2016 Nebraska Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average Nebraska customer went without power for about 1.6 hours, the 39th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.6
vs prior year
▲ 91%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
1.0M
Peak customers out
23,067
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NE customers
Counties reporting
43
Nebraska year over year
All 43 Nebraska counties, 2016
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 | 10.0 | 13K | 1,271 | 468 | 113 |
| 2 | Johnson County | 5.2 | 12K | 2,243 | 520 | 137 |
| 3 | Washington County | 4.8 | 40K | 8,327 | 1,618 | 324 |
| 4 | Saunders County | 2.7 | 28K | 10,400 | 2,056 | 354 |
| 5 | Dixon County | 2.6 | 2,784 | 1,074 | 627 | 9 |
| 6 | Garden County | 2.5 | 3,456 | 1,392 | 711 | 33 |
| 7 | Cass County | 2.5 | 31K | 12,382 | 3,718 | 393 |
| 8 | Douglas County | 2.4 | 631K | 261,904 | 19,207 | 805 |
| 9 | Harlan County | 2.4 | 6,366 | 2,690 | 739 | 24 |
| 10 | Nemaha County | 2.3 | 6,347 | 2,736 | 396 | 106 |
| 11 | Sheridan County | 2.2 | 6,859 | 3,062 | 852 | 167 |
| 12 | Dawes County | 2.0 | 11K | 5,555 | 1,963 | 75 |
| 13 | Otoe County | 1.6 | 15K | 9,649 | 430 | 182 |
| 14 | Sarpy County | 1.5 | 116K | 77,047 | 5,709 | 642 |
| 15 | Hamilton County | 1.2 | 6,027 | 4,863 | 2,149 | 40 |
| 16 | Richardson County | 1.0 | 5,177 | 5,162 | 1,153 | 165 |
| 17 | Thurston County | 1.0 | 3,166 | 3,240 | 531 | 11 |
| 18 | Burt County | 0.9 | 3,140 | 3,574 | 1,029 | 38 |
| 19 | Rock County | 0.8 | 1,155 | 1,374 | 568 | 7 |
| 20 | Perkins County | 0.8 | 1,451 | 1,727 | 287 | 20 |
| 21 | Deuel County | 0.8 | 889 | 1,065 | 552 | 40 |
| 22 | Boyd County | 0.7 | 1,002 | 1,340 | 523 | 10 |
| 23 | Dodge County | 0.6 | 16K | 26,026 | 1,113 | 192 |
| 24 | Furnas County | 0.6 | 1,872 | 3,205 | 511 | 16 |
| 25 | Colfax County | 0.6 | 3,947 | 6,814 | 163 | 46 |
| 26 | Knox County | 0.6 | 4,599 | 7,968 | 707 | 13 |
| 27 | Seward County | 0.6 | 3,197 | 5,805 | 1,001 | 30 |
| 28 | Dakota County | 0.5 | 7,866 | 17,046 | 965 | 119 |
| 29 | Dawson County | 0.5 | 5,528 | 12,044 | 1,079 | 94 |
| 30 | Scotts Bluff County | 0.4 | 9,336 | 21,716 | 1,711 | 211 |
| 31 | Buffalo County | 0.4 | 12K | 35,218 | 1,128 | 271 |
| 32 | Madison County | 0.3 | 7,447 | 21,864 | 3,364 | 141 |
| 33 | Red Willow County | 0.3 | 2,979 | 8,983 | 1,219 | 66 |
| 34 | Brown County | 0.3 | 1,188 | 3,604 | 337 | 27 |
| 35 | Holt County | 0.3 | 2,265 | 8,581 | 886 | 60 |
| 36 | Keith County | 0.2 | 1,626 | 7,643 | 1,052 | 72 |
| 37 | York County | 0.1 | 1,430 | 10,586 | 1,381 | 101 |
| 38 | Cedar County | 0.1 | 310 | 5,363 | 920 | 8 |
| 39 | Fillmore County | 0.1 | 161 | 3,217 | 22 | 27 |
| 40 | Morrill County | 0.0 | 113 | 3,740 | 137 | 10 |
