2015 Nebraska Power Outage Report
In 2015, the average Nebraska customer went without power for about 0.8 hours, the 43rd worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
0.8
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
537K
Peak customers out
12,030
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NE customers
Counties reporting
42
Nebraska year over year
All 42 Nebraska counties, 2015
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pawnee County | 6.1 | 7,780 | 1,271 | 479 | 107 |
| 2 | Johnson County | 2.1 | 4,764 | 2,243 | 468 | 115 |
| 3 | Cass County | 2.1 | 26K | 12,382 | 1,166 | 348 |
| 4 | Nemaha County | 1.9 | 5,162 | 2,736 | 263 | 109 |
| 5 | Richardson County | 1.6 | 8,174 | 5,162 | 999 | 155 |
| 6 | Deuel County | 1.4 | 1,536 | 1,065 | 555 | 27 |
| 7 | Sheridan County | 1.4 | 4,389 | 3,062 | 932 | 108 |
| 8 | Garden County | 1.4 | 1,986 | 1,392 | 1,392 | 19 |
| 9 | Saunders County | 1.4 | 14K | 10,400 | 1,751 | 285 |
| 10 | Washington County | 1.3 | 11K | 8,327 | 2,476 | 290 |
| 11 | Douglas County | 1.3 | 332K | 261,904 | 11,979 | 348 |
| 12 | Scotts Bluff County | 0.9 | 20K | 21,716 | 1,322 | 130 |
| 13 | Otoe County | 0.8 | 7,695 | 9,649 | 321 | 147 |
| 14 | Sarpy County | 0.7 | 58K | 77,047 | 1,739 | 463 |
| 15 | Dakota County | 0.5 | 8,056 | 17,046 | 1,638 | 76 |
| 16 | Perkins County | 0.3 | 602 | 1,727 | 4 | 14 |
| 17 | Hamilton County | 0.3 | 1,645 | 4,863 | 801 | 25 |
| 18 | Red Willow County | 0.3 | 2,499 | 8,983 | 1,222 | 45 |
| 19 | York County | 0.3 | 2,858 | 10,586 | 1,639 | 70 |
| 20 | Dawes County | 0.3 | 1,496 | 5,555 | 469 | 47 |
| 21 | Morrill County | 0.2 | 750 | 3,740 | 226 | 11 |
| 22 | Harlan County | 0.2 | 513 | 2,690 | 737 | 13 |
| 23 | Madison County | 0.2 | 3,300 | 21,864 | 1,769 | 103 |
| 24 | Keith County | 0.1 | 1,107 | 7,643 | 560 | 61 |
| 25 | Buffalo County | 0.1 | 4,584 | 35,218 | 566 | 191 |
| 26 | Dawson County | 0.1 | 1,548 | 12,044 | 2,031 | 53 |
| 27 | Thurston County | 0.1 | 390 | 3,240 | 170 | 4 |
| 28 | Seward County | 0.1 | 581 | 5,805 | 222 | 13 |
| 29 | Holt County | 0.1 | 788 | 8,581 | 878 | 27 |
| 30 | Dodge County | 0.1 | 2,373 | 26,026 | 323 | 152 |
| 31 | Burt County | 0.1 | 322 | 3,574 | 83 | 21 |
| 32 | Fillmore County | 0.1 | 236 | 3,217 | 449 | 22 |
| 33 | Boyd County | 0.0 | 44 | 1,340 | 10 | 7 |
| 34 | Brown County | 0.0 | 119 | 3,604 | 10 | 19 |
| 35 | Furnas County | 0.0 | 78 | 3,205 | 92 | 7 |
| 36 | Colfax County | 0.0 | 103 | 6,814 | 3 | 30 |
| 37 | Cherry County | 0.0 | 33 | 4,043 | 118 | 4 |
| 38 | Rock County | 0.0 | 9 | 1,374 | 10 | 4 |
| 39 | Lincoln County | 0.0 | 142 | 23,525 | 61 | 25 |
| 40 | Antelope County | 0.0 | 10 | 3,462 | 4 | 1 |
