2021 Kansas Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Kansas customer went without power for about 4.0 hours, the 28th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

4.0

vs prior year

▲ 149%

vs 2020

Customer-hours out

5.8M

Peak customers out

346,184

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

80%

of KS customers

Counties reporting

Kansas year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2021

Customer-hours without power across Kansas; December was the worst.

CSV JSON

All 94 Kansas counties, 2021

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Wabaunsee County	34.4	56K	1,633	1,582	161
2	Ottawa County	31.8	45K	1,406	1,406	124
3	Saline County	26.2	389K	14,835	14,835	662
4	Greeley County	21.5	29K	1,338	766	137
5	Chase County	20.2	14K	699	699	80
6	Dickinson County	17.8	71K	4,008	4,008	298
7	Wichita County	16.6	33K	2,012	1,467	158
8	Wyandotte County	15.6	538K	34,391	13,650	1,104
9	Graham County	15.5	25K	1,587	713	96
10	Sheridan County	15.1	25K	1,648	1,042	112
11	Decatur County	14.6	34K	2,329	959	11
12	Morris County	14.0	18K	1,258	1,258	173
13	Phillips County	12.4	38K	3,109	1,545	66
14	Cherokee County	12.2	36K	2,982	1,328	109
15	Rice County	12.2	32K	2,664	2,288	122
16	Harvey County	12.0	81K	6,745	6,745	595
17	Brown County	11.9	60K	5,077	2,606	152
18	Trego County	10.4	17K	1,597	1,597	18
19	Barton County	10.3	146K	14,147	5,364	408
20	Stafford County	10.0	17K	1,665	984	86
21	Ellis County	9.2	165K	17,869	9,661	216
22	Rawlins County	9.2	18K	2,008	333	11
23	Lincoln County	9.2	7,773	848	286	29
24	Lyon County	8.7	85K	9,811	7,082	512
25	Rush County	8.5	12K	1,399	947	46
26	Geary County	7.6	68K	8,978	5,611	344
27	Logan County	7.3	15K	2,091	2,091	107
28	Gove County	7.2	8,945	1,234	830	41
29	Russell County	7.1	42K	5,948	904	47
30	Rooks County	7.1	19K	2,677	1,150	94
31	Hamilton County	6.9	15K	2,192	592	166
32	Linn County	6.8	53K	7,723	2,851	255
33	Smith County	6.8	14K	2,010	1,230	44
34	Anderson County	6.7	43K	6,426	1,402	183
35	Jefferson County	6.7	70K	10,486	2,141	326
36	Shawnee County	6.5	662K	101,321	28,443	1,076
37	Riley County	6.5	118K	18,190	15,705	654
38	Doniphan County	5.6	21K	3,810	1,201	111
39	Cheyenne County	5.4	12K	2,177	363	52
40	Greenwood County	5.3	24K	4,461	3,899	424
41	Scott County	5.3	21K	3,961	2,046	164
42	Edwards County	5.2	11K	2,025	1,854	50
43	Morton County	5.0	5,342	1,066	1,066	53
44	Atchison County	5.0	43K	8,677	4,858	384
45	Kearny County	4.8	15K	3,185	422	181
46	Washington County	4.8	12K	2,452	827	83
47	Marshall County	4.7	20K	4,214	2,104	244
48	Reno County	4.7	169K	35,754	23,721	779
49	Pottawatomie County	4.5	44K	9,791	2,974	289
50	Kingman County	4.5	21K	4,799	334	124
51	Cloud County	4.4	15K	3,413	859	171
52	Bourbon County	4.2	51K	12,147	5,530	355
53	Marion County	4.1	29K	7,056	1,738	213
54	Republic County	3.9	11K	2,731	786	79
55	Wallace County	3.7	5,313	1,427	329	69
56	Hodgeman County	3.6	3,502	965	720	38
57	Sumner County	3.6	32K	8,773	1,713	288
58	Pawnee County	3.4	20K	5,884	906	97
59	Miami County	3.4	70K	20,608	1,831	576
60	Leavenworth County	3.4	138K	40,824	14,360	796
61	Jackson County	3.2	22K	6,676	1,080	222
62	Norton County	3.0	13K	4,238	496	137
63	Labette County	2.9	34K	11,654	5,048	416
64	Clay County	2.8	17K	5,867	861	76
65	Jewell County	2.7	4,498	1,642	451	61
66	Woodson County	2.6	4,977	1,911	1,600	170
67	Johnson County	2.6	763K	296,663	32,907	803
68	Elk County	2.5	3,894	1,533	152	122
69	Osage County	2.3	25K	10,783	2,436	346
70	Osborne County	2.3	4,042	1,752	251	140
71	Butler County	2.3	92K	40,152	12,074	722
72	Sedgwick County	2.3	576K	255,977	118,716	882
73	Douglas County	1.9	133K	68,914	26,721	858
74	Ness County	1.9	2,500	1,309	545	27
75	Franklin County	1.9	38K	20,702	2,819	458
76	McPherson County	1.6	37K	22,878	2,089	168
77	Nemaha County	1.4	10K	7,024	537	110
78	Crawford County	1.3	45K	34,108	10,386	594
79	Coffey County	1.3	9,041	7,173	731	230
80	Thomas County	1.3	9,253	7,359	1,286	128
81	Allen County	1.2	16K	13,025	1,891	207
82	Sherman County	1.0	5,860	5,649	592	86
83	Cowley County	0.9	20K	21,126	4,462	505
84	Harper County	0.8	2,347	2,876	323	125
85	Montgomery County	0.7	17K	23,498	7,838	537
86	Wilson County	0.5	3,632	7,232	176	97
87	Barber County	0.5	653	1,429	582	48
88	Finney County	0.4	14K	33,836	1,035	320
89	Pratt County	0.3	2,748	8,329	390	16
90	Ellsworth County	0.3	430	1,473	11	8
91	Mitchell County	0.3	1,442	5,576	96	36
92	Gray County	0.2	951	4,121	282	30
93	Neosho County	0.2	2,550	13,984	997	67
94	Seward County	0.0	58	8,330	8	7

