When's the Power Back?

Power outages in Alabama

Live outage status by county · updated ~every 15 minutes
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customers reported out statewide · 20 counties reporting · 1 above the significant-outage threshold · updated 7:15 PM CDT · utility data as of 7:16 PM CDT
Significant outages (50+ customers, largest first)
Jefferson — 71 reported out · grew sharply just now — past outages here like this ran ~18 hr start to finish (4 on record)
“Reporting” means at least one customer reported out in county-level data (the federal nationwide tally combined with utilities' own live data where we track them); “significant” means 50+ customers out — the floor for the active list above.
All Alabama counties (67)

Utility coverage in Alabama

Tracked utilities with dedicated pages
Alabama Power
Also tracked live — opens in the app
Central Alabama Electric Coop (AL) · Diverse Power (GA) · Dixie EC (AL) · Huntsville Utilities (AL) · Riviera Utilities (AL) · South Alabama Electric Coop (AL) · Tombigbee Electric Cooperative (AL) · Wiregrass Electric Cooperative (AL)
This is our tracking coverage, not a complete registry of every utility serving Alabama.

Historical outage patterns in Alabama

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) contain 28,610 county-level outage records (200+ customers at peak) in Alabama between 2014 and 2025 for the 66 counties the federal record covers — 216 of them major events of 10,000+ customers. Half were restored within about 3.5 hr, and county-level outages here have been most common in summer (33% of all records). The busiest year on record was 2025.
Largest single-county outage on record: ~143,114 customers out in Mobile County in September 2020, restored after about 4.6 days.
Months that hit the widest area at once — these rank among the three largest outages ever recorded in the most counties: October 2020 (26 counties), April 2020 (11 counties), June 2023 (10 counties).
Where restoration has historically taken longest: Jefferson County (~12 hr typical), Mobile County (~5.8 hr typical), Tuscaloosa County (~5.5 hr typical) — against ~3.5 hr statewide.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), 2014–2025. These are federal historical records, not outages tracked live by this site. Statewide figures aggregate the same per-county records shown on each county page below; the statewide restoration figure is the typical (middle) value across the per-county typical times, weighted by how many records each county has. A county appears in a “widest area” month when that month produced one of its three largest recorded outages.
Alabama — live power outage tracker

Common questions

How do I check power outages in Alabama?

This page lists live outage status for every county in Alabama, updated about every 15 minutes from the federal government's public county outage data (ODIN) and National Weather Service alerts, combined with utilities' own live data where we track them. Open any county for its restoration outlook, or search your ZIP or address for the most specific view.

Which utilities serve Alabama?

Electric utilities we track in Alabama include Alabama Power, Central Alabama Electric Coop (AL), Diverse Power (GA), Dixie EC (AL) and others. Each restores its own service area — report an outage to your serving utility so crews can be dispatched.

When will power be restored in Alabama?

Restoration depends on the cause and scale of each outage, so it varies by county and utility. For each affected area with enough trend data we publish an independent restoration estimate — from the live outage count, the recovery rate, and weather — shown even before the utility posts an official time; very small or brand-new outages say so instead of guessing. Open an area above for its outlook.

How accurate are the estimates?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Statewide totals combine the federal county-by-county tally with utilities' own live outage data, so this page and the live map always show the same numbers.

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