2018 Nebraska Power Outage Report
In 2018, the average Nebraska customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 31st worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.5
vs prior year
▼ 42%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
1.6M
Peak customers out
54,990
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
45%
of NE customers
Counties reporting
44
Nebraska year over year
All 44 Nebraska counties, 2018
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 | Saunders County | 11.7 | 122K | 10,400 | 2,902 | 336 |
| 2 | Washington County | 10.1 | 84K | 8,327 | 2,462 | 316 |
| 3 | Boyd County | 10.1 | 14K | 1,340 | 523 | 4 |
| 4 | Holt County | 6.2 | 53K | 8,581 | 2,383 | 29 |
| 5 | Douglas County | 3.9 | 1.0M | 261,904 | 46,142 | 833 |
| 6 | Keith County | 3.8 | 29K | 7,643 | 2,819 | 54 |
| 7 | Cass County | 3.7 | 46K | 12,382 | 2,082 | 363 |
| 8 | Pawnee County | 2.6 | 3,260 | 1,271 | 1,098 | 84 |
| 9 | Garden County | 2.0 | 2,835 | 1,392 | 703 | 23 |
| 10 | Perkins County | 1.8 | 3,082 | 1,727 | 436 | 14 |
| 11 | Sarpy County | 1.7 | 131K | 77,047 | 8,298 | 599 |
| 12 | Dodge County | 1.7 | 43K | 26,026 | 3,140 | 186 |
| 13 | Richardson County | 1.5 | 7,941 | 5,162 | 1,215 | 132 |
| 14 | Burt County | 1.4 | 4,936 | 3,574 | 1,032 | 21 |
| 15 | Rock County | 1.4 | 1,866 | 1,374 | 566 | 5 |
| 16 | Sheridan County | 1.3 | 3,937 | 3,062 | 722 | 86 |
| 17 | Johnson County | 1.2 | 2,651 | 2,243 | 111 | 102 |
| 18 | Nemaha County | 1.1 | 3,035 | 2,736 | 358 | 96 |
| 19 | Dixon County | 1.0 | 1,093 | 1,074 | 624 | 3 |
| 20 | Otoe County | 0.9 | 8,417 | 9,649 | 417 | 157 |
| 21 | Deuel County | 0.6 | 640 | 1,065 | 25 | 15 |
| 22 | Hamilton County | 0.5 | 2,295 | 4,863 | 782 | 25 |
| 23 | Dawson County | 0.5 | 5,630 | 12,044 | 1,632 | 47 |
| 24 | Red Willow County | 0.5 | 4,171 | 8,983 | 822 | 71 |
| 25 | Dakota County | 0.5 | 7,686 | 17,046 | 2,850 | 92 |
| 26 | Colfax County | 0.5 | 3,069 | 6,814 | 310 | 52 |
| 27 | Madison County | 0.4 | 9,338 | 21,864 | 4,625 | 97 |
| 28 | Morrill County | 0.4 | 1,473 | 3,740 | 219 | 12 |
| 29 | Scotts Bluff County | 0.4 | 8,111 | 21,716 | 2,347 | 144 |
| 30 | York County | 0.3 | 3,560 | 10,586 | 745 | 61 |
| 31 | Brown County | 0.3 | 1,076 | 3,604 | 322 | 14 |
| 32 | Harlan County | 0.3 | 768 | 2,690 | 738 | 9 |
| 33 | Dawes County | 0.2 | 1,089 | 5,555 | 64 | 39 |
| 34 | Buffalo County | 0.1 | 4,372 | 35,218 | 1,139 | 191 |
| 35 | Knox County | 0.1 | 736 | 7,968 | 647 | 10 |
| 36 | Cherry County | 0.1 | 323 | 4,043 | 112 | 7 |
| 37 | Seward County | 0.1 | 309 | 5,805 | 66 | 13 |
| 38 | Furnas County | 0.0 | 128 | 3,205 | 457 | 4 |
| 39 | Fillmore County | 0.0 | 50 | 3,217 | 32 | 14 |
| 40 | Lincoln County | 0.0 | 250 | 23,525 | 61 | 15 |
| 41 | Antelope County | 0.0 | 22 | 3,462 | 8 | 4 |
