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Power Outages in Pottawattamie County, IA

Harrison County Rrl Elec Coop, MidAmerican Energy Co and Nishnabotna Valley R E C publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA), City of Neola - (IA), City of Shelby - (IA), Omaha Public Power District, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration and Waverly Municipal Elec Utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.8 hours.

Pottawattamie County, IA is served by 9 tracked utilities.

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Harrison County Rrl Elec Coop, MidAmerican Energy Co and Nishnabotna Valley R E C publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA), City of Neola - (IA), City of Shelby - (IA), Omaha Public Power District, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration and Waverly Municipal Elec Utility: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Pottawattamie County

0.0%of this county's ~50,454 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA), City of Neola - (IA), City of Shelby - (IA), Omaha Public Power District, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, Waverly Municipal Elec Utility. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Harrison County Rrl Elec Coop, MidAmerican Energy Co, Nishnabotna Valley R E C.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Harrison County Rrl Elec CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
MidAmerican Energy CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Nishnabotna Valley R E CLive · total onlynot by county------
Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA)No live feedcan't see------
City of Neola - (IA)No live feedcan't see------
City of Shelby - (IA)No live feedcan't see------
Omaha Public Power DistrictNo live feedcan't see------
WAPA-- Western Area Power AdministrationNo live feedcan't see------
Waverly Municipal Elec UtilityNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Pottawattamie Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.

Power-dependent
1,209
Oxygen service
361
Dialysis (facility)
131
Home health / hospice
191
By ZIP code (16)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
51501466≤11401≤11
5150342015336≤11
5151035≤11330
5155925≤11190
5152122≤11160
5152621≤11180
51576190140
5156019≤11140
5152517≤11150
51542150≤110
51575140≤11≤11
51577130≤110
51553≤110≤110
51549≤11≤11≤110
51548≤110≤110
51536≤11≤11≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Pottawattamie County, IA

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Recent NWS alert activity · Pottawattamie County

Pottawattamie County has been under 50 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×19
  • Flood Watch ×11
  • Flood Warning ×7
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×4
  • Flash Flood Warning ×3
  • Tornado Watch ×2

Latest Pottawattamie County, IA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 25m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 531 customers out (1.0% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 15h 49m

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 319 customers out

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 652 customers out

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 15, 2026

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 15, 2026

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 15, 2026

Outage trend · Pottawattamie County, IA
0customers out · peak 90
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Pottawattamie County, IA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 90 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0255075100Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Pottawattamie County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Council Bluffsno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Pottawattamie County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 12,888 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Iowa utilities averaged 3.1 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Pottawattamie County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.8h, 2016 2.0h, 2017 1.8h, 2018 2.2h, 2019 1.9h, 2020 1.6h, 2021 6.6h, 2022 1.3h, 2023 2.0h, 2024 7.0h, 2025 1.8h. Highlighted: 2024.024680.8h20152.0h20161.8h20172.2h20181.9h20191.6h20206.6h20211.3h20222.0h20237.0h20241.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 12,184 customers out) · decade average 2.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20153954,2310.8
20168517,0752.0
20177714,7531.8
20186024,9532.2
20195435,4181.9
202067710,5531.6
202181012,8886.6
20227174,6611.3
20237788,1162.0
202476012,1847.0
20257854,7211.8

Cost of power in Pottawattamie County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Pottawattamie County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.

11.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 15% since 2015
vs Iowa avg 16.0¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.

What causes outages here

Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →

Outage causes by share of outage-timeWeather / storm 99.9%, Animal / wildlife 0.1%, Equipment failure 0%Weather / stormWeather / storm99.9%Animal / wildlifeAnimal / wildlife0.1%Equipment failureEquipment failure0%
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A reported cause is available for 42.6% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares are of the portion with a known cause; bars are scaled to the largest cause.
Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
July 10, 202112,8889d 10h
June 25, 202412,1842d 16h
March 29, 202010,5532d 14h
July 12, 20238,1161d 7h
December 15, 20217,6083d 15h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High high winds exposure · 2.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Pottawattamie County: FAQ

How often does Pottawattamie County, IA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Pottawattamie County, IA logged 785 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Pottawattamie County, IA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 12,888 customers without power, beginning July 10, 2021 and lasting about 9d 10h.
Is there a power outage in Pottawattamie County, IA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Pottawattamie County, IA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Pottawattamie County, IA?
Tracked electric providers include MidAmerican Energy Co, Nishnabotna Valley R E C.
Nearby counties
Cass CountyDouglas CountyHarrison CountyMills County
Cities & towns in Pottawattamie County

Council Bluffs. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Pottawattamie County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Pottawattamie County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pottawattamie County.

51501, 51503, 51510, 51521, 51525, 51526, 51536, 51542, 51548, 51549, 51553, 51559, 51560, 51575, 51576, 51577

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
MidAmerican Energy Co3.6 hrsLive · total only-
Omaha Public Power District9.3 hrsNo live feed-
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration-No live feed-
Waverly Municipal Elec Utility-No live feed-
Nishnabotna Valley R E C-Live · total only-
Harrison County Rrl Elec Coop-Live · total only-
Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA)-No live feed-
City of Shelby - (IA)-No live feed-
City of Neola - (IA)-No live feed-

Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Iowa customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/19155 and /api/v1/counties/19155/history.