| 41 | Lincoln County | 0.0 | 323 | 23,525 | 106 | 27 |
| 42 | Antelope County | 0.0 | 8 | 3,462 | 15 | 2 |
| 43 | Cherry County | 0.0 | 6 | 4,043 | 1 | 4 |
Biggest Nebraska outages of 2016
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 | August 23, 2016 23:00 | August 26, 2016 06:45 | 2d 7h | 19,207 | 204K |
| 2 | Douglas County, NE | February 2, 2016 11:15 | February 4, 2016 10:45 | 1d 23h | 16,581 | 74K |
| 3 | Sarpy County, NE | May 21, 2016 20:15 | May 21, 2016 20:30 | 15m | 5,709 | 1,427 |
| 4 | Douglas County, NE | July 2, 2016 09:45 | July 3, 2016 14:45 | 1d 5h | 5,406 | 19K |
| 5 | Sarpy County, NE | February 2, 2016 10:45 | February 4, 2016 02:00 | 1d 15h | 4,990 | 32K |
| 6 | Douglas County, NE | March 30, 2016 03:45 | April 1, 2016 02:00 | 1d 22h | 4,535 | 4,058 |
| 7 | Douglas County, NE | August 11, 2016 20:00 | August 12, 2016 12:15 | 16h 15m | 4,321 | 18K |
| 8 | Douglas County, NE | November 22, 2016 10:00 | November 23, 2016 02:00 | 16h | 3,722 | 9,768 |
| 9 | Cass County, NE | February 2, 2016 11:45 | February 2, 2016 23:45 | 12h | 3,718 | 11K |
| 10 | Douglas County, NE | November 2, 2016 13:00 | November 2, 2016 20:30 | 7h 30m | 3,477 | 3,820 |
| 11 | Madison County, NE | October 26, 2016 15:00 | October 26, 2016 15:15 | 15m | 3,364 | 841 |
| 12 | Sarpy County, NE | January 25, 2016 21:45 | January 26, 2016 14:00 | 16h 15m | 3,283 | 5,341 |
| 13 | Douglas County, NE | April 7, 2016 13:15 | April 8, 2016 06:00 | 16h 45m | 3,055 | 8,037 |
| 14 | Douglas County, NE | August 31, 2016 11:30 | September 1, 2016 07:15 | 19h 45m | 2,975 | 5,597 |
| 15 | Douglas County, NE | May 13, 2016 11:15 | May 14, 2016 04:45 | 17h 30m | 2,693 | 5,634 |
| 16 | Douglas County, NE | June 29, 2016 11:00 | June 29, 2016 23:00 | 12h | 2,686 | 5,585 |
| 17 | Douglas County, NE | March 28, 2016 12:30 | March 29, 2016 07:30 | 19h | 2,609 | 739 |
| 18 | Douglas County, NE | March 2, 2016 14:45 | March 3, 2016 20:30 | 1d 5h | 2,411 | 1,594 |
| 19 | Douglas County, NE | May 28, 2016 11:30 | May 29, 2016 03:00 | 15h 30m | 2,360 | 1,894 |
| 20 | Douglas County, NE | July 18, 2016 01:30 | July 19, 2016 10:30 | 1d 9h | 2,344 | 8,320 |
| 21 | Madison County, NE | October 24, 2016 15:45 | October 24, 2016 16:30 | 45m | 2,340 | 1,170 |
| 22 | Sarpy County, NE | March 23, 2016 17:00 | March 24, 2016 02:30 | 9h 30m | 2,309 | 1,192 |
| 23 | Douglas County, NE | August 7, 2016 04:30 | August 7, 2016 09:00 | 4h 30m | 2,303 | 4,226 |
| 24 | Douglas County, NE | November 18, 2016 14:00 | November 19, 2016 11:30 | 21h 30m | 2,271 | 5,784 |
| 25 | Sarpy County, NE | February 17, 2016 19:30 | February 18, 2016 01:15 | 5h 45m | 2,224 | 868 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Nebraska's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.