Power Outages in Butler County, KS
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Butler County, KS. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.6 hours.
Butler County, KS is served by 3 tracked utilities.
No active power outages are currently reported in Butler County.
No active NWS alerts for Butler County right now.
Latest Butler County, KS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 23m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 4,404 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 44m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 564 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Butler County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Butler County went about 2.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 12,074 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 5,574 customers out) · decade average 2.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 583 | 4,523 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 823 | 1,421 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 862 | 1,864 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 721 | 1,540 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 811 | 5,893 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 712 | 1,027 | 0.7 |
| 2021 | 722 | 12,074 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 713 | 5,574 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 715 | 1,715 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 783 | 4,774 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 751 | 2,830 | 2.6 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 14.6% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 2.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Butler County: FAQ
- How often does Butler County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Butler County, KS logged 751 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Butler County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 12,074 customers without power, beginning April 22, 2021 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Butler County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Butler County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Butler County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include BUTLER RURAL EL COOP ASSN, INC - (KS), EVERGY METRO, Evergy.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Butler County.
66840, 66842, 67002, 67010, 67012, 67017, 67039, 67041, 67042, 67072, 67074, 67123, 67132, 67133, 67144, 67154
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy | — | ODIN ✓ | |
| EVERGY METRO | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| BUTLER RURAL EL COOP ASSN, INC - (KS) | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/20015 and /api/v1/counties/20015/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kansas customers).