2020 Kansas Power Outage Report
In 2020, the average Kansas customer went without power for about 1.6 hours, the 45th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.6
vs prior year
▼ 49%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
2.4M
Peak customers out
16,642
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
79%
of KS customers
Counties reporting
94
Kansas year over year
All 94 Kansas counties, 2020
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 | Graham County | 14.0 | 22K | 1,587 | 1,191 | 143 |
| 2 | Rawlins County | 10.7 | 21K | 2,008 | 985 | 12 |
| 3 | Decatur County | 9.6 | 22K | 2,329 | 509 | 18 |
| 4 | Ottawa County | 8.4 | 12K | 1,406 | 1,406 | 146 |
| 5 | Smith County | 7.3 | 15K | 2,010 | 1,823 | 48 |
| 6 | Phillips County | 7.2 | 22K | 3,109 | 1,240 | 41 |
| 7 | Wichita County | 7.0 | 14K | 2,012 | 1,607 | 174 |
| 8 | Logan County | 6.9 | 14K | 2,091 | 2,091 | 120 |
| 9 | Wabaunsee County | 6.4 | 11K | 1,633 | 1,197 | 187 |
| 10 | Greeley County | 6.4 | 8,569 | 1,338 | 798 | 136 |
| 11 | Wyandotte County | 6.2 | 213K | 34,391 | 5,129 | 1,239 |
| 12 | Morris County | 6.1 | 7,735 | 1,258 | 616 | 131 |
| 13 | Cherokee County | 6.0 | 18K | 2,982 | 2,982 | 101 |
| 14 | Linn County | 5.9 | 45K | 7,723 | 3,126 | 171 |
| 15 | Rooks County | 5.6 | 15K | 2,677 | 1,007 | 146 |
| 16 | Kearny County | 5.4 | 17K | 3,185 | 378 | 144 |
| 17 | Barton County | 5.2 | 73K | 14,147 | 10,942 | 406 |
| 18 | Cheyenne County | 5.0 | 11K | 2,177 | 389 | 85 |
| 19 | Doniphan County | 4.7 | 18K | 3,810 | 827 | 98 |
| 20 | Norton County | 4.3 | 18K | 4,238 | 690 | 204 |
| 21 | Harvey County | 4.3 | 29K | 6,745 | 2,286 | 512 |
| 22 | Chase County | 4.2 | 2,970 | 699 | 699 | 85 |
| 23 | Sheridan County | 4.0 | 6,628 | 1,648 | 1,288 | 117 |
| 24 | Edwards County | 4.0 | 8,037 | 2,025 | 1,906 | 66 |
| 25 | Greenwood County | 3.7 | 17K | 4,461 | 771 | 405 |
| 26 | Stafford County | 3.7 | 6,181 | 1,665 | 549 | 107 |
| 27 | Wallace County | 3.6 | 5,208 | 1,427 | 489 | 97 |
| 28 | Jefferson County | 3.4 | 36K | 10,486 | 2,770 | 320 |
| 29 | Dickinson County | 3.3 | 13K | 4,008 | 2,525 | 333 |
| 30 | Atchison County | 3.2 | 28K | 8,677 | 1,680 | 346 |
| 31 | Rice County | 3.2 | 8,468 | 2,664 | 2,664 | 122 |
| 32 | Cloud County | 2.9 | 9,742 | 3,413 | 587 | 192 |
| 33 | Hamilton County | 2.6 | 5,664 | 2,192 | 313 | 184 |
| 34 | Gove County | 2.5 | 3,088 | 1,234 | 741 | 31 |
| 35 | Brown County | 2.5 | 13K | 5,077 | 1,080 | 160 |
| 36 | Marshall County | 2.4 | 10K | 4,214 | 1,851 | 284 |
| 37 | Jackson County | 2.4 | 16K | 6,676 | 697 | 226 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 2.2 | 1,900 | 848 | 280 | 23 |
| 39 | Riley County | 2.2 | 41K | 18,190 | 6,875 | 637 |
| 40 | Washington County | 2.1 | 5,184 | 2,452 | 466 | 111 |
| 41 | Russell County | 2.0 | 12K | 5,948 | 916 | 65 |
