Power Outages in Dakota County, NE
No live outage feed is available for Dakota County, NE yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.5 hours.
Dakota County, NE is served by local tracked utilities.
Dakota County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
No active NWS alerts for Dakota County right now.
Dakota County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 17, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Dakota County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Dakota County went about 0.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,702 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 3,498 customers out) · decade average 0.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 76 | 1,638 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 119 | 965 | 0.5 |
| 2017 | 121 | 2,733 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 92 | 2,850 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 100 | 2,730 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 92 | 213 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 122 | 1,005 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | 118 | 3,498 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 158 | 7,702 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 152 | 3,505 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 134 | 2,674 | 0.5 |
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 0.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Dakota County: FAQ
- How often does Dakota County, NE lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Dakota County, NE logged 134 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Dakota County, NE?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,702 customers without power, beginning October 17, 2023 and lasting about 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Dakota County, NE right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Dakota County, NE. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Dakota County.
68030, 68731, 68741, 68743, 68776
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/31043 and /api/v1/counties/31043/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Nebraska customers).