Power outage history
Lincoln County Kentucky
6.8hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
67th most of 119 in Kentucky close to the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Lincoln's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2021 was the worst well-recorded year, at 21 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Lincoln, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2021 | Winter storm | 5,945 | 46% | 5.0 d | 29 h | 208k |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Windstorm | 5,444 | 42% | 3.2 d | 39 h | 139k |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Ice storm | 1,470 | 11% | 33 h | 21 h | 19k |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Winter storm | 4,067 | 32% | 4.0 h | 2.2 h | 13k |
| Jun 20, 2020 | No storm report | 3,161 | 25% | 14 h | 15 h | 12k |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 1,841 | 14% | 32 h | 19 h | 12k |
| May 10, 2024 | No storm report | 1,567 | 12% | 5.5 h | 5.0 h | 8.5k |
| Mar 16, 2025 | No storm report | 1,008 | 8% | 8.2 h | 5.8 h | 8.0k |
| Apr 1, 2023 | No storm report | 610 | 5% | 23 h | – | 7.8k |
| May 16, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 1,428 | 11% | 11 h | 8.5 h | 7.7k |
| Mar 14, 2020 | No storm report | 1,294 | 10% | 6.0 h | 4.5 h | 7.4k |
| Mar 5, 2025 | No storm report | 584 | 5% | 17 h | – | 7.2k |
| Jul 9, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 973 | 8% | 16 h | 23 h | 6.7k |
| Apr 3, 2015 | Flooding | 3,122 | 24% | 2.2 h | 2.0 h | 6.3k |
| Jan 20, 2022 | No storm report | 1,119 | 9% | 5.5 h | 5.5 h | 6.2k |
| May 26, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,797 | 14% | 6.0 h | 3.8 h | 5.9k |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 1,606 | 13% | 11 h | 2.8 h | 5.5k |
| Dec 11, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 684 | 5% | 11 h | 6.8 h | 5.2k |
| Jul 21, 2022 | No storm report | 600 | 5% | 7.2 h | – | 4.1k |
| Jun 25, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 2,252 | 18% | 5.2 h | 2.5 h | 4.1k |
| Dec 21, 2019 | No storm report | 2,174 | 17% | 5.8 h | 5.2 h | 3.9k |
| Dec 29, 2024 | No storm report | 481 | 4% | 8.8 h | – | 3.7k |
| Jul 18, 2023 | No storm report | 1,603 | 12% | 6.0 h | 1.0 h | 3.4k |
| Dec 19, 2025 | No storm report | 357 | 3% | 9.0 h | – | 3.1k |
| Feb 12, 2021 | No storm report | 789 | 6% | 3.8 h | 3.8 h | 2.9k |
| Mar 25, 2023 | No storm report | 1,316 | 10% | 2.2 h | 12 min | 2.8k |
| Feb 21, 2021 | No storm report | 609 | 5% | 5.5 h | – | 2.8k |
| Sep 20, 2025 | No storm report | 1,185 | 9% | 2.2 h | 2.8 h | 2.7k |
| Jun 10, 2023 | No storm report | 1,152 | 9% | 2.2 h | 12 h | 2.6k |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 707 | 6% | 9.0 h | 9.0 h | 2.5k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Lincoln from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Winter storm 36%
- No storm on record 29%
- Windstorm 23%
- Thunderstorms 6.0%
- Ice storm 3.2%
- Tropical storm 1.9%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Lincoln
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Kentucky territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Utilities Co | Investor Owned | 197 | 89 | 1.14 | 11.9 | 454k |
| South Kentucky Rural E C C | Cooperative | 1,368 | 314 | 2.99 | 13.6 | 65k |
| Jackson Energy Coop Corp | Cooperative | 915 | 334 | 3.40 | 14.8 | 50k |
| Inter County Energy Coop Corp | Cooperative | 293 | 117 | 1.78 | 13.7 | 27k |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
- Rockcastle 15 h
- Pulaski 8.7 h
- Lincoln (this county) 6.8 h
- Casey 5.3 h
- Garrard 4.6 h
- Boyle 3.3 h
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 12,841 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →