Power Outages in Jackson County, MO
As of July 18, 2026 19:06 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Jackson County, MO across 2 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.9 hours.
Jackson County, MO is served by 2 tracked utilities.
- Evergy
- EVERGY METRO
No active NWS alerts for Jackson County right now.
Jackson County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Advisory on July 16, 2026.
- Flash Flood Warning ×4
- Flood Advisory ×3
Latest Jackson County, MO outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 16m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated July 17, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated July 17, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 587 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 525 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 750 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Jackson 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 Jackson Countyisn't available yet.
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.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 66,817 customers out) · decade average 8.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 425 | 73,066 | 10.3 |
| 2016 | 800 | 17,082 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 716 | 63,408 | 14.6 |
| 2018 | 809 | 2,437 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 427 | 66,817 | 17.6 |
| 2020 | 658 | 15,341 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 571 | 42,597 | 6.8 |
| 2022 | 492 | 26,253 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 655 | 83,400 | 9.9 |
| 2024 | 694 | 89,477 | 15.0 |
| 2025 | 629 | 21,618 | 5.9 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 15.7% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Very High tornadoes exposure · 8.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
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?
- Yes — about 5 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Jackson County, MO?
- Tracked electric providers include EVERGY METRO, Evergy.
Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, Blue Springs. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Jackson County level shown above.
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.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERGY METRO | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| Evergy | — | ODIN ✓ |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/29095 and /api/v1/counties/29095/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Missouri customers). Live data as of .