2017 Nebraska Power Outage Report
In 2017, the average Nebraska customer went without power for about 4.3 hours, the 16th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
4.3
vs prior year
▲ 175%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
2.8M
Peak customers out
79,602
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NE customers
Counties reporting
42
Nebraska year over year
All 42 Nebraska 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 | Cass County | 23.5 | 291K | 12,382 | 9,415 | 376 |
| 2 | Sarpy County | 13.9 | 1.1M | 77,047 | 27,713 | 613 |
| 3 | Washington County | 8.8 | 73K | 8,327 | 5,050 | 307 |
| 4 | Saunders County | 8.4 | 88K | 10,400 | 2,660 | 328 |
| 5 | Sheridan County | 8.0 | 24K | 3,062 | 2,590 | 132 |
| 6 | Dawes County | 7.4 | 41K | 5,555 | 2,891 | 73 |
| 7 | Johnson County | 5.6 | 13K | 2,243 | 531 | 114 |
| 8 | Pawnee County | 5.5 | 6,984 | 1,271 | 1,127 | 113 |
| 9 | Douglas County | 3.9 | 1.0M | 261,904 | 35,038 | 843 |
| 10 | Boyd County | 3.4 | 4,581 | 1,340 | 525 | 8 |
| 11 | Garden County | 1.9 | 2,699 | 1,392 | 1,004 | 16 |
| 12 | Dodge County | 1.9 | 49K | 26,026 | 1,275 | 193 |
| 13 | Brown County | 1.3 | 4,655 | 3,604 | 1,465 | 18 |
| 14 | Nemaha County | 1.3 | 3,441 | 2,736 | 364 | 93 |
| 15 | Otoe County | 1.2 | 12K | 9,649 | 356 | 146 |
| 16 | Richardson County | 1.0 | 5,247 | 5,162 | 515 | 128 |
| 17 | Seward County | 1.0 | 5,824 | 5,805 | 999 | 22 |
| 18 | Furnas County | 1.0 | 3,185 | 3,205 | 478 | 9 |
| 19 | Holt County | 0.9 | 7,380 | 8,581 | 904 | 46 |
| 20 | Hamilton County | 0.8 | 3,773 | 4,863 | 2,458 | 41 |
| 21 | Buffalo County | 0.7 | 25K | 35,218 | 8,346 | 272 |
| 22 | Scotts Bluff County | 0.5 | 11K | 21,716 | 5,741 | 229 |
| 23 | Red Willow County | 0.5 | 4,710 | 8,983 | 760 | 56 |
| 24 | Deuel County | 0.5 | 485 | 1,065 | 552 | 28 |
| 25 | Dakota County | 0.5 | 7,683 | 17,046 | 2,733 | 121 |
| 26 | Rock County | 0.4 | 588 | 1,374 | 565 | 8 |
| 27 | York County | 0.4 | 4,173 | 10,586 | 1,403 | 83 |
| 28 | Dawson County | 0.3 | 4,006 | 12,044 | 2,166 | 61 |
| 29 | Harlan County | 0.3 | 863 | 2,690 | 737 | 16 |
| 30 | Perkins County | 0.3 | 512 | 1,727 | 146 | 11 |
| 31 | Madison County | 0.2 | 4,773 | 21,864 | 1,252 | 150 |
| 32 | Burt County | 0.2 | 545 | 3,574 | 704 | 30 |
| 33 | Knox County | 0.1 | 1,189 | 7,968 | 651 | 10 |
| 34 | Keith County | 0.1 | 786 | 7,643 | 433 | 65 |
| 35 | Colfax County | 0.1 | 687 | 6,814 | 245 | 41 |
| 36 | Thurston County | 0.1 | 241 | 3,240 | 46 | 16 |
| 37 | Morrill County | 0.1 | 277 | 3,740 | 100 | 7 |
| 38 | Fillmore County | 0.1 | 217 | 3,217 | 51 | 27 |
| 39 | Cherry County | 0.0 | 112 | 4,043 | 112 | 1 |
| 40 | Cedar County | 0.0 | 62 | 5,363 | 17 | 9 |
