Power Outages in Shawnee County, KS
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop in Shawnee County, KS. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.3 hours.
Shawnee County, KS is served by 3 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/kansas/shawnee-county
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- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Shawnee County, KS", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/shawnee-county
No active outages are reported by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop in Shawnee County.
100%of this county's ~89,289 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 | 83,799 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| FreeState Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 5,812 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Evergy Metro | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Evergy Kansas Central, 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 Shawnee 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 (22)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66614 | 296 | 13 | 202 | ≤11 |
| 66604 | 214 | ≤11 | 157 | ≤11 |
| 66605 | 166 | ≤11 | 119 | ≤11 |
| 66611 | 116 | ≤11 | 86 | ≤11 |
| 66606 | 98 | ≤11 | 76 | ≤11 |
| 66607 | 88 | ≤11 | 67 | ≤11 |
| 66618 | 82 | ≤11 | 61 | 0 |
| 66608 | 72 | ≤11 | 57 | ≤11 |
| 66617 | 71 | ≤11 | 47 | 0 |
| 66610 | 65 | ≤11 | 45 | ≤11 |
| 66616 | 61 | ≤11 | 51 | 0 |
| 66609 | 58 | ≤11 | 47 | 0 |
| 66615 | 43 | ≤11 | 28 | 0 |
| 66409 | 31 | ≤11 | 26 | 0 |
| 66402 | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 66619 | 26 | ≤11 | 17 | ≤11 |
| 66542 | 26 | ≤11 | 13 | ≤11 |
| 66612 | 23 | 0 | 20 | ≤11 |
| 66539 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ≤11 |
| 66533 | 14 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 66546 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66603 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤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 Shawnee County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Shawnee County right now.
Shawnee County has been under 47 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×17
- Flood Watch ×11
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Flood Warning ×3
- Frost Advisory ×3
Latest Shawnee County, KS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 9m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 17, 2026
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,481 customers out (1.5% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 804 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 50m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 483 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,485 customers out (2.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Shawnee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Topekano outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Shawnee County went about 1.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 28,443 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 1.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 28,443 customers out) · decade average 2.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 806 | 7,443 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 1,078 | 5,221 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 1,072 | 4,340 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | 1,098 | 17,749 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 1,048 | 5,951 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | 1,138 | 6,236 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 1,076 | 28,443 | 6.5 |
| 2022 | 807 | 5,506 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 1,045 | 17,644 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 1,157 | 15,383 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 1,093 | 3,378 | 1.3 |
Cost of power in Shawnee County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Shawnee 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 causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
Very High ice storms exposure · 2.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Shawnee County: FAQ
- How often does Shawnee County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Shawnee County, KS logged 1,093 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Shawnee County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 28,443 customers without power, beginning April 22, 2021 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Shawnee County, KS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Shawnee County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Shawnee County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, FreeState Electric Coop.
Topeka. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Shawnee County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Shawnee County.
66402, 66409, 66533, 66539, 66542, 66546, 66603, 66604, 66605, 66606, 66607, 66608, 66609, 66610, 66611, 66612, 66614, 66615, 66616, 66617, 66618, 66619, 66621, 66622
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 | |
| FreeState Electric Coop | 5.6 hrs | 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/20177 and /api/v1/counties/20177/history.