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2019 Nebraska Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Nebraska customer went without power for about 1.1 hours — the 48th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.1
Peak customers out
9,142
Rank (worst state)
48th
Counties affected
20

Nebraska outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2019 highlighted.

0.8h20151.5h20164.2h20172.5h20181.1h20191.4h20208.3h20211.2h20221.2h202312.1h20246.1h2025

Hardest-hit Nebraska counties in 2019

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Sarpy County9,1422Douglas County7,8873Buffalo County2,7904Dakota County2,7305Cass County2,5886Washington County2,3357Saunders County1,7578Richardson County1,2979Dodge County1,06110Sheridan County1,02311Garden County1,00212Holt County90513Hamilton County79114Dawes County74715Harlan County73616Burt County71317Dawson County59218Johnson County52019Boyd County51920Otoe County459

Biggest Nebraska outages of 2019

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Sarpy CountyApril 18, 20199,142
Douglas CountyMay 18, 20197,887
Douglas CountyMay 28, 20195,353
Douglas CountyJuly 2, 20194,407
Douglas CountyMay 21, 20193,454
Douglas CountyAugust 25, 20192,940
Douglas CountySeptember 10, 20192,877
Douglas CountyJune 5, 20192,854
Buffalo CountyJune 5, 20192,790
Douglas CountySeptember 19, 20192,735
Nebraska by year:20252024202320222021202020182017
Other states in 2019:WVNCMILACAVT

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.