Power Outages in Washington County, KS
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Washington County, KS across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Washington - (KS), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.6 hours.
Washington County, KS is served by 6 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/kansas/washington-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Washington County, KS", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/kansas/washington-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Washington - (KS).
100%of this county's ~2,457 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Washington - (KS). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 1 | 1,236 | 0.1% | - | - | - | |
| Bluestem Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 968 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Rolling Hills Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 560 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 476 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 278 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Washington - (KS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc, Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Rolling Hills Electric Coop, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Nemaha-Marshall E C A, 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 Washington 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 (11)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66968 | 15 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 66945 | 15 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66962 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66958 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66955 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66953 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66946 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66944 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66943 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66937 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 66933 | ≤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 Washington County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Washington County right now.
Washington County has been under 40 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×15
- Flood Watch ×11
- Dense Fog Advisory ×4
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Hydrologic Outlook ×2
Latest Washington 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
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 300 customers out (8.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Washington 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 Washington Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Washington County went about 4.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 966 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 4.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 966 customers out) · decade average 2.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 29 | 456 | 0.6 |
| 2016 | 25 | 461 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 32 | 457 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 43 | 459 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 72 | 171 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | 111 | 466 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 83 | 827 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | 58 | 966 | 8.0 |
| 2023 | 96 | 551 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 131 | 532 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 96 | 702 | 4.6 |
Cost of power in Washington County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Washington 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
- Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc14.8¢13,245 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 Moderate ice storms exposure · 2.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Washington County: FAQ
- How often does Washington County, KS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Washington County, KS logged 96 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Washington County, KS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 966 customers without power, beginning June 9, 2022 and lasting about 71d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Washington County, KS right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Washington County, KS?
- Tracked electric providers include Bluestem Electric Coop Inc, Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc, Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc, Rolling Hills Electric Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Washington County.
66933, 66937, 66943, 66944, 66945, 66946, 66953, 66955, 66958, 66962, 66968
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 2.1 hrs | Live · county | |
| Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| Rolling Hills Electric Coop | - | Live · county | - |
| Bluestem Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| Nemaha-Marshall E C A, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Washington - (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/20201 and /api/v1/counties/20201/history. Live data as of .