Kentucky co-ops restore power after Fern
Winter Storm Fern didn’t deliver a single blow to Kentucky’s electric grid — it delivered a series of them. Beginning Sunday, January 25, the storm brought snow, sleet, rain...
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28 Jan, 2026Electric co-ops restore power amid frigid temperatures
Mississippi co-ops were hit especially hard by Winter Storm Fern. More than 138,000 co-op members across the state were without power as of Tuesday morning, down from about 160,000...
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Chris Perry
CEO & President
Saturday Jan31 130pm
<500 Kentucky co-op members without power (including new outages today).
Our co-ops know how difficult this week has been for those who have been without power.
Thank you for understanding the immense task of restoring service after a crippling ice storm.
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Fewer than 1,000 Ky co-op members without power 5 days after Winter Storm Fern knocked out service to 68,500.
Crews are operating at or near safe supervisory capacity to maintain safety & coordination.
Some homes too damaged by falling trees to restore service.
Winter Storm Fern
Friday January 30, Noon EST
About 2,000 Kentucky co-op members without power. Crews continue restoration and cleanup efforts following Winter Storm Fern, with work increasingly focused on scattered, difficult-to-access outages. While outage numbers continue to ...decline, ongoing thawing, renewed cold, and additional snow forecast for southeastern Kentucky remain complicating factors. Crews are operating at or near safe supervisory capacity to maintain safety and coordination.
Kentucky co-ops respond to Winter Storm Fern
Kentucky’s electric cooperatives spent the week battling layer after layer of damage from Winter Storm Fern, which coated southern Kentucky in up to three‑quarters of an inch of ice and knocked out power to more than 68,500 members at the peak. Progress came in waves as co‑ops redeployed ...crews across shifting trouble spots, used drones to locate broken poles and hard‑to‑reach damage and leaned on mutual‑aid partners to push through the final, labor‑intensive outages that restored power one member at a time. https://youtu.be/xziySjCZAo0
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