Kentucky Power Winter Storm Blair Restoration Update
January 7, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
Summary
Winter Storm Blair impacted eastern Kentucky on Sunday and Monday causing extensive damage to electrical facilities throughout Kentucky Power’s service territory leaving 10,735 customers without power at the peak of the event. Nearly 1,000 Kentucky Power personnel, business partners and external resources, including hundreds of out-of-state crews have been working to restore power.
Restoration
Crews will have 95% of the outages caused by the early Monday morning storm event restored by late tonight. Approximately 5,000 customers are still without power due to the storm. Many of the remaining outages are in remote and heavily forested areas where the terrain is challenging. An additional 700 customer outages occurred throughout the night.
For more information, please visit KentuckyPower.com/Outages. Customers can also sign up for text and email alerts at KentuckyPower.com/Alerts to get specific information about the outages in their area and estimated restoration times delivered to their devices.
Safety Tips
At Kentucky Power, safety is always the highest priority. Customers can review safety information for staying safe after a storm atKentuckyPower.com/Safety.
Stay Connected
- Get the most up-to-date information by downloading our app at KentuckyPower.com/App.
- Call our Customer Operations Center at 1-800-572-1113.
- Go to KentuckyPower.com/Outages for important and useful outage information.
- Follow Kentucky Power on Facebook and on X (Twitter) @KentuckyPower.
Next Update: Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