| 42 | Kimball County | 0.0 | 12 | 2,487 | 6 | 7 |
| 43 | Cedar County | 0.0 | 16 | 5,363 | 12 | 6 |
| 44 | Thurston County | 0.0 | 3 | 3,240 | 4 | 1 |
Biggest Nebraska outages of 2018
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 | October 14, 2018 15:30 | October 17, 2018 03:45 | 2d 12h | 46,142 | 495K |
| 2 | Douglas County, NE | August 19, 2018 15:00 | August 22, 2018 05:45 | 2d 14h | 13,809 | 83K |
| 3 | Douglas County, NE | August 13, 2018 13:00 | August 15, 2018 02:30 | 1d 13h | 9,588 | 25K |
| 4 | Sarpy County, NE | October 14, 2018 16:15 | October 16, 2018 17:15 | 2d 1h | 8,298 | 57K |
| 5 | Douglas County, NE | July 5, 2018 02:00 | July 6, 2018 17:15 | 1d 15h | 6,615 | 18K |
| 6 | Douglas County, NE | June 9, 2018 07:45 | June 11, 2018 04:15 | 1d 20h | 6,102 | 41K |
| 7 | Douglas County, NE | April 30, 2018 12:15 | May 1, 2018 07:45 | 19h 30m | 5,286 | 5,658 |
| 8 | Madison County, NE | June 30, 2018 07:00 | June 30, 2018 08:30 | 1h 30m | 4,625 | 3,851 |
| 9 | Douglas County, NE | June 2, 2018 04:45 | June 3, 2018 07:15 | 1d 2h | 3,418 | 25K |
| 10 | Douglas County, NE | August 15, 2018 06:45 | August 15, 2018 18:30 | 11h 45m | 3,159 | 4,902 |
| 11 | Douglas County, NE | February 18, 2018 15:15 | February 20, 2018 10:15 | 1d 19h | 3,142 | 15K |
| 12 | Dodge County, NE | January 22, 2018 14:15 | January 24, 2018 06:00 | 1d 15h | 3,140 | 32K |
| 13 | Sarpy County, NE | January 19, 2018 23:00 | January 20, 2018 03:15 | 4h 15m | 3,063 | 4,497 |
| 14 | Douglas County, NE | February 22, 2018 22:15 | February 23, 2018 19:15 | 21h | 2,995 | 12K |
| 15 | Saunders County, NE | January 22, 2018 14:00 | January 24, 2018 22:45 | 2d 8h | 2,902 | 57K |
| 16 | Dakota County, NE | December 27, 2018 21:30 | December 27, 2018 23:45 | 2h 15m | 2,850 | 4,305 |
| 17 | Keith County, NE | April 13, 2018 19:30 | April 16, 2018 13:45 | 2d 18h | 2,819 | 27K |
| 18 | Sarpy County, NE | February 13, 2018 20:15 | February 13, 2018 23:45 | 3h 30m | 2,643 | 692 |
| 19 | Sarpy County, NE | June 2, 2018 04:45 | June 3, 2018 09:45 | 1d 5h | 2,639 | 11K |
| 20 | Washington County, NE | June 2, 2018 05:00 | June 3, 2018 10:00 | 1d 5h | 2,462 | 23K |
| 21 | Douglas County, NE | October 3, 2018 14:00 | October 5, 2018 10:45 | 1d 20h | 2,432 | 8,431 |
| 22 | Holt County, NE | July 19, 2018 04:00 | July 19, 2018 15:00 | 11h | 2,383 | 6,555 |
| 23 | Douglas County, NE | September 6, 2018 09:30 | September 7, 2018 07:30 | 22h | 2,383 | 929 |
| 24 | Washington County, NE | June 10, 2018 11:30 | June 10, 2018 22:15 | 10h 45m | 2,360 | 1,818 |
| 25 | Douglas County, NE | September 25, 2018 04:45 | September 26, 2018 00:00 | 19h 15m | 2,348 | 6,718 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 45% of Nebraska's electricity customers in 2018; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.