Power outages in Polk County, TN
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Polk County yet. Volunteer Electric Coop and Tri-State Electric Member Corp serve this county.
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No live outage data for Polk County yet.
Volunteer Electric Coopno live feedServes this county, per federal utility records.
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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.Tri-State Electric Member Corpno live feedServes this county, per federal utility records.
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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.Outage map
County outline
Outage history in Polk County
2014–2025 recordPolk County averaged 46.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Tennessee counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 52. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 28 hours, starting March 4, 2025.
The largest on record began October 14, 2023, with 6,675 customers out at once.
46.7significant 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.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.4 dayslongest on record (March 2023)
6,675most 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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| October 14, 2023 | 6,675 | 4 hours | 26,076 |
| July 30, 2024 | 4,533 | 25 hours | 34,115 |
| April 17, 2021 | 3,876 | 4 hours | 6,701 |
| May 24, 2020 | 3,869 | 30 minutes | 1,935 |
| September 18, 2022 | 3,862 | 15 minutes | 966 |
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.
Cities in Polk County
Utilities
- Volunteer Electric Coop no live feed
- Tri-State Electric Member Corp no live feed
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