | 3,661 | 553 |
| 52 | Edmonson County | 5.8 | 37K | 6,505 | 1,782 | 495 |
| 53 | Pendleton County | 5.8 | 36K | 6,272 | 2,007 | 328 |
| 54 | Kenton County | 5.7 | 423K | 74,546 | 9,670 | 828 |
| 55 | Grayson County | 5.6 | 80K | 14,255 | 1,794 | 642 |
| 56 | Greenup County | 5.6 | 101K | 18,179 | 3,110 | 678 |
| 57 | Webster County | 5.2 | 28K | 5,270 | 1,199 | 241 |
| 58 | Powell County | 5.2 | 43K | 8,244 | 1,259 | 305 |
| 59 | Hancock County | 5.1 | 27K | 5,170 | 4,750 | 322 |
| 60 | Cumberland County | 5.1 | 18K | 3,483 | 1,703 | 233 |
| 61 | McLean County | 5.1 | 22K | 4,361 | 2,250 | 365 |
| 62 | Wolfe County | 5.0 | 21K | 4,146 | 1,085 | 370 |
| 63 | Warren County | 5.0 | 336K | 67,855 | 36,559 | 977 |
| 64 | Union County | 4.9 | 33K | 6,794 | 1,939 | 410 |
| 65 | Washington County | 4.9 | 27K | 5,512 | 1,695 | 389 |
| 66 | Woodford County | 4.8 | 59K | 12,322 | 4,671 | 461 |
| 67 | Spencer County | 4.8 | 40K | 8,434 | 4,055 | 330 |
| 68 | Hart County | 4.6 | 51K | 10,882 | 1,761 | 473 |
| 69 | Marshall County | 4.3 | 80K | 18,536 | 3,603 | 554 |
| 70 | Russell County | 4.3 | 50K | 11,596 | 1,439 | 573 |
| 71 | Trimble County | 4.2 | 18K | 4,257 | 2,743 | 218 |
| 72 | Monroe County | 4.2 | 29K | 6,991 | 1,661 | 279 |
| 73 | Henderson County | 4.0 | 87K | 21,493 | 4,472 | 634 |
| 74 | Ohio County | 3.8 | 49K | 12,868 | 3,538 | 543 |
| 75 | Bullitt County | 3.7 | 149K | 40,366 | 9,663 | 915 |
| 76 | Ballard County | 3.7 | 16K | 4,230 | 1,447 | 330 |
| 77 | Lincoln County | 3.7 | 47K | 12,841 | 4,067 | 433 |
| 78 | Anderson County | 3.7 | 42K | 11,516 | 1,922 | 535 |
| 79 | Henry County | 3.7 | 27K | 7,357 | 1,938 | 321 |
| 80 | Oldham County | 3.6 | 98K | 27,365 | 6,864 | 612 |
| 81 | Scott County | 3.5 | 103K | 29,867 | 7,691 | 592 |
| 82 | Livingston County | 3.3 | 19K | 5,667 | 903 | 355 |
| 83 | Breckinridge County | 3.2 | 45K | 13,773 | 923 | 369 |
| 84 | Calloway County | 3.2 | 81K | 25,554 | 5,867 | 494 |
| 85 | Casey County | 3.1 | 28K | 8,794 | 1,961 | 271 |
| 86 | Morgan County | 3.1 | 25K | 8,162 | 1,834 | 463 |
| 87 | Harrison County | 3.1 | 30K | 9,604 | 1,900 | 461 |
| 88 | Fayette County | 3.1 | 522K | 170,657 | 18,507 | 920 |
| 89 | Owen County | 3.0 | 17K | 5,563 | 2,400 | 325 |
| 90 | Graves County | 3.0 | 60K | 19,692 | 2,774 | 588 |
| 91 | Marion County | 3.0 | 33K | 10,962 | 1,192 | 341 |
| 92 | Carroll County | 3.0 | 19K | 6,325 | 1,638 | 208 |
| 93 | Jefferson County | 3.0 | 1.2M | 390,033 | 20,898 | 745 |
| 94 | Montgomery County | 2.9 | 45K | 15,495 | 2,125 | 362 |
| 95 | Nelson County | 2.8 | 63K | 22,386 | 2,099 | 722 |
| 96 | Garrard County | 2.7 | 24K | 8,676 | 1,714 | 297 |
| 97 | Clark County | 2.7 | 51K | 18,710 | 1,493 | 442 |
| 98 | Boyd County | 2.7 | 75K | 27,789 | 1,600 | 763 |
| 99 | Logan County | 2.7 | 39K | 14,637 | 4,003 | 509 |
| 100 | Muhlenberg County | 2.6 | 39K | 14,901 | 3,514 | 568 |
| 101 | Meade County | 2.5 | 45K | 18,076 | 1,401 | 437 |
| 102 | Franklin County | 2.5 | 63K | 25,840 | 2,959 | 412 |
| 103 | Gallatin County | 2.4 | 11K | 4,358 | 797 | 194 |
| 104 | Shelby County | 2.4 | 58K | 23,928 | 3,189 | 515 |
| 105 | Mercer County | 2.4 | 28K | 11,645 | 2,594 | 479 |
| 106 | Madison County | 2.4 | 114K | 48,463 | 5,118 | 711 |
| 107 | Boone County | 2.3 | 171K | 74,771 | 3,573 | 736 |
| 108 | Daviess County | 2.1 | 112K | 52,705 | 15,947 | 881 |