| 42 | Miami County | 1.9 | 39K | 20,608 | 2,876 | 524 |
| 43 | Anderson County | 1.9 | 12K | 6,426 | 555 | 149 |
| 44 | Woodson County | 1.9 | 3,610 | 1,911 | 288 | 147 |
| 45 | Franklin County | 1.9 | 39K | 20,702 | 2,620 | 353 |
| 46 | Saline County | 1.8 | 26K | 14,835 | 8,646 | 699 |
| 47 | Kingman County | 1.8 | 8,484 | 4,799 | 523 | 100 |
| 48 | Elk County | 1.8 | 2,686 | 1,533 | 77 | 133 |
| 49 | Osage County | 1.7 | 18K | 10,783 | 2,920 | 290 |
| 50 | Reno County | 1.7 | 60K | 35,754 | 4,447 | 769 |
| 51 | Lyon County | 1.7 | 16K | 9,811 | 719 | 544 |
| 52 | Coffey County | 1.7 | 12K | 7,173 | 825 | 194 |
| 53 | Pottawatomie County | 1.6 | 16K | 9,791 | 1,336 | 295 |
| 54 | Cowley County | 1.6 | 34K | 21,126 | 7,841 | 519 |
| 55 | Shawnee County | 1.6 | 161K | 101,321 | 6,236 | 1,138 |
| 56 | Jewell County | 1.6 | 2,571 | 1,642 | 326 | 64 |
| 57 | Leavenworth County | 1.4 | 57K | 40,824 | 1,810 | 852 |
| 58 | Geary County | 1.4 | 12K | 8,978 | 1,357 | 442 |
| 59 | Crawford County | 1.4 | 46K | 34,108 | 3,903 | 651 |
| 60 | Labette County | 1.3 | 15K | 11,654 | 3,083 | 383 |
| 61 | Hodgeman County | 1.3 | 1,251 | 965 | 282 | 41 |
| 62 | Douglas County | 1.3 | 86K | 68,914 | 5,025 | 892 |
| 63 | Sherman County | 1.2 | 6,957 | 5,649 | 702 | 129 |
| 64 | Pawnee County | 1.2 | 7,244 | 5,884 | 1,194 | 116 |
| 65 | Sedgwick County | 1.2 | 307K | 255,977 | 11,255 | 959 |
| 66 | Harper County | 1.1 | 3,152 | 2,876 | 1,264 | 125 |
| 67 | Scott County | 1.1 | 4,313 | 3,961 | 688 | 182 |
| 68 | Johnson County | 1.1 | 321K | 296,663 | 5,765 | 939 |
| 69 | Bourbon County | 1.1 | 13K | 12,147 | 1,668 | 325 |
| 70 | Osborne County | 1.0 | 1,833 | 1,752 | 600 | 79 |
| 71 | Republic County | 1.0 | 2,727 | 2,731 | 324 | 107 |
| 72 | Marion County | 1.0 | 7,014 | 7,056 | 320 | 193 |
| 73 | Trego County | 0.9 | 1,473 | 1,597 | 1,597 | 40 |
| 74 | Rush County | 0.9 | 1,283 | 1,399 | 319 | 71 |
| 75 | Clay County | 0.9 | 5,049 | 5,867 | 680 | 71 |
| 76 | Sumner County | 0.9 | 7,495 | 8,773 | 1,107 | 262 |
| 77 | Ness County | 0.8 | 1,012 | 1,309 | 156 | 50 |
| 78 | Montgomery County | 0.8 | 18K | 23,498 | 1,140 | 574 |
| 79 | Ellis County | 0.7 | 13K | 17,869 | 4,161 | 260 |
| 80 | Butler County | 0.7 | 28K | 40,152 | 1,027 | 712 |
| 81 | Thomas County | 0.7 | 4,842 | 7,359 | 1,108 | 154 |
| 82 | Finney County | 0.6 | 21K | 33,836 | 1,199 | 276 |
| 83 | McPherson County | 0.5 | 11K | 22,878 | 804 | 160 |
| 84 | Wilson County | 0.4 | 3,179 | 7,232 | 368 | 95 |
| 85 | Allen County | 0.4 | 4,971 | 13,025 | 802 | 173 |
| 86 | Nemaha County | 0.4 | 2,552 | 7,024 | 535 | 150 |
| 87 | Gray County | 0.4 | 1,497 | 4,121 | 283 | 44 |
| 88 | Mitchell County | 0.3 | 1,677 | 5,576 | 282 | 43 |
| 89 | Neosho County | 0.3 | 3,725 | 13,984 | 992 | 120 |
| 90 | Barber County | 0.2 | 324 | 1,429 | 323 | 64 |
| 91 | Morton County | 0.2 | 230 | 1,066 | 49 | 44 |
