Power Outages in Hancock County, TN
There is no live feed for Powell Valley Electric Coop, so we can't see current outages in Hancock County, TN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.3 hours.
Hancock County, TN is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/tennessee/hancock-county
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Hancock County, TN". https://massoutage.com/tennessee/hancock-county
No live feed for Powell Valley Electric Coop: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~4,359 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Powell Valley Electric Coop. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Valley Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Hancock 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37869 | 148 | ≤11 | 128 | ≤11 |
| 37765 | 17 | ≤11 | 14 | ≤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 Hancock County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Hancock County right now.
Hancock County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 13, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×8
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Hancock County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Hancock County went about 7.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,277 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 7.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 3,530 customers out) · decade average 10.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 131 | 399 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 55 | 1,449 | 15.4 |
| 2021 | 88 | 1,244 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 367 | 1,604 | 10.9 |
| 2023 | 330 | 3,542 | 8.3 |
| 2024 | 327 | 3,530 | 22.9 |
| 2025 | 365 | 4,277 | 7.3 |
Cost of power in Hancock County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Hancock 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.
- Powell Valley Electric Coop12.2¢21,217 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 Low high winds exposure · 10.4 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 Hancock County: FAQ
- How often does Hancock County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Hancock County, TN logged 365 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Hancock County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,277 customers without power, beginning September 15, 2025 and lasting about 1h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Hancock County, TN right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Hancock County, TN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Hancock County.
37765, 37869
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Valley Electric Coop | 3.0 hrs | 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/47067 and /api/v1/counties/47067/history.