Power Outages in Shelby County, TN
As of October 19, 2026 05:25 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Shelby County, TN across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.2 hours.
Shelby County, TN is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/tennessee/shelby-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 05:25 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Shelby County, TN", live data as of October 19, 2026 05:25 UTC. https://massoutage.com/tennessee/shelby-county
0.0%of this county's ~421,206 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Memphis - (TN) | Live · county | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Southwest Tennessee E M C | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
City of Memphis - (TN) reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Shelby County1
Individual outages as listed by Memphis Light, Gas & Water, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | - | - | - | Memphis Light, Gas & Water |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Shelby 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 (33)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38109 | 535 | 26 | 361 | 12 |
| 38127 | 361 | 15 | 257 | ≤11 |
| 38116 | 350 | 15 | 243 | ≤11 |
| 38053 | 326 | 20 | 245 | ≤11 |
| 38128 | 316 | 13 | 210 | 13 |
| 38134 | 296 | 13 | 202 | ≤11 |
| 38111 | 271 | ≤11 | 199 | ≤11 |
| 38002 | 262 | 13 | 180 | ≤11 |
| 38106 | 258 | ≤11 | 171 | ≤11 |
| 38118 | 248 | 12 | 156 | ≤11 |
| 38016 | 241 | ≤11 | 160 | ≤11 |
| 38114 | 233 | ≤11 | 150 | ≤11 |
| 38135 | 230 | ≤11 | 145 | ≤11 |
| 38125 | 224 | ≤11 | 132 | 16 |
| 38117 | 198 | ≤11 | 127 | ≤11 |
| 38018 | 195 | ≤11 | 128 | ≤11 |
| 38104 | 193 | ≤11 | 119 | ≤11 |
| 38138 | 185 | ≤11 | 111 | ≤11 |
| 38115 | 184 | ≤11 | 117 | ≤11 |
| 38122 | 178 | ≤11 | 137 | ≤11 |
| 38133 | 163 | ≤11 | 117 | ≤11 |
| 38107 | 154 | ≤11 | 108 | ≤11 |
| 38119 | 132 | ≤11 | 83 | ≤11 |
| 38108 | 130 | ≤11 | 95 | ≤11 |
| 38112 | 121 | ≤11 | 80 | 0 |
| 38141 | 117 | ≤11 | 72 | ≤11 |
| 38126 | 94 | ≤11 | 63 | ≤11 |
| 38120 | 94 | ≤11 | 57 | ≤11 |
| 38139 | 85 | ≤11 | 50 | ≤11 |
| 38028 | 79 | ≤11 | 56 | 0 |
| 38105 | 54 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 38103 | 37 | ≤11 | 21 | ≤11 |
| 38132 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 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 Shelby County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Shelby County right now.
Shelby County has been under 29 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×14
- Heat Advisory ×11
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×1
Latest Shelby County, TN outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4d 11h
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 336 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 713 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,709 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 21m
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,613 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 733 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 9m
Hardest-hit cities in Shelby County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Shelby Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Shelby County went about 7.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 155,108 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 7.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 138,851 customers out) · decade average 14.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 443 | 38,123 | 6.3 |
| 2016 | 420 | 38,181 | 5.7 |
| 2017 | 369 | 155,108 | 29.7 |
| 2018 | 331 | 35,223 | 6.1 |
| 2019 | 256 | 35,329 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 371 | 49,224 | 7.6 |
| 2021 | 260 | 30,282 | 7.2 |
| 2022 | 144 | 137,794 | 40.0 |
| 2023 | 195 | 138,851 | 40.7 |
| 2024 | 202 | 37,718 | 7.0 |
| 2025 | 214 | 73,352 | 7.2 |
Cost of power in Shelby County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Shelby 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.
- City of Memphis - (TN)13.2¢385,015 cust
- Southwest Tennessee E M C13.7¢43,847 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.
Very High tornadoes exposure · 14.8 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 Shelby County: FAQ
- How often does Shelby County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Shelby County, TN logged 214 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Shelby County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 155,108 customers without power, beginning May 27, 2017 and lasting about 5d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Shelby County, TN right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Shelby County, TN?
- Tracked electric providers include City of Memphis - (TN), Southwest Tennessee E M C.
Memphis, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Shelby County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Shelby County.
38002, 38016, 38017, 38018, 38029, 38053, 38054, 38103, 38104, 38105, 38106, 38107, 38108, 38109, 38111, 38112, 38113, 38114, 38115, 38116, 38117, 38118, 38119, 38120, 38122, 38125, 38126, 38127, 38128, 38131, 38132, 38133, 38134, 38135, 38138, 38139, 38141, 38152
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Memphis - (TN) | 5.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Southwest Tennessee E M C | - | 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/47157 and /api/v1/counties/47157/history. Live data as of .