Power Outages in Anderson County, TN
Is there a power outage in Anderson County, TN right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 18:20 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Anderson County, TN across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Oak Ridge, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Anderson County, TN is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.3 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/tennessee/anderson-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 18:20 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Anderson County, TN", live data as of October 19, 2026 18:20 UTC. https://massoutage.com/tennessee/anderson-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Oak Ridge.
Report an outage in Anderson County, TN
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Knoxville Utilities Board, City of Clinton - (TN) and City of Oak Ridge; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~43,401 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Oak Ridge. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Clinton - (TN) | Live · county | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Knoxville Utilities Board | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| City of Oak Ridge | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
City of Clinton - (TN) and Knoxville Utilities Board reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Anderson County1
Individual outages as listed by City of Clinton - (TN), largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | - | October 19, 2026 19:00 UTC | City of Clinton - (TN) |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Anderson Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37716 | 458 | 29 | 376 | ≤11 |
| 37830 | 435 | 25 | 308 | ≤11 |
| 37769 | 134 | ≤11 | 100 | ≤11 |
| 37705 | 105 | ≤11 | 84 | ≤11 |
| 37754 | 78 | ≤11 | 66 | 0 |
| 37710 | 31 | ≤11 | 28 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Anderson County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Anderson County right now.
Anderson County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 13, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×8
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
Latest Anderson County, TN outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 959 customers out (2.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 41m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 836 customers out (2.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 5,836 customers out (14% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 833 customers out (1.9% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Anderson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Anderson Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Anderson County went about 1.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,836 customers.
The US EIA reports Tennessee utilities averaged 3.8 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 5,584 customers out) · decade average 1.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 276 | 5,576 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 596 | 3,732 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 570 | 3,554 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 563 | 3,478 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 619 | 5,192 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | 582 | 2,847 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 624 | 5,250 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 629 | 5,584 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 611 | 3,152 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 581 | 5,817 | 1.2 |
| 2025 | 633 | 3,299 | 1.3 |
Cost of power in Anderson County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Anderson County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Knoxville Utilities Board13.8¢196,674 cust
- City of Clinton - (TN)13.7¢26,320 cust
- City of Oak Ridge13.4¢15,586 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 1.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Anderson County: FAQ
- How often does Anderson County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Anderson County, TN logged 633 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Anderson County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,836 customers without power, beginning September 20, 2026 and lasting about 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Anderson County, TN right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 18:20 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Anderson County, TN across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Oak Ridge, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Anderson County, TN?
- Tracked electric providers include City of Clinton - (TN), Knoxville Utilities Board.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Anderson County.
37705, 37710, 37716, 37754, 37769, 37828, 37830
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Anderson County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Tennessee →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Utilities Board | 4.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| City of Clinton - (TN) | 2.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| City of Oak Ridge | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Tennessee customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/47001 and /api/v1/counties/47001/history. Live data as of .