Power outages in Knox County, TN
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Knox County yet. Knoxville Utilities Board, City of Lenoir - (TN) and City of Clinton - (TN) serve this county.
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No live outage data for Knox County yet.
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This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Knox County
2014–2025 recordKnox County averaged 43.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Tennessee counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 34. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 18 hours, starting December 18, 2025.
The largest on record began May 28, 2017, with 44,151 customers out at once.
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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.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| 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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| May 28, 2017 | 44,151 | 24 hours | 327,579 |
| August 7, 2023 | 43,172 | 1.9 days | 569,326 |
| May 27, 2020 | 34,684 | 45 minutes | 18,521 |
| November 6, 2018 | 30,395 | 14 hours | 150,691 |
| March 29, 2020 | 30,073 | 12 hours | 117,544 |
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.
Utilities
- Knoxville Utilities Board no live feed
- City of Lenoir - (TN) no live feed
- City of Clinton - (TN) no live feed
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