2017 Kansas Power Outage Report
In 2017, the average Kansas customer went without power for about 3.9 hours, the 19th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.9
vs prior year
▲ 94%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
5.4M
Peak customers out
63,120
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of KS customers
Counties reporting
80
Kansas year over year
All 80 Kansas counties, 2017
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 | Logan County | 71.9 | 150K | 2,091 | 2,091 | 106 |
| 2 | Edwards County | 65.0 | 132K | 2,025 | 1,998 | 96 |
| 3 | Stafford County | 54.3 | 90K | 1,665 | 1,293 | 172 |
| 4 | Sheridan County | 42.5 | 70K | 1,648 | 1,648 | 81 |
| 5 | Hodgeman County | 38.8 | 37K | 965 | 585 | 73 |
| 6 | Rice County | 33.8 | 90K | 2,664 | 2,664 | 483 |
| 7 | Decatur County | 26.3 | 61K | 2,329 | 668 | 21 |
| 8 | Gove County | 22.5 | 28K | 1,234 | 1,156 | 50 |
| 9 | Wyandotte County | 21.0 | 722K | 34,391 | 19,828 | 1,061 |
| 10 | Pawnee County | 18.7 | 110K | 5,884 | 1,928 | 149 |
| 11 | Wallace County | 17.5 | 25K | 1,427 | 1,345 | 63 |
| 12 | Rush County | 16.3 | 23K | 1,399 | 570 | 84 |
| 13 | Thomas County | 11.9 | 88K | 7,359 | 1,575 | 187 |
| 14 | Ness County | 9.0 | 12K | 1,309 | 138 | 36 |
| 15 | Barton County | 8.8 | 124K | 14,147 | 2,613 | 283 |
| 16 | Ottawa County | 7.5 | 11K | 1,406 | 1,406 | 145 |
| 17 | Greenwood County | 7.5 | 33K | 4,461 | 2,886 | 381 |
| 18 | Elk County | 6.6 | 10K | 1,533 | 1,083 | 98 |
| 19 | Johnson County | 6.6 | 2.0M | 296,663 | 48,945 | 861 |
| 20 | Cherokee County | 6.3 | 19K | 2,982 | 1,580 | 75 |
| 21 | Chase County | 5.8 | 4,029 | 699 | 699 | 64 |
| 22 | Rawlins County | 5.6 | 11K | 2,008 | 1,227 | 27 |
| 23 | Marshall County | 5.4 | 23K | 4,214 | 2,196 | 260 |
| 24 | Jackson County | 5.4 | 36K | 6,676 | 2,665 | 315 |
| 25 | Osage County | 5.3 | 57K | 10,783 | 3,513 | 258 |
| 26 | Trego County | 4.3 | 6,916 | 1,597 | 1,597 | 68 |
| 27 | Morris County | 4.3 | 5,354 | 1,258 | 361 | 150 |
| 28 | Harvey County | 4.1 | 28K | 6,745 | 2,597 | 605 |
| 29 | Wabaunsee County | 4.1 | 6,700 | 1,633 | 1,189 | 194 |
| 30 | Franklin County | 4.0 | 84K | 20,702 | 4,362 | 290 |
| 31 | Graham County | 4.0 | 6,408 | 1,587 | 395 | 29 |
| 32 | Russell County | 3.9 | 23K | 5,948 | 552 | 101 |
| 33 | Linn County | 3.9 | 30K | 7,723 | 2,882 | 181 |
| 34 | Sherman County | 3.5 | 20K | 5,649 | 1,175 | 129 |
| 35 | Anderson County | 3.3 | 21K | 6,426 | 1,049 | 166 |
| 36 | Miami County | 3.2 | 67K | 20,608 | 2,879 | 403 |
