Power Outages in Rice County, KS
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Rice County, KS. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.9 hours.
Rice County, KS is served by 2 tracked utilities.
No active power outages are currently reported in Rice County.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Rice County has been under 46 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on September 2, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×23
- Extreme Heat Warning ×14
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×9
Hardest-hit cities in Rice County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Rice County went about 3.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,094 customers.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 4,324 customers out) · decade average 10.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 452 | 6,094 | 11.9 |
| 2016 | 561 | 4,147 | 19.6 |
| 2017 | 483 | 4,324 | 35.7 |
| 2018 | 172 | 405 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 416 | 1,381 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 122 | 2,869 | 3.3 |
| 2021 | 122 | 2,288 | 12.2 |
| 2022 | 135 | 2,168 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 106 | 2,144 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 261 | 2,775 | 9.1 |
| 2025 | 254 | 703 | 3.9 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 10.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Rice County: FAQ
- How often does Rice County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Rice County, KS logged 254 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Rice County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,094 customers without power, beginning May 29, 2015 and lasting about 1h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Rice County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Rice County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Rice County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include EVERGY METRO, Evergy.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Rice County.
67427, 67457, 67512, 67524, 67554, 67573, 67579
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERGY METRO | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| Evergy | — | ODIN ✓ |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/20159 and /api/v1/counties/20159/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kansas customers).