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Kentucky Power Outage Risk, Electric Utilities & Generator Sizing

Kentucky households average 10.8 hrs/yr (648 minutes/year) of total blackout duration across 1.96 outages/year (Reliability Grade D — High Outage Risk), with an average residential electricity rate of 12.80 ¢/kWh.

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Electric Utilities Operating in Kentucky (EIA Form 861)

Utility NameOwnershipCustomersOutages/YrAnnual Outage TimeAvg RestorationResidential Rate
Kentucky Utilities Co (#10171)Investor-Owned450,6731.27x/yr582 min (9.7h)460 min11.85 ¢/kWh
Louisville Gas & Electric Co (#11249)Investor-Owned384,9021.30x/yr434 min (7.2h)334 min12.28 ¢/kWh
Duke Energy Kentucky (#19446)Investor-Owned139,4050.84x/yr131 min (2.2h)154 min13.44 ¢/kWh
Kentucky Power Co (#22053)Investor-Owned130,8522.77x/yr1256 min (20.9h)453 min15.07 ¢/kWh
South Kentucky Rural E C C (#17564)Cooperative64,8772.71x/yr729 min (12.1h)269 min12.92 ¢/kWh
Owen Electric Coop Inc (#14251)Cooperative63,9841.64x/yr200 min (3.3h)121 min12.55 ¢/kWh
Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp (#20130)Cooperative60,7012.87x/yr458 min (7.6h)160 min11.98 ¢/kWh
Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp (#1886)Cooperative60,6412.23x/yr596 min (9.9h)268 min12.32 ¢/kWh
Salt River Electric Coop Corp (#16587)Cooperative53,4792.60x/yr358 min (6.0h)138 min10.88 ¢/kWh
Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY) (#9575)Cooperative49,4232.99x/yr856 min (14.3h)286 min13.66 ¢/kWh
Kenergy Corp (#9964)Cooperative47,2922.41x/yr369 min (6.2h)153 min15.15 ¢/kWh
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop (#14724)Cooperative40,6459.89x/yr5964 min (99.4h)603 min13.16 ¢/kWh
Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp (#13651)Cooperative35,8551.66x/yr200 min (3.3h)120 min13.08 ¢/kWh
West Kentucky Rural E C C (#20377)Cooperative32,0622.43x/yr875 min (14.6h)359 min13.46 ¢/kWh
Meade County Rural E C C (#12243)Cooperative29,2482.08x/yr349 min (5.8h)168 min14.27 ¢/kWh
City of Bowling Green - (KY) (#2056)Municipal27,1810.75x/yr73 min (1.2h)98 min11.48 ¢/kWh
Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY) (#9292)Cooperative26,6551.91x/yr277 min (4.6h)145 min13.74 ¢/kWh
Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY) (#3687)Cooperative26,2033.04x/yr1301 min (21.7h)428 min13.25 ¢/kWh
Taylor County Rural E C C (#18498)Cooperative24,9852.11x/yr232 min (3.9h)110 min13.27 ¢/kWh
Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY) (#6194)Cooperative24,8891.99x/yr396 min (6.6h)199 min13.08 ¢/kWh
Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation (#9605)Cooperative23,9791.59x/yr320 min (5.3h)202 min15.64 ¢/kWh
Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc (#6442)Cooperative23,6662.32x/yr831 min (13.9h)358 min13.05 ¢/kWh
City of Owensboro - (KY) (#14268)Municipal23,2861.37x/yr149 min (2.5h)109 min13.42 ¢/kWh
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. (#4622)Cooperative22,4784.81x/yr1179 min (19.6h)245 min12.87 ¢/kWh
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN) (#19162)Cooperative20,5293.42x/yr375 min (6.2h)110 min12.52 ¢/kWh
City of Paducah - (KY) (#14371)Municipal18,8630.37x/yr18 min (0.3h)48 min15.55 ¢/kWh
Shelby Energy Coop, Inc - (KY) (#17044)Cooperative17,4372.00x/yr528 min (8.8h)264 min13.21 ¢/kWh
City of Frankfort - (KY) (#6708)Municipal17,2000.38x/yr38 min (0.6h)99 min11.23 ¢/kWh
Licking Valley Rural E C C (#11011)Cooperative16,8052.58x/yr481 min (8.0h)187 min13.83 ¢/kWh
Grayson Rural Electric Coop Corp (#7558)Cooperative14,4294.82x/yr2370 min (39.5h)492 min16.07 ¢/kWh
Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp (#1708)Cooperative11,5744.14x/yr815 min (13.6h)197 min13.69 ¢/kWh
Henderson City Utility Comm (#8449)Municipal10,3200.26x/yr20 min (0.3h)75 min10.84 ¢/kWh
City of Hopkinsville (#8846)Municipal9,8321.96x/yr648 min (10.8h)332 min12.53 ¢/kWh
Madisonville Municipal Utils (#11488)Municipal6,9191.96x/yr648 min (10.8h)332 min11.68 ¢/kWh
City of Nicholasville - (KY) (#13577)Municipal6,7841.96x/yr648 min (10.8h)332 min8.90 ¢/kWh