Power Outages in Hawkins County, TN
Is there a power outage in Hawkins County, TN right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC, no outages are reported by Holston Electric Coop, Inc and Kingsport Power Co in Hawkins County, TN. There is no live feed for Appalachian Power Co and Powell Valley Electric Coop.
Hawkins County, TN is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.1 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/tennessee/hawkins-county
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- October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Hawkins County, TN", live data as of October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/tennessee/hawkins-county
No active outages are reported by Holston Electric Coop, Inc and Kingsport Power Co in Hawkins County.
No live feed for Appalachian Power Co and Powell Valley Electric Coop: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Hawkins 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 Powell Valley Electric Coop, Holston Electric Coop, Inc and Kingsport Power Co; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
100%of this county's ~32,121 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Appalachian Power Co, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holston Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 25,587 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Kingsport Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 6,907 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Appalachian Power Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Powell Valley Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Holston Electric Coop, Inc and Kingsport Power Co 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 Hawkins 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37857 | 511 | 12 | 440 | ≤11 |
| 37642 | 350 | 19 | 291 | ≤11 |
| 37711 | 162 | ≤11 | 142 | 0 |
| 37811 | 118 | ≤11 | 102 | ≤11 |
| 37873 | 109 | ≤11 | 89 | 0 |
| 37645 | 101 | ≤11 | 86 | ≤11 |
| 37731 | 18 | ≤11 | 17 | 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 Hawkins County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Hawkins County right now.
Hawkins County has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 13, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
Latest Hawkins County, TN outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 469 customers out (1.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,008 customers out (3.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 50m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 714 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,218 customers out (3.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Hawkins County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Hawkins County went about 5.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 19,970 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 5.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 15,092 customers out) · decade average 7.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 221 | 1,656 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 245 | 2,256 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 616 | 4,480 | 4.5 |
| 2018 | 732 | 5,722 | 8.4 |
| 2019 | 838 | 5,409 | 6.3 |
| 2020 | 878 | 5,826 | 7.1 |
| 2021 | 835 | 4,336 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | 719 | 19,970 | 7.9 |
| 2023 | 748 | 4,286 | 7.3 |
| 2024 | 657 | 15,092 | 23.1 |
| 2025 | 650 | 3,364 | 5.1 |
Cost of power in Hawkins County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Hawkins 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.
- Kingsport Power Co12.3¢43,364 cust
- Holston Electric Coop, Inc14.0¢25,947 cust
- 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 7.0 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 Hawkins County: FAQ
- How often does Hawkins County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Hawkins County, TN logged 650 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Hawkins County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 19,970 customers without power, beginning December 23, 2022 and lasting about 1d 17h.
- Is there a power outage in Hawkins County, TN right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC, no outages are reported by Holston Electric Coop, Inc and Kingsport Power Co in Hawkins County, TN. There is no live feed for Appalachian Power Co and Powell Valley Electric Coop.
- Which utilities serve Hawkins County, TN?
- Tracked electric providers include Appalachian Power Co, Holston Electric Coop, Inc, Kingsport Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Hawkins County.
37642, 37645, 37711, 37731, 37811, 37857, 37873
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 Hawkins County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Tennessee →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Power Co | 18.0 hrs | No live feed | Outage map ↗ |
| Powell Valley Electric Coop | 3.0 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Holston Electric Coop, Inc | 3.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Kingsport Power Co | 3.0 hrs | 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/47073 and /api/v1/counties/47073/history.