Power Outages in Pottawatomie County, KS
Is there a power outage in Pottawatomie County, KS right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop in Pottawatomie County, KS. There is no live feed for City of St Marys - (KS) and City of Wamego - (KS).
Pottawatomie County, KS is served by 7 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.3 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Pottawatomie County, KS", live data as of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/pottawatomie-county
No active outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop in Pottawatomie County.
No live feed for City of St Marys - (KS) and City of Wamego - (KS): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Pottawatomie County, KS
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Evergy Metro, FreeState Electric Coop, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc, City of Wamego - (KS) and City of St Marys - (KS); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
93%of this county's ~10,312 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of St Marys - (KS), City of Wamego - (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 6,645 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Bluestem Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 2,770 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 117 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| FreeState Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 52 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Evergy Metro | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of St Marys - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Wamego - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop 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 Pottawatomie 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66547 | 78 | ≤11 | 56 | ≤11 |
| 66535 | 30 | ≤11 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 66521 | 20 | ≤11 | 15 | ≤11 |
| 66549 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 66536 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 66520 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66432 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 66422 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66407 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 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 Pottawatomie County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Pottawatomie County right now.
Pottawatomie County has been under 46 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×12
- Flood Warning ×12
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×9
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×4
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
Latest Pottawatomie County, KS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 5m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 142 customers out (1.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 9m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 114 customers out (1.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Pottawatomie County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pottawatomie County went about 2.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,974 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 2021 (peak 2,974 customers out) · decade average 2.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 218 | 1,632 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | 267 | 870 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 295 | 1,542 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 293 | 935 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 745 | 1,442 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 295 | 1,336 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 289 | 2,974 | 4.5 |
| 2022 | 281 | 606 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 274 | 1,006 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 340 | 1,756 | 3.7 |
| 2025 | 286 | 1,867 | 2.3 |
Cost of power in Pottawatomie County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Pottawatomie 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
- FreeState Electric Coop17.8¢17,654 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 that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 2.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Pottawatomie County: FAQ
- How often does Pottawatomie County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pottawatomie County, KS logged 286 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pottawatomie County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,974 customers without power, beginning December 15, 2021 and lasting about 3d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Pottawatomie County, KS right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop in Pottawatomie County, KS. There is no live feed for City of St Marys - (KS) and City of Wamego - (KS).
- Which utilities serve Pottawatomie County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pottawatomie County.
66407, 66422, 66432, 66520, 66521, 66535, 66536, 66547, 66549
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Pottawatomie County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Kansas →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Metro | 2.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 2.1 hrs | Live · county | Outage map ↗ |
| FreeState Electric Coop | 5.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Bluestem Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Wamego - (KS) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of St Marys - (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/20149 and /api/v1/counties/20149/history.