Hart County power outages

Kentucky outage history from 2015 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

Hart County, Kentucky had 7 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Above middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 1.26 times the US outage time per person and 1.22 times the Kentucky rate. It ranks 39 of 114 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.8major outages per year
4 of 9years with a major outage
122 hrslongest major outage
Mar, Junhardest months

March and June made up 83% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Mar 3, 2023, reached 7,655 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 122.5 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
20154,22730
201616,83562
201761220
20188,03560
20195,23080
202012,138130
202118,17781
202235,928241
2023452,113233

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
Mar 3, 2023122.57,655335,858
Jun 26, 202355.27,12195,463
Dec 11, 202117.52,05315,820
Dec 19, 20169.53,12412,566
Jun 28, 202313.56865,906

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

  • A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
  • Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
  • Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.