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Power Outages in Fayette County, TN

Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc and Southwest Tennessee E M C publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Bolivar Energy Authority. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.4 hours.

Fayette County, TN is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc and Southwest Tennessee E M C publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Bolivar Energy Authority: outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Fayette County

0.0%of this county's ~23,177 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Bolivar Energy Authority. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc, Southwest Tennessee E M C.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Chickasaw Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Southwest Tennessee E M CLive · total onlynot by county------
Bolivar Energy AuthorityNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Fayette 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.

Power-dependent
432
Oxygen service
118
Dialysis (facility)
56
Home health / hospice
110
By ZIP code (8)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
3801733912242≤11
38068152≤11120≤11
38060106≤1175≤11
3806664≤1145≤11
3804943≤1125≤11
3805741≤1130≤11
38076≤110≤110
38036≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Fayette County, TN

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Fayette County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Fayette County

Fayette 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

Latest Fayette County, TN outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 44m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 700 customers out (3.1% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 632 customers out (2.8% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 46m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 630 customers out (2.8% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 9m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 630 customers out (2.8% of the county)

Outage trend · Fayette County, TN
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Fayette County, TN: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Fayette County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Fayette County went about 4.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 16,646 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 4.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2017–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Fayette County average outage hours per customer by year2017–2025: 2017 0.3h, 2018 0.2h, 2019 2.7h, 2020 4.3h, 2021 3.2h, 2022 16.7h, 2023 30.4h, 2024 4.5h, 2025 4.4h. Highlighted: 2023.0102030400.3h20170.2h20182.7h20194.3h20203.2h202116.7h202230.4h20234.5h20244.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 16,646 customers out) · decade average 7.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2017846400.3
2018994670.2
20195117,4602.7
20206874,7204.3
20216995,0683.2
20227869,75816.7
202381216,64630.4
20248715,5684.5
20257836,1404.4

Cost of power in Fayette County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Fayette 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.

11.8¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 25% since 2015
vs Tennessee avg 13.7¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
June 25, 202316,64611d 5h
February 3, 20229,75826d 1h
October 20, 20197,4602h
July 16, 20256,1403h 45m
December 23, 20225,7618h 45m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 7.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Fayette County: FAQ

How often does Fayette County, TN lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Fayette County, TN logged 783 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Fayette County, TN?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 16,646 customers without power, beginning June 25, 2023 and lasting about 11d 5h.
Is there a power outage in Fayette County, TN right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Fayette County, TN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Fayette County, TN?
Tracked electric providers include Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc, Southwest Tennessee E M C.
Nearby counties
Benton CountyHardeman CountyHaywood CountyMarshall County
ZIP codes in Fayette County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Fayette County.

38028, 38036, 38046, 38049, 38057, 38060, 38066, 38068, 38076

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Bolivar Energy Authority9.4 hrsNo live feed-
Southwest Tennessee E M C-Live · total only-
Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc-Live · total only-

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/47047 and /api/v1/counties/47047/history.