Power Outages in Johnson County, KS
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 174 customers are without power in Johnson County, KS across 8 reported incidents. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Evergy Metro publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Gardner - (KS), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.3 hours.
Johnson County, KS is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/kansas/johnson-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Johnson County, KS", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/johnson-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Gardner - (KS).
0.0%of this county's ~334,688 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Gardner - (KS). 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.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Evergy Metro | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Gardner - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Johnson 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.
By ZIP code (30)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66061 | 408 | ≤11 | 299 | ≤11 |
| 66062 | 398 | 12 | 296 | ≤11 |
| 66212 | 233 | ≤11 | 176 | ≤11 |
| 66215 | 228 | 12 | 181 | 0 |
| 66213 | 179 | ≤11 | 122 | ≤11 |
| 66216 | 168 | ≤11 | 125 | ≤11 |
| 66204 | 152 | ≤11 | 115 | ≤11 |
| 66030 | 146 | ≤11 | 116 | ≤11 |
| 66203 | 145 | ≤11 | 115 | ≤11 |
| 66202 | 144 | ≤11 | 103 | ≤11 |
| 66223 | 142 | ≤11 | 100 | 0 |
| 66209 | 138 | ≤11 | 93 | ≤11 |
| 66208 | 126 | ≤11 | 92 | ≤11 |
| 66210 | 112 | ≤11 | 81 | ≤11 |
| 66207 | 97 | ≤11 | 71 | ≤11 |
| 66221 | 94 | ≤11 | 57 | ≤11 |
| 66227 | 71 | ≤11 | 58 | ≤11 |
| 66205 | 63 | ≤11 | 39 | ≤11 |
| 66206 | 62 | ≤11 | 41 | 0 |
| 66224 | 59 | ≤11 | 43 | 0 |
| 66217 | 59 | ≤11 | 45 | 0 |
| 66219 | 56 | ≤11 | 37 | ≤11 |
| 66214 | 56 | ≤11 | 36 | ≤11 |
| 66085 | 54 | ≤11 | 36 | 0 |
| 66226 | 52 | ≤11 | 37 | ≤11 |
| 66211 | 48 | ≤11 | 33 | 0 |
| 66018 | 43 | ≤11 | 35 | 0 |
| 66220 | 38 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 66218 | 33 | ≤11 | 27 | 0 |
| 66021 | 28 | ≤11 | 22 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Johnson County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Johnson County right now.
Johnson County has been under 42 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×20
- Flood Watch ×8
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Frost Advisory ×1
Latest Johnson County, KS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 292 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,885 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,004 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,119 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 19m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
Hardest-hit cities in Johnson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Johnson Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Johnson County went about 2.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 64,696 customers.
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 2.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 64,696 customers out) · decade average 3.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 448 | 10,464 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 850 | 13,325 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 861 | 48,945 | 6.6 |
| 2018 | 885 | 23,749 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 758 | 26,850 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 939 | 5,765 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 803 | 32,907 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 920 | 10,210 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 782 | 64,696 | 7.8 |
| 2024 | 969 | 39,563 | 4.7 |
| 2025 | 895 | 16,245 | 2.3 |
Cost of power in Johnson County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Johnson 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.
- Evergy Kansas Central, Inc14.6¢343,712 cust
- Evergy Metro13.2¢247,426 cust
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? →
Very High ice storms exposure · 3.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Johnson County: FAQ
- How often does Johnson County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Johnson County, KS logged 895 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Johnson County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 64,696 customers without power, beginning July 14, 2023 and lasting about 5d 17h.
- Is there a power outage in Johnson County, KS right now?
- Yes, about 174 customers are currently without power across 8 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Johnson County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro.
Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Johnson County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Johnson County.
66018, 66021, 66030, 66031, 66061, 66062, 66085, 66202, 66203, 66204, 66205, 66206, 66207, 66208, 66209, 66210, 66211, 66212, 66213, 66214, 66215, 66216, 66217, 66218, 66219, 66220, 66221, 66223, 66224, 66226, 66227, 66251
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Metro | 2.6 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 2.1 hrs | Live · total only | |
| City of Gardner - (KS) | - | 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/20091 and /api/v1/counties/20091/history. Live data as of .