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2015 Kansas Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Kansas customer went without power for about 2.2 hours — the 29th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.2
Peak customers out
13,587
Rank (worst state)
29th
Counties affected
20

Kansas outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

2.2h20152.0h20163.9h20173.2h20183.2h20191.6h20204.0h20212.4h20224.3h20234.3h20242.9h2025

Hardest-hit Kansas counties in 2015

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Wyandotte County13,5872Johnson County10,4643Leavenworth County7,9864Shawnee County7,4435Sedgwick County6,3306Reno County6,2147Rice County6,0948Riley County4,6799Butler County4,52310Ellis County4,22011Geary County3,18812Cowley County3,04613Brown County2,93614Bourbon County2,90615Douglas County2,79116Linn County2,70617Gove County2,52718Osage County2,35119Saline County2,21320Crawford County2,015

Biggest Kansas outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Wyandotte CountyJune 26, 201513,587
Johnson CountyJuly 15, 201510,464
Johnson CountyJune 24, 20159,713
Leavenworth CountyJune 26, 20157,986
Shawnee CountyAugust 8, 20157,443
Sedgwick CountyOctober 1, 20156,330
Shawnee CountyJune 7, 20156,310
Reno CountyNovember 28, 20156,214
Rice CountyMay 29, 20156,094
Johnson CountyJune 7, 20156,054
Kansas by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2015:WVWANCMIRILA

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.