Power Outages in Chester County, TN
Southwest Tennessee E M C publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Pickwick Electric Coop. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.1 hours.
Chester County, TN is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/tennessee/chester-county
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- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Chester County, TN". https://massoutage.com/tennessee/chester-county
Southwest Tennessee E M C publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Pickwick Electric Coop: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~5,889 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Pickwick Electric Coop. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Southwest Tennessee E M C.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Tennessee E M C | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pickwick Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Chester 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 (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38340 | 206 | ≤11 | 170 | ≤11 |
| 38332 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 38352 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 38347 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 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 Chester County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Chester County right now.
Chester County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×11
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Chester County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Chester County went about 7.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,313 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 7.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 4,047 customers out) · decade average 6.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 236 | 4,047 | 11.2 |
| 2018 | 286 | 2,867 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 267 | 1,794 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 236 | 1,725 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 389 | 4,411 | 7.5 |
| 2022 | 460 | 4,411 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 439 | 4,415 | 10.2 |
| 2024 | 502 | 1,264 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 416 | 5,313 | 7.1 |
Cost of power in Chester County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Chester 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.
- Southwest Tennessee E M C13.7¢43,847 cust
- Pickwick Electric Coop13.4¢16,595 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.
Relatively Moderate tornadoes exposure · 6.6 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 Chester County: FAQ
- How often does Chester County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Chester County, TN logged 416 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Chester County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,313 customers without power, beginning March 15, 2025 and lasting about 8h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Chester County, TN right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Chester County, TN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Chester County, TN?
- Tracked electric providers include Southwest Tennessee E M C.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Chester County.
38332, 38340, 38347, 38352
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Tennessee E M C | - | Live · total only | - |
| Pickwick Electric Coop | - | 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/47023 and /api/v1/counties/47023/history.