Biggest Kansas outages of 2021

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Sedgwick County, KS	April 22, 2021 11:00	April 23, 2021 00:45	13h 45m	118,716	59K
2	Johnson County, KS	February 16, 2021 09:30	February 23, 2021 04:15	6d 18h	32,907	122K
3	Shawnee County, KS	April 22, 2021 23:15	April 22, 2021 23:45	30m	28,443	14K
4	Douglas County, KS	April 22, 2021 23:15	April 23, 2021 01:15	2h	26,721	13K
5	Reno County, KS	April 22, 2021 23:15	April 22, 2021 23:45	30m	23,721	12K
6	Shawnee County, KS	December 15, 2021 15:00	December 19, 2021 21:00	4d 6h	23,275	335K
7	Riley County, KS	April 22, 2021 21:45	April 22, 2021 23:45	2h	15,705	7,858
8	Saline County, KS	December 15, 2021 16:15	December 20, 2021 01:30	4d 9h	14,835	319K
9	Saline County, KS	January 15, 2021 08:30	January 15, 2021 10:30	2h	14,835	7,532
10	Leavenworth County, KS	April 22, 2021 22:15	April 22, 2021 23:45	1h 30m	14,360	7,184
11	Saline County, KS	February 20, 2021 20:00	February 22, 2021 15:15	1d 19h	13,814	5,163
12	Wyandotte County, KS	August 21, 2021 03:45	August 24, 2021 20:45	3d 17h	13,650	171K
13	Johnson County, KS	December 15, 2021 13:00	December 19, 2021 00:00	3d 11h	13,378	106K
14	Johnson County, KS	June 10, 2021 11:45	June 13, 2021 08:30	2d 20h	12,438	45K
15	Butler County, KS	April 22, 2021 23:15	April 22, 2021 23:45	30m	12,074	6,037
16	Wyandotte County, KS	June 11, 2021 17:00	June 14, 2021 04:15	2d 11h	10,907	76K
17	Johnson County, KS	February 15, 2021 03:30	February 16, 2021 06:00	1d 2h	10,671	6,064
18	Shawnee County, KS	June 25, 2021 08:45	June 27, 2021 06:15	1d 21h	10,505	61K
19	Crawford County, KS	April 22, 2021 23:15	April 22, 2021 23:45	30m	10,386	5,193
20	Wyandotte County, KS	June 10, 2021 20:15	June 11, 2021 12:15	16h	9,971	12K
21	Sedgwick County, KS	February 26, 2021 14:15	March 2, 2021 01:30	3d 11h	9,820	34K
22	Ellis County, KS	December 15, 2021 18:15	December 27, 2021 18:30	12d	9,661	135K
23	Saline County, KS	March 8, 2021 17:00	March 8, 2021 20:00	3h	9,304	2,853
24	Reno County, KS	December 15, 2021 17:30	December 19, 2021 23:00	4d 5h	9,129	109K
25	Wyandotte County, KS	February 16, 2021 05:00	February 16, 2021 23:45	18h 45m	8,410	14K

EAGLE-I tracked about 80% of Kansas's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Kansas by year:2025 2024 2023 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2021:LA MI WV OR TX MS KY NC

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.