Power Outages in Shawnee County, KS
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Shawnee County, KS across 2 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.3 hours.
Shawnee County, KS is served by 2 tracked utilities.
- Evergy
- EVERGY METRO
No active NWS alerts for Shawnee County right now.
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 50m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated July 18, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,410 customers out (1.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 28m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 713 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,255 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,255 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,256 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Shawnee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Shawnee Countyisn't available yet.
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.
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 |
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?
- Yes — about 5 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Shawnee County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include EVERGY METRO, Evergy.
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 | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| Evergy | — | ODIN ✓ |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/20177 and /api/v1/counties/20177/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kansas customers). Live data as of .