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2022 Kentucky Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Kentucky customer went without power for about 5.6 hours — the 18th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
5.6
Peak customers out
36,559
Rank (worst state)
18th
Counties affected
20

Kentucky outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2022 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Kentucky counties in 2022

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

1Warren County36,5592Jefferson County20,8983Campbell County19,0904Fayette County18,5075Daviess County15,9476Trigg County10,5847Kenton County9,6708Bullitt County9,6639Letcher County8,41710Christian County8,31511Scott County7,69112Oldham County6,86413Butler County6,31214Knott County5,96515Calloway County5,86716Todd County5,45617Johnson County5,37918Pike County5,33919Laurel County5,33920Lawrence County5,259

Biggest Kentucky outages of 2022

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Warren CountyDecember 24, 202236,559
Jefferson CountyMarch 19, 202220,898
Jefferson CountyApril 13, 202219,473
Campbell CountyJuly 6, 202219,090
Fayette CountyJuly 6, 202218,507
Daviess CountyJuly 9, 202215,947
Jefferson CountyJune 22, 202215,625
Campbell CountyJune 13, 202215,262
Jefferson CountyJuly 4, 202212,860
Jefferson CountyMarch 30, 202212,670
Kentucky by year:20252024202320212020201920182017
Other states in 2022:MENCFLWVVTAK

Part of the 2022 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.