Power Outages in Blount County, TN
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 142 customers are without power in Blount County, TN across 3 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.3 hours.
Blount County, TN is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Blount County right now.
Blount County has been under 19 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flash Flood Warning on July 17, 2026.
- Flash Flood Warning ×7
- Flood Watch ×7
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Blount County, TN outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 44m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 895 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Blount 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 Blount Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Blount County went about 5.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 19,120 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 9,481 customers out) · decade average 4.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 642 | 8,212 | 7.2 |
| 2016 | 712 | 2,255 | 1.3 |
| 2017 | 712 | 5,964 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 806 | 1,733 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 925 | 6,356 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | 1,066 | 19,120 | 6.1 |
| 2021 | 1,009 | 7,907 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 965 | 9,481 | 7.2 |
| 2023 | 981 | 13,526 | 6.6 |
| 2024 | 978 | 11,644 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 758 | 11,202 | 5.3 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 4.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Blount County: FAQ
- How often does Blount County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Blount County, TN logged 758 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Blount County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 19,120 customers without power, beginning July 5, 2020 and lasting about 10h.
- Is there a power outage in Blount County, TN right now?
- Yes — about 142 customers are currently without power across 3 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Blount County, TN?
- Tracked electric providers include CITY OF ALCOA UTILITIES.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Blount County.
37701, 37737, 37777, 37801, 37803, 37804, 37853, 37878, 37882, 37886
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| CITY OF ALCOA UTILITIES | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/47009 and /api/v1/counties/47009/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Tennessee customers). Live data as of .