| 41 | Dixon County | 0.0 | 6 | 1,074 | 1 | 3 |
| 42 | Lincoln County | 0.0 | 126 | 23,525 | 62 | 21 |
Biggest Nebraska 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 | Douglas County, NE | June 16, 2017 23:00 | June 22, 2017 22:15 | 5d 23h | 35,038 | 600K |
| 2 | Sarpy County, NE | June 16, 2017 23:00 | June 23, 2017 23:30 | 7d | 27,713 | 1.0M |
| 3 | Douglas County, NE | May 16, 2017 12:00 | May 17, 2017 17:30 | 1d 5h | 14,857 | 92K |
| 4 | Cass County, NE | June 17, 2017 01:00 | June 24, 2017 01:15 | 7d | 9,415 | 269K |
| 5 | Buffalo County, NE | May 16, 2017 01:30 | May 16, 2017 04:30 | 3h | 8,346 | 8,476 |
| 6 | Douglas County, NE | February 17, 2017 17:00 | February 17, 2017 18:30 | 1h 30m | 7,454 | 1,874 |
| 7 | Douglas County, NE | October 23, 2017 15:15 | October 26, 2017 03:15 | 2d 12h | 5,951 | 18K |
| 8 | Scotts Bluff County, NE | May 17, 2017 20:45 | May 17, 2017 21:00 | 15m | 5,741 | 1,435 |
| 9 | Washington County, NE | May 16, 2017 23:45 | May 17, 2017 17:30 | 17h 45m | 5,050 | 18K |
| 10 | Douglas County, NE | October 9, 2017 17:30 | October 10, 2017 02:15 | 8h 45m | 4,146 | 1,097 |
| 11 | Douglas County, NE | July 26, 2017 09:15 | July 27, 2017 03:45 | 18h 30m | 3,502 | 7,611 |
| 12 | Douglas County, NE | August 20, 2017 06:00 | August 21, 2017 09:15 | 1d 3h | 3,440 | 8,450 |
| 13 | Washington County, NE | June 16, 2017 17:45 | June 21, 2017 20:00 | 5d 2h | 3,364 | 23K |
| 14 | Douglas County, NE | May 30, 2017 12:45 | June 1, 2017 10:30 | 1d 21h | 3,264 | 1,780 |
| 15 | Douglas County, NE | March 9, 2017 15:15 | March 9, 2017 15:45 | 30m | 2,907 | 1,454 |
| 16 | Dawes County, NE | March 9, 2017 02:45 | March 9, 2017 05:15 | 2h 30m | 2,891 | 6,619 |
| 17 | Dawes County, NE | March 29, 2017 20:30 | March 29, 2017 21:15 | 45m | 2,885 | 2,164 |
| 18 | Dawes County, NE | July 18, 2017 07:15 | July 18, 2017 09:15 | 2h | 2,858 | 5,228 |
| 19 | Dawes County, NE | July 27, 2017 20:00 | July 28, 2017 03:45 | 7h 45m | 2,857 | 22K |
| 20 | Dawes County, NE | August 10, 2017 14:00 | August 10, 2017 14:15 | 15m | 2,855 | 714 |
| 21 | Dakota County, NE | June 14, 2017 02:15 | June 14, 2017 06:45 | 4h 30m | 2,733 | 3,500 |
| 22 | Douglas County, NE | May 21, 2017 11:30 | May 22, 2017 02:15 | 14h 45m | 2,704 | 5,398 |
| 23 | Douglas County, NE | September 22, 2017 17:00 | September 23, 2017 03:15 | 10h 15m | 2,684 | 4,082 |
| 24 | Saunders County, NE | June 17, 2017 00:45 | June 22, 2017 18:45 | 5d 18h | 2,660 | 67K |
| 25 | Douglas County, NE | April 5, 2017 11:45 | April 5, 2017 13:15 | 1h 30m | 2,611 | 654 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Nebraska'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.