Power Outages in Bates County, MO
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West report only 1 small outage (below the size utilities publish exact counts for) in Bates County, MO. There is no live feed for City of Butler - (MO). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 11.0 hours.
Bates County, MO is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/missouri/bates-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bates County, MO", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/missouri/bates-county
Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West list 1 small outage in Bates County, below the size they publish exact counts for.
No live feed for City of Butler - (MO): outages in itsservice area won't show here.
83%of this county's ~6,050 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Butler - (MO). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn | Live · county | 0 | 5,042 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Evergy Metro | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Evergy Missouri West | Live · county | 0 | - | - | +1 small outage (below reporting minimum) | 1 | October 19, 2026 03:45 UTC | |
| City of Butler - (MO) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Bates County1
Individual outages as listed by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <5 | Unidentified | Assigned | October 19, 2026 03:45 UTC | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Bates 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64730 | 121 | ≤11 | 107 | ≤11 |
| 64779 | 50 | ≤11 | 43 | ≤11 |
| 64720 | 50 | ≤11 | 44 | 0 |
| 64780 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 64745 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 64723 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 64722 | ≤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 Bates County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Bates County right now.
Bates County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 15, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×9
Hardest-hit cities in Bates County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bates County went about 11.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,782 customers.
The US EIA reports Missouri utilities averaged 6.3 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 11.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 1,486 customers out) · decade average 6.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 122 | 738 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 153 | 624 | 2.1 |
| 2017 | 203 | 1,550 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | 170 | 679 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 541 | 1,486 | 12.8 |
| 2020 | 329 | 2,782 | 6.5 |
| 2021 | 384 | 838 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 398 | 912 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 431 | 1,149 | 8.7 |
| 2024 | 389 | 1,204 | 10.1 |
| 2025 | 422 | 1,690 | 11.0 |
Cost of power in Bates County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Bates 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 Missouri West12.1¢308,573 cust
- Evergy Metro13.6¢276,162 cust
- Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn14.8¢16,710 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 high winds exposure · 6.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Bates County: FAQ
- How often does Bates County, MO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bates County, MO logged 422 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 11.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bates County, MO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,782 customers without power, beginning May 4, 2020 and lasting about 1d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Bates County, MO right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bates County, MO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Bates County, MO?
- Tracked electric providers include Evergy Missouri West, Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bates County.
64720, 64722, 64723, 64730, 64745, 64779
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 Missouri West | 3.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Butler - (MO) | - | 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 Missouri customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/29013 and /api/v1/counties/29013/history.