| 109 | Barren County | 2.1 | 52K | 24,665 | 2,431 | 629 |
| 110 | Christian County | 2.1 | 77K | 36,367 | 8,315 | 566 |
| 111 | Larue County | 1.9 | 15K | 7,475 | 1,564 | 341 |
| 112 | Boyle County | 1.9 | 31K | 16,810 | 2,003 | 384 |
| 113 | McCracken County | 1.8 | 65K | 36,761 | 2,673 | 784 |
| 114 | Fulton County | 1.6 | 6,366 | 4,089 | 918 | 97 |
| 115 | Simpson County | 1.5 | 17K | 11,898 | 2,249 | 290 |
| 116 | Jessamine County | 1.4 | 39K | 28,534 | 1,936 | 614 |
| 117 | Hardin County | 1.3 | 82K | 61,032 | 3,799 | 843 |
| 118 | Adair County | 0.9 | 9,928 | 10,660 | 2,253 | 150 |
| 119 | Taylor County | 0.2 | 3,338 | 16,754 | 616 | 111 |
| 120 | Green County | 0.2 | 1,081 | 6,326 | 497 | 45 |
Biggest Kentucky outages of 2022
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren County, KY | December 24, 2022 11:00 | December 24, 2022 22:15 | 11h 15m | 36,559 | 129K |
| 2 | Jefferson County, KY | March 19, 2022 03:30 | March 20, 2022 22:45 | 1d 19h | 20,898 | 49K |
| 3 | Jefferson County, KY | April 13, 2022 12:30 | April 16, 2022 05:30 | 2d 17h | 19,473 | 259K |
| 4 | Campbell County, KY | July 6, 2022 15:00 | July 9, 2022 01:30 | 2d 10h | 19,090 | 84K |
| 5 | Fayette County, KY | July 6, 2022 11:00 | July 8, 2022 06:30 | 1d 19h | 18,507 | 155K |
| 6 | Daviess County, KY | July 9, 2022 03:00 | July 9, 2022 08:00 | 5h | 15,947 | 19K |
| 7 | Jefferson County, KY | June 22, 2022 10:30 | June 25, 2022 04:45 | 2d 18h | 15,625 | 80K |
| 8 | Campbell County, KY | June 13, 2022 22:15 | June 15, 2022 01:45 | 1d 3h | 15,262 | 40K |
| 9 | Jefferson County, KY | July 4, 2022 17:15 | July 9, 2022 03:30 | 4d 10h | 12,860 | 72K |
| 10 | Jefferson County, KY | March 30, 2022 11:15 | April 3, 2022 02:45 | 3d 15h | 12,670 | 168K |
| 11 | Fayette County, KY | December 23, 2022 03:30 | December 25, 2022 07:30 | 2d 4h | 11,028 | 36K |
| 12 | Jefferson County, KY | March 29, 2022 12:45 | March 29, 2022 22:15 | 9h 30m | 10,732 | 4,834 |
| 13 | Kenton County, KY | July 6, 2022 14:45 | July 9, 2022 22:30 | 3d 7h | 9,670 | 170K |
| 14 | Bullitt County, KY | April 5, 2022 15:30 | April 5, 2022 17:45 | 2h 15m | 9,663 | 5,352 |
| 15 | Jefferson County, KY | May 21, 2022 08:30 | May 23, 2022 09:15 | 2d | 9,599 | 67K |
| 16 | Fayette County, KY | April 14, 2022 01:00 | April 15, 2022 19:30 | 1d 18h | 9,441 | 100K |
| 17 | Bullitt County, KY | March 6, 2022 16:15 | March 7, 2022 13:15 | 21h | 8,819 | 18K |
| 18 | Letcher County, KY | July 28, 2022 03:15 | August 6, 2022 00:15 | 8d 21h | 8,417 | 565K |
| 19 | Warren County, KY | June 17, 2022 11:00 | June 18, 2022 09:00 | 22h | 8,381 | 6,410 |
| 20 | Jefferson County, KY | April 6, 2022 12:45 | April 6, 2022 18:15 | 5h 30m | 8,362 | 3,920 |
| 21 | Christian County, KY | December 23, 2022 04:30 | December 25, 2022 00:00 | 1d 19h | 8,315 | 26K |
| 22 | Jefferson County, KY | January 5, 2022 09:15 | January 6, 2022 14:00 | 1d 4h | 8,234 | 6,746 |
| 23 | Jefferson County, KY | April 6, 2022 21:15 | April 7, 2022 20:45 | 23h 30m | 7,894 | 2,265 |
| 24 | Kenton County, KY | June 8, 2022 21:00 | June 10, 2022 01:45 | 1d 4h | 7,834 | 41K |
| 25 | Scott County, KY | June 17, 2022 15:45 | June 19, 2022 03:45 | 1d 12h | 7,691 | 43K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 94% of Kentucky's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.