| 41 | Knox County | 0.0 | 13 | 7,968 | 14 | 4 |
| 42 | Cedar County | 0.0 | 4 | 5,363 | 7 | 4 |
Biggest Nebraska outages of 2015
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas County, NE | July 31, 2015 09:30 | August 2, 2015 02:30 | 1d 17h | 11,979 | 91K |
| 2 | Douglas County, NE | August 8, 2015 22:00 | August 13, 2015 05:15 | 4d 7h | 6,210 | 47K |
| 3 | Douglas County, NE | August 18, 2015 05:30 | August 21, 2015 04:00 | 2d 22h | 2,985 | 26K |
| 4 | Douglas County, NE | July 5, 2015 19:30 | July 7, 2015 01:45 | 1d 6h | 2,691 | 10K |
| 5 | Washington County, NE | August 18, 2015 11:30 | August 18, 2015 18:15 | 6h 45m | 2,476 | 2,539 |
| 6 | Douglas County, NE | August 6, 2015 11:00 | August 7, 2015 06:30 | 19h 30m | 2,368 | 942 |
| 7 | Douglas County, NE | July 4, 2015 16:00 | July 5, 2015 01:00 | 9h | 2,189 | 1,666 |
| 8 | Douglas County, NE | June 9, 2015 09:00 | June 13, 2015 02:45 | 3d 17h | 2,047 | 10K |
| 9 | Dawson County, NE | September 15, 2015 22:30 | September 15, 2015 23:00 | 30m | 2,031 | 1,016 |
| 10 | Douglas County, NE | September 19, 2015 10:15 | September 19, 2015 22:45 | 12h 30m | 1,976 | 4,066 |
| 11 | Douglas County, NE | July 30, 2015 12:15 | July 31, 2015 02:30 | 14h 15m | 1,841 | 582 |
| 12 | Madison County, NE | November 23, 2015 14:00 | November 23, 2015 16:45 | 2h 45m | 1,769 | 1,124 |
| 13 | Saunders County, NE | September 14, 2015 12:45 | September 14, 2015 13:00 | 15m | 1,751 | 438 |
| 14 | Sarpy County, NE | October 7, 2015 13:15 | October 7, 2015 21:00 | 7h 45m | 1,739 | 463 |
| 15 | Sarpy County, NE | December 14, 2015 17:30 | December 15, 2015 05:00 | 11h 30m | 1,677 | 3,063 |
| 16 | York County, NE | July 22, 2015 04:00 | July 22, 2015 05:15 | 1h 15m | 1,639 | 1,969 |
| 17 | Dakota County, NE | July 18, 2015 04:30 | July 18, 2015 09:30 | 5h | 1,638 | 3,249 |
| 18 | Douglas County, NE | October 14, 2015 11:00 | October 15, 2015 04:00 | 17h | 1,636 | 582 |
| 19 | Douglas County, NE | September 20, 2015 06:30 | September 20, 2015 20:45 | 14h 15m | 1,574 | 2,138 |
| 20 | Douglas County, NE | August 26, 2015 13:15 | August 27, 2015 03:15 | 14h | 1,533 | 1,375 |
| 21 | Sarpy County, NE | July 23, 2015 14:15 | July 24, 2015 20:15 | 1d 6h | 1,458 | 6,303 |
| 22 | Sarpy County, NE | June 1, 2015 20:15 | June 1, 2015 23:15 | 3h | 1,438 | 362 |
| 23 | Garden County, NE | January 3, 2015 18:45 | January 3, 2015 21:15 | 2h 30m | 1,392 | 1,539 |
| 24 | Douglas County, NE | August 5, 2015 04:30 | August 6, 2015 05:15 | 1d | 1,351 | 2,701 |
| 25 | Douglas County, NE | December 26, 2015 19:15 | December 26, 2015 20:30 | 1h 15m | 1,335 | 1,669 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Nebraska's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.