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Power Outages in Wabaunsee County, KS

Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Alma - (KS). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.9 hours.

Wabaunsee County, KS is served by 6 tracked utilities.

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Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc and FreeState Electric Coop publish no county-level figures.

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Live status by utility · Wabaunsee County

0.0%of this county's ~3,194 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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

System-wide total only, no county split: Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc, FreeState Electric Coop.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Bluestem Electric Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Evergy Kansas Central, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Evergy MetroLive · total onlynot by county------
Flint Hills Rural E C A, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
FreeState Electric CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Alma - (KS)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Wabaunsee 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
76
Oxygen service
55
Dialysis (facility)
22
Home health / hospice
55
By ZIP code (6)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
66401180150
66834120≤11≤11
66526≤110≤110
66507≤110≤110
66431≤110≤110
66423≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Wabaunsee County, KS

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Recent NWS alert activity · Wabaunsee County

Wabaunsee County has been under 48 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 14, 2026.

  • Flood Watch ×11
  • Flood Warning ×10
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×10
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
  • Flood Advisory ×4
  • Flash Flood Warning ×3

Latest Wabaunsee County, KS outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 40m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 541 customers out

  3. GREW

    Outage grew to 1,548 customers out (95% of the county)

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 951 customers out (58% of the county)

Outage trend · Wabaunsee County, KS
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Wabaunsee County, KS: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Wabaunsee County

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

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Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Wabaunsee County went about 3.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,194 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 3.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Wabaunsee County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 13.9h, 2016 8.0h, 2017 4.1h, 2018 6.8h, 2019 15.6h, 2020 6.4h, 2021 34.4h, 2022 6.4h, 2023 10.2h, 2024 17.9h, 2025 3.9h. Highlighted: 2021.01020304013.9h20158.0h20164.1h20176.8h201815.6h20196.4h202034.4h20216.4h202210.2h202317.9h20243.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 1,582 customers out) · decade average 11.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201514578913.9
20161501,1988.0
20171941,1894.1
20181684486.8
20197821,63315.6
20201871,1976.4
20211611,58234.4
20221906676.4
202315665710.2
20242121,56017.9
20251661,1523.9

Cost of power in Wabaunsee County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Wabaunsee 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.

15.0¢/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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
September 16, 20262,1945h 10m
June 16, 20191,6334h 45m
May 28, 20191,63310h 30m
June 26, 20211,58245m
June 26, 20241,5601d 10h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 11.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

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Power outages in Wabaunsee County: FAQ

How often does Wabaunsee County, KS lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Wabaunsee County, KS logged 166 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Wabaunsee County, KS?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,194 customers without power, beginning September 16, 2026 and lasting about 5h 10m.
Is there a power outage in Wabaunsee County, KS right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Wabaunsee County, KS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Wabaunsee County, KS?
Tracked electric providers include Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc, FreeState Electric Coop.
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ZIP codes in Wabaunsee County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wabaunsee County.

66401, 66423, 66431, 66501, 66507, 66526, 66834

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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FreeState Electric Coop5.6 hrsLive · total only-
Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc-Live · total only-
Bluestem Electric Coop Inc-Live · total only-
City of Alma - (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/20197 and /api/v1/counties/20197/history.