| 37 | Saline County | 3.2 | 48K | 14,835 | 5,898 | 718 |
| 38 | Clay County | 3.2 | 19K | 5,867 | 2,346 | 173 |
| 39 | Dickinson County | 3.2 | 13K | 4,008 | 3,290 | 329 |
| 40 | Marion County | 3.0 | 21K | 7,056 | 1,714 | 263 |
| 41 | Lincoln County | 2.8 | 2,402 | 848 | 281 | 31 |
| 42 | Woodson County | 2.8 | 5,349 | 1,911 | 460 | 193 |
| 43 | Leavenworth County | 2.7 | 111K | 40,824 | 6,933 | 772 |
| 44 | Douglas County | 2.4 | 163K | 68,914 | 5,715 | 874 |
| 45 | Jefferson County | 2.3 | 24K | 10,486 | 854 | 393 |
| 46 | Lyon County | 2.0 | 19K | 9,811 | 921 | 477 |
| 47 | Cowley County | 1.8 | 38K | 21,126 | 2,438 | 455 |
| 48 | Cheyenne County | 1.7 | 3,663 | 2,177 | 549 | 15 |
| 49 | Washington County | 1.6 | 3,844 | 2,452 | 457 | 32 |
| 50 | Atchison County | 1.6 | 13K | 8,677 | 1,336 | 306 |
| 51 | Coffey County | 1.5 | 11K | 7,173 | 591 | 164 |
| 52 | Reno County | 1.5 | 54K | 35,754 | 4,430 | 802 |
| 53 | Bourbon County | 1.5 | 18K | 12,147 | 2,954 | 343 |
| 54 | Butler County | 1.4 | 57K | 40,152 | 1,864 | 862 |
| 55 | Shawnee County | 1.2 | 125K | 101,321 | 4,340 | 1,072 |
| 56 | Norton County | 1.2 | 5,025 | 4,238 | 383 | 14 |
| 57 | Sedgwick County | 1.2 | 298K | 255,977 | 11,318 | 1,079 |
| 58 | Geary County | 1.2 | 10K | 8,978 | 1,372 | 378 |
| 59 | Riley County | 1.1 | 20K | 18,190 | 2,068 | 641 |
| 60 | Kingman County | 1.1 | 5,328 | 4,799 | 301 | 29 |
| 61 | Ellis County | 0.9 | 17K | 17,869 | 1,492 | 315 |
| 62 | Labette County | 0.9 | 10K | 11,654 | 2,191 | 330 |
| 63 | Pottawatomie County | 0.8 | 7,417 | 9,791 | 1,542 | 295 |
| 64 | Brown County | 0.7 | 3,615 | 5,077 | 420 | 126 |
| 65 | Montgomery County | 0.6 | 15K | 23,498 | 3,355 | 485 |
| 66 | Crawford County | 0.6 | 21K | 34,108 | 1,911 | 631 |
| 67 | Doniphan County | 0.6 | 2,292 | 3,810 | 801 | 79 |
| 68 | Wilson County | 0.6 | 3,985 | 7,232 | 478 | 98 |
| 69 | Ellsworth County | 0.5 | 803 | 1,473 | 27 | 11 |
| 70 | Allen County | 0.5 | 7,031 | 13,025 | 373 | 202 |
| 71 | Sumner County | 0.5 | 4,274 | 8,773 | 129 | 137 |
| 72 | Pratt County | 0.3 | 2,627 | 8,329 | 198 | 12 |
| 73 | McPherson County | 0.2 | 4,986 | 22,878 | 796 | 165 |
| 74 | Cloud County | 0.2 | 630 | 3,413 | 335 | 21 |
| 75 | Neosho County | 0.2 | 2,474 | 13,984 | 992 | 52 |
| 76 | Nemaha County | 0.1 | 899 | 7,024 | 45 | 138 |
| 77 | Rooks County | 0.0 | 45 | 2,677 | 3 | 5 |
| 78 | Barber County | 0.0 | 21 | 1,429 | 2 | 3 |
| 79 | Morton County | 0.0 | 11 | 1,066 | 3 | 6 |
| 80 | Harper County | 0.0 | 1 | 2,876 | 1 | 2 |
Biggest Kansas outages of 2017
