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Power Outages in Seward County, NE

Butler Public Power District - (NE), Nebraska Public Power District, Norris Public Power District and Perennial Public Power Dist publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Seward - (NE). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 83.8 hours.

Seward County, NE is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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Butler Public Power District - (NE), Nebraska Public Power District, Norris Public Power District and Perennial Public Power Dist publish no county-level figures.

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Live status by utility · Seward County

0.0%of this county's ~9,665 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: City of Seward - (NE). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Butler Public Power District - (NE), Nebraska Public Power District, Norris Public Power District, Perennial Public Power Dist.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Butler Public Power District - (NE)Live · total onlynot by county------
Nebraska Public Power DistrictLive · total onlynot by county------
Norris Public Power DistrictLive · total onlynot by county------
Perennial Public Power DistLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Seward - (NE)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Seward 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
205
Oxygen service
99
Dialysis (facility)
33
Home health / hospice
44
By ZIP code (10)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
6843486≤11730
6840527≤11200
68456≤110≤110
68439≤110≤110
68423≤110≤110
68364≤110≤110
68360≤110≤110
68330≤11≤11≤110
68314≤110≤110
68313≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Seward County, NE

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Seward County

Seward County has been under 39 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Flood Warning ×19
  • Flash Flood Warning ×6
  • Flood Watch ×6
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×4
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Seward County, NE outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 25m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 170 customers out (2.9% of the county)

Outage trend · Seward County, NE
0customers out · peak 2
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Seward County, NE: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 2 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.511.52Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Seward County

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

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Seward County went about 83.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,805 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Nebraska utilities averaged 9.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 83.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Seward County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.1h, 2016 0.6h, 2017 1.0h, 2018 0.1h, 2019 0.0h, 2020 4.8h, 2021 2.4h, 2022 10.6h, 2023 3.2h, 2024 3.1h, 2025 83.8h. Highlighted: 2025.02550751000.1h20150.6h20161.0h20170.1h20180.0h20194.8h20202.4h202110.6h20223.2h20233.1h202483.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 5,805 customers out) · decade average 10.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
2015132220.1
2016301,0010.6
2017229991.0
201813660.1
20191090.0
20203858334.8
20214231,0032.4
20223911,71410.6
20233521,9443.2
20243918003.1
20253495,80583.8

Cost of power in Seward County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Seward 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.

9.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 1% since 2015
vs Nebraska avg 13.8¢
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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
March 19, 20255,8051d 11h
August 9, 20254,3533d 21h
March 20, 20253,95721d 16h
June 1, 20253,05414h 30m
May 16, 20231,94414h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 10.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Seward County: FAQ

How often does Seward County, NE lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Seward County, NE logged 349 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 83.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Seward County, NE?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,805 customers without power, beginning March 19, 2025 and lasting about 1d 11h.
Is there a power outage in Seward County, NE right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Seward County, NE. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Seward County, NE?
Tracked electric providers include Butler Public Power District - (NE), Nebraska Public Power District, Norris Public Power District.
Nearby counties
Butler CountyFillmore CountyLancaster CountyPolk County
ZIP codes in Seward County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Seward County.

68313, 68314, 68330, 68360, 68364, 68405, 68423, 68434, 68439, 68456

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Nebraska Public Power District3.3 hrsLive · total only-
Norris Public Power District42.4 hrsLive · total only-
Perennial Public Power Dist-Live · total only-
Butler Public Power District - (NE)-Live · total only-
City of Seward - (NE)-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 Nebraska customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/31159 and /api/v1/counties/31159/history.