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2023 Kansas Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Kansas customer went without power for about 4.3 hours — the 25th worst of any US state that year, 1.4× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
4.3
Peak customers out
64,696
Rank (worst state)
25th
Counties affected
20

Kansas outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2023 highlighted.

2.2h20152.0h20163.9h20173.2h20183.2h20191.6h20204.0h20212.4h20224.3h20234.3h20242.9h2025

Hardest-hit Kansas counties in 2023

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

1Johnson County64,6962Wyandotte County34,1783Shawnee County17,6444Barton County10,8075Douglas County10,1436Sedgwick County8,2457Reno County8,2088Montgomery County4,7319Ellis County4,66010Greenwood County4,65611Franklin County4,59712Riley County3,94313Leavenworth County3,43614Miami County3,25415Dickinson County2,89916Bourbon County2,86817Lyon County2,74118Saline County2,52419Osage County2,42120Cowley County2,256

Biggest Kansas outages of 2023

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Johnson CountyJuly 14, 202364,696
Wyandotte CountyJuly 14, 202334,178
Johnson CountyJuly 30, 202320,814
Shawnee CountyJuly 14, 202317,644
Wyandotte CountyJuly 30, 202313,697
Barton CountyJuly 15, 202310,807
Douglas CountyJuly 14, 202310,143
Sedgwick CountyJune 16, 20238,245
Reno CountyMay 9, 20238,208
Johnson CountyJanuary 1, 20238,206
Kansas by year:20252024202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWV

Part of the 2023 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.