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson County, KS | July 23, 2017 02:15 | July 29, 2017 10:30 | 6d 8h | 48,945 | 1.2M |
| 2 | Wyandotte County, KS | July 22, 2017 21:30 | July 26, 2017 06:45 | 3d 9h | 19,828 | 229K |
| 3 | Johnson County, KS | June 17, 2017 05:30 | June 22, 2017 03:15 | 4d 21h | 17,011 | 402K |
| 4 | Wyandotte County, KS | June 17, 2017 05:30 | June 23, 2017 04:30 | 5d 23h | 13,764 | 283K |
| 5 | Sedgwick County, KS | September 21, 2017 06:30 | September 21, 2017 11:30 | 5h | 11,318 | 13K |
| 6 | Johnson County, KS | March 6, 2017 14:15 | March 9, 2017 09:45 | 2d 19h | 7,376 | 31K |
| 7 | Leavenworth County, KS | June 17, 2017 05:15 | June 19, 2017 21:30 | 2d 16h | 6,933 | 42K |
| 8 | Johnson County, KS | May 18, 2017 11:45 | May 21, 2017 04:45 | 2d 17h | 6,735 | 36K |
| 9 | Saline County, KS | December 8, 2017 13:30 | December 8, 2017 17:00 | 3h 30m | 5,898 | 4,899 |
| 10 | Johnson County, KS | August 21, 2017 11:45 | August 24, 2017 01:30 | 2d 13h | 5,765 | 44K |
| 11 | Douglas County, KS | October 14, 2017 21:15 | October 16, 2017 09:30 | 1d 12h | 5,715 | 36K |
| 12 | Wyandotte County, KS | March 6, 2017 14:00 | March 9, 2017 02:30 | 2d 12h | 5,641 | 40K |
| 13 | Johnson County, KS | December 27, 2017 18:30 | December 28, 2017 00:30 | 6h | 5,627 | 1,435 |
| 14 | Sedgwick County, KS | June 13, 2017 12:15 | June 19, 2017 10:15 | 5d 22h | 5,413 | 49K |
| 15 | Johnson County, KS | May 10, 2017 12:45 | May 12, 2017 06:15 | 1d 17h | 5,089 | 11K |
| 16 | Reno County, KS | June 15, 2017 23:45 | June 17, 2017 05:30 | 1d 5h | 4,430 | 24K |
| 17 | Franklin County, KS | April 13, 2017 14:15 | April 13, 2017 14:30 | 15m | 4,362 | 1,091 |
| 18 | Shawnee County, KS | July 13, 2017 12:15 | July 15, 2017 04:30 | 1d 16h | 4,340 | 13K |
| 19 | Wyandotte County, KS | May 17, 2017 18:45 | May 18, 2017 07:15 | 12h 30m | 4,201 | 5,027 |
| 20 | Johnson County, KS | April 29, 2017 12:00 | May 1, 2017 04:00 | 1d 16h | 4,125 | 13K |
| 21 | Shawnee County, KS | June 10, 2017 18:45 | June 11, 2017 01:45 | 7h | 3,880 | 1,099 |
| 22 | Saline County, KS | June 3, 2017 16:30 | June 3, 2017 18:45 | 2h 15m | 3,679 | 6,599 |
| 23 | Sedgwick County, KS | June 30, 2017 05:30 | July 2, 2017 04:45 | 1d 23h | 3,654 | 27K |
| 24 | Osage County, KS | June 17, 2017 07:00 | June 20, 2017 16:15 | 3d 9h | 3,513 | 31K |
| 25 | Johnson County, KS | December 27, 2017 13:00 | December 27, 2017 17:45 | 4h 45m | 3,406 | 898 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Kansas's electricity customers in 2017; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.