Power Outages in Pawnee County, KS
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Ninnescah Rural E C A Inc and Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) in Pawnee County, KS. There is no live feed for City of Larned - (KS). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.8 hours.
Pawnee County, KS is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/kansas/pawnee-county
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Pawnee County, KS", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/pawnee-county
No active outages are reported by Ninnescah Rural E C A Inc and Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) in Pawnee County.
No live feed for City of Larned - (KS): outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.3%of this county's ~5,793 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Larned - (KS). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ninnescah Rural E C A Inc | Live · county | 0 | 17 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| City of Larned - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ninnescah Rural E C A Inc and Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Pawnee 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 (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67550 | 96 | ≤11 | 86 | 0 |
| 67529 | 14 | ≤11 | 13 | 0 |
| 67574 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 67523 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
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 Pawnee County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Pawnee County right now.
Pawnee County has been under 19 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×6
- Tornado Warning ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
- Freeze Warning ×1
- Freeze Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Pawnee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pawnee County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,928 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 1.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 1,928 customers out) · decade average 4.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 68 | 958 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 189 | 1,294 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 149 | 1,928 | 18.7 |
| 2018 | 174 | 1,278 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 166 | 1,266 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 116 | 1,194 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 97 | 906 | 3.4 |
| 2022 | 132 | 1,300 | 12.4 |
| 2023 | 86 | 542 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 234 | 1,315 | 6.1 |
| 2025 | 183 | 431 | 1.8 |
Cost of power in Pawnee County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Pawnee 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.
- Midwest Energy Inc - (KS)12.0¢29,779 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.
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 4.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Pawnee County: FAQ
- How often does Pawnee County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pawnee County, KS logged 183 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pawnee County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,928 customers without power, beginning January 15, 2017 and lasting about 8d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Pawnee County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Pawnee County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Pawnee County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Midwest Energy Inc - (KS).
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pawnee County.
67523, 67529, 67550, 67567, 67574
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) | 9.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Ninnescah Rural E C A Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Larned - (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/20145 and /api/v1/counties/20145/history.