Power Outages in Meigs County, TN
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Volunteer Electric Coop in Meigs County, TN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.4 hours.
Meigs County, TN is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/tennessee/meigs-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Meigs County, TN", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/tennessee/meigs-county
No active outages are reported by Volunteer Electric Coop in Meigs County.
100%of this county's ~7,634 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 | 7,967 | 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 Meigs 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 (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37322 | 204 | ≤11 | 176 | ≤11 |
| 37880 | 91 | ≤11 | 77 | ≤11 |
| 37336 | 75 | ≤11 | 59 | ≤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 Meigs County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Meigs County right now.
Meigs County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 13, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×9
- Flood Watch ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
Latest Meigs County, TN outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 115 customers out (1.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 101 customers out (1.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Meigs County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Meigs County went about 14.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,882 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 14.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 3,882 customers out) · decade average 11.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 711 | 1,632 | 8.4 |
| 2020 | 477 | 2,156 | 11.8 |
| 2021 | 476 | 1,662 | 5.8 |
| 2022 | 526 | 3,594 | 9.5 |
| 2023 | 596 | 3,882 | 19.1 |
| 2024 | 632 | 2,476 | 11.8 |
| 2025 | 633 | 2,625 | 14.4 |
Cost of power in Meigs County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Meigs 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.
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 11.5 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 Meigs County: FAQ
- How often does Meigs County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Meigs County, TN logged 633 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Meigs County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,882 customers without power, beginning April 21, 2023 and lasting about 6h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Meigs County, TN right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Meigs County, TN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Meigs County, TN?
- Tracked electric providers include Volunteer Electric Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Meigs County.
37322, 37880
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| 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/47121 and /api/v1/counties/47121/history.