Power outages in Montgomery County, AL

Live outage counts for Montgomery and Pike Road and the rest of Montgomery County, updated every 10 minutes from Alabama Power.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
fewer than 5customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
iUtilities hide very small outages for privacy and publish them only as "fewer than 5". Where many of these add up, we show an estimate ("about …").
<0.01% of 100,639 customersUpdated 7 min ago
iWe check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.
Alabama Powerfewer than 5 / 100,639
Dixie Electric Coop - (AL)no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.
South Alabama Elec Coop, Incno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

Outage locations not published
County outlineAlabama Power publishes totals only, not outage locations.
iSome utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outages by ZIP code

2 of 15 ZIP codes have outages
ZIPAreaOutCustomers
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
% out
iCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
36064Pike Road / Montgomeryfewer than 53,8550.03%
36107Montgomeryfewer than 54,3160.02%
36036Unincorporated area03120.00%
36069Unincorporated area04250.00%
36104Montgomery05,6630.00%
36105Montgomery04,9330.00%
36106Montgomery08,3080.00%
36108Montgomery09,6830.00%
36109Montgomery012,0450.00%
36110Montgomery05,7810.00%
36111Montgomery06,0190.00%
36113Montgomery010.00%
36115Montgomery010.00%
36116Montgomery / Pike Road017,2240.00%
36117Montgomery020,2390.00%

Cities and towns

Utility counts by mailing city
iUtilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.
CityOutCustomers
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
% out
iCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
Montgomeryfewer than 590,141<0.01%
Pike Road02,4850.00%

Outage history in Montgomery County

2014–2025 record

Montgomery County averaged 14.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Alabama counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 13. Half were over within 15 minutes; the longest lasted 13 hours, starting February 16, 2025.

The largest on record began October 29, 2020, with 29,346 customers out at once.

14.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
45 minutestypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
1.8 dayslongest on record (October 2020)
29,346most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
October 29, 202029,3461.8 days342,768
May 4, 202123,8611.6 days345,340
April 13, 202022,7981.6 days363,159
June 14, 202321,09729 hours245,249
August 2, 202115,69922 hours103,597

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

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Food safety

  • 0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
  • 4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
  • 24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
  • 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

  • Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
  • Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
  • Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

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