Power outages in Franklin, KY
Live outages for Franklin and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Franklin has 10,759 residents.
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FranklinSimpson County
Outage history in Simpson County, which includes Franklin
2014–2025 recordSimpson County averaged 11.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Kentucky counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 12. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 7 hours, starting December 18, 2025.
The largest on record began March 3, 2023, with 3,507 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
11.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At 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.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.8 dayslongest on record (March 2023)
3,507most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| March 3, 2023 | 3,507 | 2.8 days | 84,464 |
| June 13, 2018 | 2,821 | 15 minutes | 705 |
| July 23, 2019 | 2,641 | 45 minutes | 1,835 |
| May 8, 2024 | 2,303 | 2.5 hours | 4,103 |
| December 24, 2022 | 2,249 | 4.5 hours | 5,944 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From 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.