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Power Outages in Jefferson County, KS

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro and FreeState Electric Coop publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Brown-Atchison E C A Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.8 hours.

Jefferson County, KS is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro and FreeState Electric Coop publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Brown-Atchison E C A Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Jefferson County

0.0%of this county's ~9,980 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Brown-Atchison E C A Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, FreeState Electric Coop.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Evergy Kansas Central, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Evergy MetroLive · total onlynot by county------
FreeState Electric CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Brown-Atchison E C A IncNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Jefferson 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
226
Oxygen service
101
Dialysis (facility)
66
Home health / hospice
99
By ZIP code (9)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
6651242034≤11
6605436≤11310
6606630≤1122≤11
6607327≤11210
6607027≤1121≤11
6608817015≤11
66097130≤110
66429≤110≤110
66060≤11≤11≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Jefferson County, KS

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Jefferson County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Jefferson County

Jefferson County has been under 37 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 14, 2026.

  • Flood Watch ×13
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×12
  • Flood Advisory ×5
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×5
  • Special Weather Statement ×2

Latest Jefferson County, KS outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 56m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 124 customers out (1.2% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 15m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 494 customers out (4.7% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 50m

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 20, 2026

Outage trend · Jefferson County, KS
0customers out · peak 54
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Jefferson County, KS: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 54 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0204060Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Jefferson County

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

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Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Jefferson County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,101 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Kansas utilities averaged 3.2 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
Jefferson County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.8h, 2016 1.2h, 2017 2.3h, 2018 3.5h, 2019 7.0h, 2020 3.4h, 2021 6.7h, 2022 1.8h, 2023 4.9h, 2024 3.4h, 2025 1.8h. Highlighted: 2019.024681.8h20151.2h20162.3h20173.5h20187.0h20193.4h20206.7h20211.8h20224.9h20233.4h20241.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2019 (peak 3,101 customers out) · decade average 3.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20152421,4391.8
20162921,7981.2
20173938542.3
20183382,8163.5
20198213,1017.0
20203202,7703.4
20213262,1416.7
20223556901.8
20233502,2294.9
20243691,4883.4
20253441,1751.8

Cost of power in Jefferson County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Jefferson 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.

15.8¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 22% since 2015
vs Kansas avg 15.3¢
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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
June 21, 20193,1011d 10h
November 25, 20182,8162d 23h
June 4, 20202,77012h 30m
July 14, 20232,2292d 15h
August 12, 20212,14115m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 3.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

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Power outages in Jefferson County: FAQ

How often does Jefferson County, KS lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Jefferson County, KS logged 344 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Jefferson County, KS?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,101 customers without power, beginning June 21, 2019 and lasting about 1d 10h.
Is there a power outage in Jefferson County, KS right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Jefferson County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Jefferson County, KS?
Tracked electric providers include Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, FreeState Electric Coop.
Nearby counties
Atchison CountyDouglas CountyJackson CountyLeavenworth County
ZIP codes in Jefferson County

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

66054, 66060, 66066, 66070, 66073, 66088, 66097, 66429, 66512

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Evergy Metro2.6 hrsLive · total only-
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc2.1 hrsLive · total only
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FreeState Electric Coop5.6 hrsLive · total only-
Brown-Atchison E C A Inc-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 Kansas customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/20087 and /api/v1/counties/20087/history.