| 92 | Pratt County | 0.2 | 1,255 | 8,329 | 195 | 17 |
| 93 | Ellsworth County | 0.0 | 39 | 1,473 | 10 | 2 |
| 94 | Seward County | 0.0 | 71 | 8,330 | 8 | 6 |
Biggest Kansas outages of 2020
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sedgwick County, KS | November 10, 2020 06:30 | November 11, 2020 01:45 | 19h 15m | 11,255 | 6,302 |
| 2 | Barton County, KS | June 21, 2020 20:30 | June 24, 2020 02:30 | 2d 6h | 10,942 | 52K |
| 3 | Saline County, KS | November 30, 2020 21:00 | November 30, 2020 22:00 | 1h | 8,646 | 2,183 |
| 4 | Sedgwick County, KS | March 22, 2020 15:15 | March 22, 2020 21:00 | 5h 45m | 7,903 | 12K |
| 5 | Cowley County, KS | October 27, 2020 14:30 | October 30, 2020 05:45 | 2d 15h | 7,841 | 15K |
| 6 | Riley County, KS | August 4, 2020 13:45 | August 4, 2020 19:00 | 5h 15m | 6,875 | 13K |
| 7 | Shawnee County, KS | May 4, 2020 13:30 | May 6, 2020 12:00 | 1d 22h | 6,236 | 31K |
| 8 | Sedgwick County, KS | May 29, 2020 13:15 | May 30, 2020 10:15 | 21h | 6,189 | 1,794 |
| 9 | Johnson County, KS | February 13, 2020 11:45 | February 14, 2020 00:45 | 13h | 5,765 | 13K |
| 10 | Shawnee County, KS | August 31, 2020 14:00 | August 31, 2020 20:15 | 6h 15m | 5,149 | 1,318 |
| 11 | Wyandotte County, KS | August 31, 2020 02:00 | September 2, 2020 00:30 | 1d 22h | 5,129 | 30K |
| 12 | Douglas County, KS | February 7, 2020 14:00 | February 7, 2020 18:45 | 4h 45m | 5,025 | 5,483 |
| 13 | Johnson County, KS | December 25, 2020 10:30 | December 25, 2020 12:15 | 1h 45m | 4,623 | 8,067 |
| 14 | Johnson County, KS | August 31, 2020 09:45 | September 2, 2020 04:15 | 1d 18h | 4,607 | 20K |
| 15 | Shawnee County, KS | December 23, 2020 11:15 | December 24, 2020 07:00 | 19h 45m | 4,561 | 6,228 |
| 16 | Reno County, KS | October 10, 2020 18:45 | October 10, 2020 20:30 | 1h 45m | 4,447 | 5,555 |
| 17 | Johnson County, KS | January 16, 2020 02:00 | January 17, 2020 03:30 | 1d 1h | 4,223 | 4,818 |
| 18 | Sedgwick County, KS | March 6, 2020 21:30 | March 7, 2020 06:45 | 9h 15m | 4,192 | 7,276 |
| 19 | Ellis County, KS | May 31, 2020 08:30 | May 31, 2020 10:15 | 1h 45m | 4,161 | 4,539 |
| 20 | Shawnee County, KS | May 25, 2020 06:00 | May 25, 2020 18:15 | 12h 15m | 3,957 | 7,244 |
| 21 | Crawford County, KS | August 29, 2020 14:00 | August 31, 2020 18:30 | 2d 4h | 3,903 | 28K |
| 22 | Reno County, KS | June 10, 2020 03:30 | June 10, 2020 09:45 | 6h 15m | 3,866 | 5,516 |
| 23 | Douglas County, KS | June 9, 2020 05:30 | June 9, 2020 08:30 | 3h | 3,584 | 926 |
| 24 | Riley County, KS | July 9, 2020 07:00 | July 10, 2020 17:15 | 1d 10h | 3,355 | 5,357 |
| 25 | Johnson County, KS | November 24, 2020 13:15 | November 24, 2020 23:45 | 10h 30m | 3,285 | 2,093 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 79% of Kansas's electricity customers in 2020; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.