Power Outages in Dyer County, TN
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Dyer County, TN across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Dyersburg and City of Newbern, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2024, the average customer here lost power for about 0.4 hours.
Dyer County, TN is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/tennessee/dyer-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Dyer County, TN", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/tennessee/dyer-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Dyersburg and City of Newbern.
31%of this county's ~19,986 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Dyersburg, City of Newbern. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 1 | 4,613 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Gibson Electric Members Corp | Live · county | 0 | 1,671 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Dyersburg | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Newbern | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc and Gibson Electric Members Corp reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Dyer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38024 | 423 | 18 | 356 | ≤11 |
| 38059 | 130 | ≤11 | 110 | 0 |
| 38259 | 16 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 38030 | 15 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
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 Dyer County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Dyer County right now.
Dyer County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×11
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
- Flood Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Dyer 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 Dyer Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2024, the average customer in Dyer County went about 0.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,693 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 0.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 1,680 customers out) · decade average 0.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 10 | 750 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 78 | 1,658 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 97 | 1,657 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 88 | 1,207 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 57 | 1,665 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | 59 | 1,680 | 0.9 |
| 2022 | 58 | 1,681 | 0.2 |
| 2023 | 67 | 965 | 0.5 |
| 2024 | 46 | 1,693 | 0.4 |
Cost of power in Dyer County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Dyer 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.
- Gibson Electric Members Corp13.7¢29,483 cust
- City of Dyersburg11.7¢9,495 cust
- Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc15.0¢8,331 cust
- City of Newbern10.9¢1,500 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 High ice storms exposure · 0.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Dyer County: FAQ
- How often does Dyer County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Dyer County, TN logged 46 distinct outage events in 2024, averaging about 0.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Dyer County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,693 customers without power, beginning October 26, 2024 and lasting about 1h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Dyer County, TN right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Dyer County, TN?
- Tracked electric providers include Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc, Gibson Electric Members Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Dyer County.
38007, 38024, 38030, 38047, 38059, 38070
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Dyersburg | 0.4 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Gibson Electric Members Corp | - | Live · county | - |
| Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Newbern | - | 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/47045 and /api/v1/counties/47045/history. Live data as of .