Kentucky Power Restoration Update
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Weather
After a strong windstorm made its way through Kentucky Power’s northeast territory this morning, more than 12,000 customers were left without power. According to the National Weather Service, wind gusts up to 92 mph have been confirmed.
Though the forecast for this evening includes less intense weather impacts than expected, a batch of storms coming up from the Tennessee Valley could cause more issues in Kentucky Power’s service area.
Summary
Currently, there are 9,505 customers without power, with the majority in Boyd, Greenup and Lawrence counties. Additional outages have occurred throughout the afternoon. Crews are finding significant damage to our distribution system including broken polls, spans of downed wire, broken crossarms and numerous downed trees. Crews responded immediately to assess damage and are working to restore power as safely and quickly as possible.
Restoration Efforts
Restoration is expected to continue through the end of the week.
For more information
- Customers can get specific information about the outages affecting their accounts via text message and/or email by subscribing to Kentucky Power outage alerts. To sign up, visitwww.KentuckyPower.com/Alerts.
- Customers can report outages and check out the latest restoration information for their account anytime by downloading the app, www.KentuckyPower.com/App.
- Customers can also report to our Customer Operations Center at 1-800-572-1113.
- Storm and restoration information also is posted on Facebook and on X (@KentuckyPower).
Safety Messages
- Stay away from all downed power lines! Downed lines can carry an electric current that can cause serious or even fatal injuries. If you encounter a fallen wire, keep yourself and others away from it and anything it may be touching. Call 911 and Kentucky Power immediately at 1-800-572-1113 to report.
- Fallen trees are likely to occur. Be aware of the potential for trees and overhanging limbs to fall without warning. The previous rains have made the ground soggy which means trees can fall more easily, especially with the strong winds expected.
- Additional safety tips are posted at www.KentuckyPower.com/Safety.
Next update will be delivered tomorrow morning.
