Power Outages in Riley County, KS
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc and DS&O Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Riley County, KS. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.
Riley County, KS is served by 5 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/kansas/riley-county
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- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Riley County, KS", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/riley-county
No active outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc and DS&O Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Riley County.
92%of this county's ~36,740 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 32,549 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Bluestem Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 1,128 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| DS&O Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Live · county | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Evergy Metro | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc and DS&O Electric Cooperative, Inc. 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 Riley 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 (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66502 | 226 | ≤11 | 180 | ≤11 |
| 66503 | 102 | ≤11 | 78 | ≤11 |
| 66531 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 66517 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66554 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66449 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Riley County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Riley County right now.
Riley County has been under 39 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×12
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×11
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×4
- Flood Warning ×4
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Riley County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Manhattanno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Riley County went about 1.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 16,752 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 1.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 16,752 customers out) · decade average 3.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 532 | 4,679 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 668 | 3,272 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 641 | 2,068 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 572 | 3,317 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 866 | 1,767 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 637 | 6,875 | 2.2 |
| 2021 | 654 | 15,705 | 6.5 |
| 2022 | 636 | 16,752 | 10.5 |
| 2023 | 647 | 3,943 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 626 | 6,779 | 3.4 |
| 2025 | 610 | 2,476 | 1.6 |
Cost of power in Riley County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Riley 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.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 3.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Riley County: FAQ
- How often does Riley County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Riley County, KS logged 610 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Riley County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 16,752 customers without power, beginning June 11, 2022 and lasting about 3d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Riley County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Riley County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Riley County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro.
Manhattan. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Riley County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Riley County.
66442, 66449, 66502, 66503, 66506, 66517, 66531, 66554
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 · county | - |
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 2.1 hrs | Live · county | |
| Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| Bluestem Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · county | - |
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/20161 and /api/v1/counties/20161/history.