Tennessee Power Outages by County

Tennessee averaged 0.94 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 19 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. May and February made up 29% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Shelby County had the most outage time per resident of 78 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

Rank	County	Major outages per year	Longest (hours)	Times US rate
1	Shelby County	7.2	305	2.99
2	Sevier County	6.0	219	2.67
3	Henry County	1.8	74	2.27
4	Stewart County	1.6	144	2.02
5	Fentress County	1.6	23	1.89
6	Clay County	0.4	17	1.77
7	Meigs County	1.6	16	1.68
8	Fayette County	2.0	76	1.53
9	Cumberland County	3.0	57	1.44
10	Polk County	2.0	45	1.34
11	Pickett County	0.6	15	1.25
12	Monroe County	2.4	52	1.21
13	Davidson County	4.2	174	1.17
14	Bradley County	4.6	110	1.10
15	Giles County	1.8	21	1.06
16	Macon County	1.0	36	1.03
17	Rhea County	1.8	50	0.96
18	Crockett County	0.5	26	0.95
19	Tipton County	2.1	104	0.94
20	Moore County	0.9	44	0.93
20	Union County	1.3	20	0.93
22	Madison County	1.9	49	0.85
23	Obion County	1.4	112	0.82
24	Claiborne County	1.0	39	0.78
25	Cheatham County	1.2	87	0.76
26	Chester County	1.0	46	0.75
27	Blount County	3.1	64	0.72
27	Hawkins County	1.7	58	0.72
29	Knox County	5.6	56	0.70
29	Lawrence County	1.0	18	0.70
31	Robertson County	1.1	48	0.69
32	Trousdale County	0.1	11	0.64
33	Grundy County	1.2	44	0.63
34	Lake County	0.4	15	0.61
35	Haywood County	0.7	30	0.59
35	Sullivan County	2.0	76	0.59
35	Sumner County	2.0	98	0.59
38	Hancock County	0.0	None	0.54
39	Jefferson County	1.0	63	0.53
40	Coffee County	1.7	68	0.51
40	McMinn County	2.4	33	0.51
40	Montgomery County	1.7	144	0.51
43	Bedford County	1.3	70	0.50
43	Campbell County	1.0	40	0.50
45	Maury County	1.0	52	0.45
45	Van Buren County	0.4	15	0.45
47	Cocke County	1.7	64	0.44
48	Loudon County	1.2	45	0.37
48	Sequatchie County	0.2	26	0.37
50	Grainger County	0.8	22	0.36
51	Cannon County	0.3	26	0.33
52	Wilson County	0.7	64	0.32
53	Franklin County	1.0	18	0.31
53	Roane County	0.9	22	0.31
55	Gibson County	0.9	26	0.28
56	Washington County	1.1	30	0.27
57	Marshall County	0.7	28	0.26
58	White County	0.4	57	0.25
59	Greene County	0.6	10	0.22
60	Anderson County	0.7	47	0.18
61	Hamblen County	0.7	20	0.17
61	Williamson County	0.8	34	0.17
63	Overton County	0.2	11	0.16
64	Hardeman County	0.4	42	0.15
64	Henderson County	0.3	28	0.15
64	Unicoi County	0.2	8	0.15
67	Rutherford County	0.8	29	0.13
67	Smith County	0.0	None	0.13
69	Marion County	0.2	26	0.12
70	Hamilton County	0.6	20	0.11
71	Dyer County	0.4	40	0.08
72	Lauderdale County	0.3	11	0.06
72	Morgan County	0.2	11	0.06
74	DeKalb County	0.0	None	0.04
74	Putnam County	0.2	18	0.04
74	Scott County	0.2	9	0.04
77	Jackson County	0.0	None	0.01
78	Lincoln County	0.0	None	0.00

Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.

When outages hit Tennessee

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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.

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Tennessee averaged 0.94 times the US outage time per person

Counties ranked by outage time

When outages hit Tennessee

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