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Kentucky: official power outage sources
Four investor-owned companies serve much of Kentucky: Kentucky Utilities, Louisville Gas & Electric, Kentucky Power and Duke Energy Kentucky. Electric cooperatives and city-owned utilities serve the rest, including many in the west that buy power from TVA. The Kentucky Public Service Commission regulates the investor-owned companies. It does not oversee city utilities or TVA-supplied utilities in the same way.
Outages in Kentucky right now
Not shown on this site. Power Grid Watch does not have live outage information for Kentucky. That does not mean there are no outages. Use the official links below to check and to report.
If your power is out
- Stay away from downed lines and anything touching them. Call 911.
- Report it to your own utility. The name and outage phone number are on your electric bill. Do not assume a neighbor has reported it.
- Check your utility's outage page for the area affected and any restoration estimate. Only your utility can give that estimate.
Utility outage pages
Each link covers only that utility's own customers. If your provider is not listed here, use the directories in the next section.
- LG&E and KU Outage page Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities are separate companies that share one website. lge-ku.com
- Kentucky Power Outage page outagemap.kentuckypower.com
Official state sources
Use these to find out which utility serves an address, to reach the regulator, and to follow state emergency information.
- Kentucky Public Service Commission: utility directory Regulator Includes the official outage link for Duke Energy Kentucky. psc.ky.gov
- Kentucky Public Service Commission: electric service area map (PDF) Provider directory Some city utilities are drawn as circles because their exact boundaries are unknown. psc.ky.gov
- Kentucky Electric Cooperatives: outage maps Provider directory Run by the state's co-op association. kyelectric.coop
- Kentucky Emergency Management: severe weather Emergency management kyem.ky.gov
- National Weather Service Weather alerts Enter your town or ZIP code for current watches and warnings. A weather warning is not an outage prediction. weather.gov
Good to know in Kentucky
- City utility and co-op customers should report outages to their own provider, even if their power comes from TVA.
- The Public Service Commission's outage incident page is not a statewide outage map. A quiet page does not mean there are no outages.
- Some Kentucky homes are served by co-ops based in Tennessee, such as Gibson and Tri-County.
- The state service-area map is approximate. Your electric bill shows which company serves your address.
The wider grid
Regional grid organizations and balancing areas that cover all or part of Kentucky: PJM; MISO; LG&E and KU balancing area; TVA. They balance supply and demand on the high-voltage system. Their alerts describe the regional system, not an outage on your street. How the pieces fit together
Links on this page were last reviewed on . Official pages move; if a link is broken or a provider is missing, tell us.