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Power Outages in Jackson County, MO

As of October 19, 2026 04:35 UTC, no outages are reported by West Central Electric Coop Inc - (MO), Webster Electric Coop, City of Independence - (MO), Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West in Jackson County, MO. There is no live feed for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.9 hours.

Jackson County, MO is served by 6 tracked utilities.

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No outages reported

No active outages are reported by West Central Electric Coop Inc - (MO), Webster Electric Coop, City of Independence - (MO), Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West in Jackson County.

No live feed for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Jackson County

0.7%of this county's ~372,801 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
West Central Electric Coop Inc - (MO)Live · county02,4460.0%---
Webster Electric CoopLive · county010.0%---
City of Independence - (MO)Live · county0---0-
Evergy MetroLive · county0---0-
Evergy Missouri WestLive · county0---0-
Evergy Kansas Central, IncNo live feedcan't see------

West Central Electric Coop Inc - (MO), Webster Electric Coop, City of Independence - (MO), 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.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Jackson 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
6,861
Oxygen service
1,687
Dialysis (facility)
951
Home health / hospice
1,280
By ZIP code (52)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
6405542828337≤11
6413336214269≤11
6401531014237≤11
6405030618261≤11
64130254≤11190≤11
6405224317201≤11
64081235≤11168≤11
6401422512184≤11
6413821212162≤11
64030205≤11157≤11
64057183≤11139≤11
64029169≤111330
64056167≤11139≤11
64134163≤11119≤11
64114162≤11126≤11
64131160≤11126≤11
64086148≤111160
64063148≤11117≤11
64075146≤11118≤11
64128135≤11100≤11
64132120≤1187≤11
64064120≤11890
64127117≤1185≤11
6410896≤1159≤11
6411095≤1162≤11
6408292≤11620
6410986≤1168≤11
6405386≤1175≤11
6411177≤11560
6410677≤11460
6401676≤11600
6413769≤1154≤11
6412961046≤11
6414555≤1141≤11
6405453≤11450
6412450042≤11
6411347≤11310
6405846≤1134≤11
6403444≤1126≤11
6411237≤1122≤11
6412332≤1124≤11
6412628≤11240
6410527≤1114≤11
6407027≤11180
6413625≤1117≤11
64149≤110≤110
64146≤11≤11≤110
64139≤110≤110
64125≤110≤110
64120≤110≤110
64088≤110≤110
64066≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Jackson County, MO

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Jackson County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Jackson County

Jackson County has been under 52 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×16
  • Flood Warning ×11
  • Flood Watch ×8
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
  • Flash Flood Warning ×3
  • Flood Advisory ×3

Latest Jackson County, MO outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 23h 20m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 279 customers out

  3. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 530 customers out

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 970 customers out

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 2,408 customers out

  6. GREW

    Outage grew to 8,171 customers out (4.0% of the county)

  7. GREW

    Outage grew to 4,738 customers out (2.3% of the county)

  8. GREW

    Outage grew to 2,922 customers out (1.4% of the county)

Outage trend · Jackson County, MO
0customers out · peak 199
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 04:31 UTC
Jackson County, MO: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 199 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 04:31 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0501001502006 AM12 PM6 PMOct 19
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Jackson County

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

  • Kansas Cityno outage reported
  • Independenceno outage reported
  • Lee's Summitno outage reported
  • Blue Springsno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Jackson County went about 5.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 89,477 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 5.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Jackson County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 10.3h, 2016 2.9h, 2017 14.6h, 2018 0.2h, 2019 17.6h, 2020 3.8h, 2021 6.8h, 2022 5.2h, 2023 9.9h, 2024 15.0h, 2025 5.9h. Highlighted: 2019.0510152010.3h20152.9h201614.6h20170.2h201817.6h20193.8h20206.8h20215.2h20229.9h202315.0h20245.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2019 (peak 66,817 customers out) · decade average 8.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201542573,06610.3
201680017,0822.9
201771663,40814.6
20188092,4370.2
201942766,81717.6
202065815,3413.8
202157142,5976.8
202249226,2535.2
202365583,4009.9
202469489,47715.0
202562921,6185.9

Cost of power in Jackson County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Jackson 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.

13.1¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 9% since 2015
vs Missouri avg 16.1¢
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.

What causes outages here

Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →

Outage causes by share of outage-timeVehicle / accident 89.3%, Weather / storm 8%, Equipment failure 2.7%Vehicle / accidentVehicle / accident89.3%Weather / stormWeather / storm8%Equipment failureEquipment failure2.7%
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A reported cause is available for 0.2% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares are of the portion with a known cause; bars are scaled to the largest cause.
Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
May 24, 202489,4776d 19h
February 8, 202383,4001d 13h
June 22, 201573,0667d 6h
January 12, 201966,8177d 13h
March 6, 201763,4085d 18h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High tornadoes exposure · 8.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoVery High
Ice stormRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively High
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Power outages in Jackson County: FAQ

How often does Jackson County, MO lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Jackson County, MO logged 629 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Jackson County, MO?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 89,477 customers without power, beginning May 24, 2024 and lasting about 6d 19h.
Is there a power outage in Jackson County, MO right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Jackson County, MO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Jackson County, MO?
Tracked electric providers include City of Independence - (MO), Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, Evergy Missouri West, West Central Electric Coop Inc - (MO).
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Cities & towns in Jackson County

Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, Blue Springs. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Jackson County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Jackson County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jackson County (showing 40 of 56).

64014, 64015, 64016, 64029, 64030, 64034, 64050, 64052, 64053, 64054, 64055, 64056, 64057, 64058, 64063, 64064, 64065, 64066, 64070, 64075, 64081, 64082, 64086, 64088, 64101, 64102, 64105, 64106, 64108, 64109, 64110, 64111, 64112, 64113, 64114, 64120, 64123, 64124, 64125, 64126

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Evergy Metro2.6 hrsLive · county-
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc2.1 hrsNo live feed
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Evergy Missouri West3.1 hrsLive · county-
West Central Electric Coop Inc - (MO)1.8 hrsLive · county-
City of Independence - (MO)-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 Missouri customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/29095 and /api/v1/counties/29095/history.