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Power Outages in Sedgwick County, KS

Butler Rural El Coop Assn, Inc - (KS) has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro, Sedgwick County El Coop Assn Inc, Sumner-Cowley Elec Coop, Inc and Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Mount Hope - (KS) and City of Mulvane - (KS). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.4 hours.

Sedgwick County, KS is served by 9 tracked utilities.

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Butler Rural El Coop Assn, Inc - (KS) only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro, Sedgwick County El Coop Assn Inc, Sumner-Cowley Elec Coop, Inc and Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for City of Mount Hope - (KS) and City of Mulvane - (KS): outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Sedgwick County

0.0%of this county's ~263,251 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: City of Mount Hope - (KS), City of Mulvane - (KS). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

Only visible while reporting outages: Butler Rural El Coop Assn, Inc - (KS). Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.

System-wide total only, no county split: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro, Sedgwick County El Coop Assn Inc, Sumner-Cowley Elec Coop, Inc, Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Butler Rural El Coop Assn, Inc - (KS)Outages onlynone reported------
Evergy Kansas Central, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Evergy Kansas South, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Evergy MetroLive · total onlynot by county------
Sedgwick County El Coop Assn IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Sumner-Cowley Elec Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Wheatland Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Mount Hope - (KS)No live feedcan't see------
City of Mulvane - (KS)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Sedgwick 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.

Power-dependent
6,032
Oxygen service
1,614
Dialysis (facility)
580
Home health / hospice
1,120
By ZIP code (40)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
6721249621427≤11
6721738818342≤11
67037316≤11274≤11
67203303≤11267≤11
6721627216247≤11
6721825913223≤11
6721324713223≤11
67207247≤11202≤11
6720423112198≤11
67211228≤11208≤11
67205211≤11173≤11
67226199≤11160≤11
67208198≤11165≤11
67206190≤11155≤11
67214182≤11161≤11
67060173≤11155≤11
67209170≤11145≤11
67219148≤11129≤11
67220120≤1198≤11
67235113≤1178≤11
67147111≤1195≤11
67052100≤1175≤11
6723099≤11810
6710154≤11470
6721553≤11420
6702651≤1146≤11
6721048≤11440
6720245≤1126≤11
6702535≤11310
6706723≤11180
67030230220
6710821≤1117≤11
6705017014≤11
67001150120
67149120≤110
67232≤110≤110
67228≤110≤110
67227≤110≤110
67223≤110≤11≤11
67016≤110≤11≤11

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Sedgwick County, KS

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  • Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Recent NWS alert activity · Sedgwick County

Sedgwick County has been under 31 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×16
  • Flood Watch ×6
  • Flood Warning ×4
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×4
  • Frost Advisory ×1

Latest Sedgwick County, KS outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h 11m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 688 customers out

  3. GREW

    Outage grew to 1,257 customers out (0.5% of the county)

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 652 customers out

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,824 customers out (0.7% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 10m

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,373 customers out (0.9% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1d 14h

Outage trend · Sedgwick County, KS
0customers out · peak 1,824
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Sedgwick County, KS: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1,824 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05001k1.5k2kOct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Sedgwick County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Wichitano outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Sedgwick County went about 4.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 118,716 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 4.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Sedgwick County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.3h, 2016 2.3h, 2017 1.2h, 2018 1.3h, 2019 2.3h, 2020 1.2h, 2021 2.3h, 2022 2.1h, 2023 1.4h, 2024 3.0h, 2025 4.4h. Highlighted: 2025.02461.3h20152.3h20161.2h20171.3h20182.3h20191.2h20202.3h20212.1h20221.4h20233.0h20244.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 36,943 customers out) · decade average 2.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20155826,3301.3
20168837,9912.3
20171,07911,3181.2
20181,0309,0881.3
20198017,6742.3
202095911,2551.2
2021882118,7162.3
20226578,9932.1
20239798,2451.4
202498021,3233.0
202590736,9434.4

Cost of power in Sedgwick County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Sedgwick 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.

14.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 21% since 2015
vs Kansas avg 15.3¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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? →

Outage causes by share of outage-timeEquipment failure 85.8%, Trees / vegetation 13.2%, Weather / storm 1%Equipment failureEquipment failure85.8%Trees / vegetationTrees / vegetation13.2%Weather / stormWeather / storm1%
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A reported cause is available for 0.5% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares are of the portion with a known cause; bars are scaled to the largest cause.
Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
April 22, 2021118,71613h 45m
June 17, 202536,9437d 23h
July 2, 202421,3233d 2h
August 25, 202419,2992d 22h
January 5, 202517,1322d
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Very High ice storms exposure · 2.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoVery High
Ice stormVery High
Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively High
WildfireRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Sedgwick County: FAQ

How often does Sedgwick County, KS lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Sedgwick County, KS logged 907 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Sedgwick County, KS?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 118,716 customers without power, beginning April 22, 2021 and lasting about 13h 45m.
Is there a power outage in Sedgwick County, KS right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Sedgwick County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Sedgwick County, KS?
Tracked electric providers include Butler Rural El Coop Assn, Inc - (KS), Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Evergy Metro, Sedgwick County El Coop Assn Inc, Sumner-Cowley Elec Coop, Inc.
Nearby counties
Butler CountyCowley CountyHarvey CountyKingman County
Cities & towns in Sedgwick County

Wichita. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Sedgwick County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Sedgwick County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Sedgwick County (showing 40 of 43).

67001, 67016, 67025, 67026, 67030, 67037, 67050, 67052, 67055, 67060, 67067, 67101, 67108, 67147, 67149, 67202, 67203, 67204, 67205, 67206, 67207, 67208, 67209, 67210, 67211, 67212, 67213, 67214, 67215, 67216, 67217, 67218, 67219, 67220, 67221, 67223, 67226, 67227, 67228, 67230

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Evergy Metro2.6 hrsLive · total only-
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc2.1 hrsLive · total only
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Evergy Kansas South, Inc4.1 hrsLive · total only-
Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc2.9 hrsLive · total only-
Butler Rural El Coop Assn, Inc - (KS)-Outages only-
Sumner-Cowley Elec Coop, Inc-Live · total only-
Sedgwick County El Coop Assn Inc-Live · total only-
City of Mulvane - (KS)-No live feed-
City of Mount Hope - (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/20173 and /api/v1/counties/20173/history.