Power Outages in Fentress County, TN
Is there a power outage in Fentress County, TN right now? No. As of October 20, 2026 00:20 UTC, no outages are reported by Volunteer Electric Coop in Fentress County, TN.
Fentress County, TN is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.6 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/tennessee/fentress-county
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- October 20, 2026 00:20 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Fentress County, TN", live data as of October 20, 2026 00:20 UTC. https://massoutage.com/tennessee/fentress-county
No active outages are reported by Volunteer Electric Coop in Fentress County.
Report an outage in Fentress 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 Volunteer Electric Coop; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
100%of this county's ~12,347 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 12,952 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
Volunteer Electric Coop reportsevery 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 Fentress 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38556 | 434 | ≤11 | 375 | ≤11 |
| 38553 | 75 | ≤11 | 61 | ≤11 |
| 38504 | 36 | 0 | 32 | ≤11 |
| 38565 | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 38589 | ≤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 Fentress County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Fentress County right now.
Fentress County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 12, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Fentress County, TN outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 50m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 145 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 157 customers out (1.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Fentress County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Fentress County went about 10.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,307 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 10.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 4,726 customers out) · decade average 10.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 649 | 1,970 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 431 | 4,590 | 11.8 |
| 2021 | 511 | 4,400 | 11.7 |
| 2022 | 588 | 5,546 | 8.5 |
| 2023 | 593 | 8,307 | 14.7 |
| 2024 | 680 | 4,726 | 15.0 |
| 2025 | 690 | 4,893 | 10.6 |
Cost of power in Fentress County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Fentress 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.
- Volunteer Electric Coop13.1¢105,248 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 winter weather exposure · 10.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Fentress County: FAQ
- How often does Fentress County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Fentress County, TN logged 690 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Fentress County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,307 customers without power, beginning February 19, 2023 and lasting about 1h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Fentress County, TN right now?
- No. As of October 20, 2026 00:20 UTC, no outages are reported by Volunteer Electric Coop in Fentress County, TN.
- Which utilities serve Fentress County, TN?
- Tracked electric providers include Volunteer Electric Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Fentress County.
38504, 38553, 38556, 38565, 38589
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 Fentress County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Tennessee →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer Electric Coop | - | Live · county | - |
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/47049 and /api/v1/counties/47049/history.