Power outages in Russell County, VA

Live outage counts for Lebanon, Honaker and Cleveland and the rest of Russell County, updated every 10 minutes from Appalachian Power and LG&E and KU.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

fewer than 5customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Utilities 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 15,885 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We 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.

Appalachian Powerfewer than 5 / 14,065

LG&E and KU0 / 1,820

Outage map

County outlineAppalachian Power and LG&E and KU publish totals only, not outage locations.

Some 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

1 of 6 ZIP codes have outages

ZIP	Area	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
24266	Lebanon	fewer than 5	5,515	0.05%
24224	Castlewood	0	3,705	0.00%
24225	Cleveland	0	1,068	0.00%
24260	Honaker	0	3,066	0.00%
24280	Unincorporated area	0	474	0.00%
24649	Raven	0	1,228	0.00%

Outage history in Russell County

2014–2025 record

Russell County averaged 44 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 43. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 34 hours, starting February 16, 2025.

The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 15,236 customers out at once.

44significant outages a year (2023–2025)

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.

3.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

9.4 dayslongest on record (September 2024)

15,236most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
September 27, 2024	15,236	9.4 days	1,637,413
November 22, 2022	7,472	3.5 hours	4,649
January 27, 2021	7,012	11 hours	15,051
May 17, 2025	5,804	20 hours	41,281
April 13, 2020	5,749	11 hours	33,658

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

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.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

Appalachian Power: outage map and reporting
LG&E and KU: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

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.