Power Outages in Polk County, TN
As of October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC, no outages are reported by Volunteer Electric Coop in Polk County, TN. There is no live feed for Tri-State Electric Member Corp. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.3 hours.
Polk County, TN is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/tennessee/polk-county
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- October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Polk County, TN", live data as of October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC. https://massoutage.com/tennessee/polk-county
No active outages are reported by Volunteer Electric Coop in Polk County.
No live feed for Tri-State Electric Member Corp: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
68%of this county's ~10,567 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Tri-State Electric Member Corp. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 7,194 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Fort Loudoun Electric Coop | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tri-State Electric Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 Polk 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37307 | 79 | ≤11 | 63 | ≤11 |
| 37362 | 55 | ≤11 | 46 | 0 |
| 37317 | 53 | ≤11 | 46 | 0 |
| 37361 | 34 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 37391 | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 37325 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 37326 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 37333 | 13 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 37369 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Polk County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Polk County right now.
Polk County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 13, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×8
- Flood Watch ×3
- High Wind Warning ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- High Wind Watch ×1
Latest Polk County, TN outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 264 customers out (2.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 25m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 687 customers out (7.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Polk County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Polk County went about 8.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,675 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 8.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 6,675 customers out) · decade average 6.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 51 | 71 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 53 | 244 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 663 | 1,170 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 359 | 3,869 | 10.7 |
| 2021 | 405 | 3,876 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | 410 | 3,862 | 10.8 |
| 2023 | 468 | 6,675 | 18.4 |
| 2024 | 478 | 4,533 | 13.2 |
| 2025 | 428 | 2,627 | 8.3 |
Cost of power in Polk County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Polk 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
- Fort Loudoun Electric Coop12.8¢30,743 cust
- Tri-State Electric Member Corp14.9¢2,834 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 · 6.6 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 Polk County: FAQ
- How often does Polk County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Polk County, TN logged 428 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Polk County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,675 customers without power, beginning October 14, 2023 and lasting about 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Polk County, TN right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Polk County, TN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Polk County, TN?
- Tracked electric providers include Fort Loudoun Electric Coop, Volunteer Electric Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Polk County.
37307, 37316, 37317, 37325, 37326, 37333, 37361, 37362, 37369, 37391
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Loudoun Electric Coop | 8.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Volunteer Electric Coop | - | Live · county | - |
| Tri-State Electric Member Corp | - | 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/47139 and /api/v1/counties/47139/history.