2023 Kansas Power Outage Report
In 2023, the average Kansas customer went without power for about 4.3 hours, the 25th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
4.3
vs prior year
▲ 79%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
6.3M
Peak customers out
133,788
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of KS customers
Counties reporting
94
Kansas year over year
All 94 Kansas counties, 2023
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 | Wyandotte County | 29.5 | 1.0M | 34,391 | 34,178 | 945 |
| 2 | Chase County | 17.4 | 12K | 699 | 699 | 94 |
| 3 | Barton County | 17.0 | 241K | 14,147 | 10,807 | 368 |
| 4 | Greenwood County | 16.8 | 75K | 4,461 | 4,461 | 430 |
| 5 | Wichita County | 16.7 | 34K | 2,012 | 1,924 | 182 |
| 6 | Woodson County | 13.6 | 26K | 1,911 | 1,222 | 165 |
| 7 | Stafford County | 13.2 | 22K | 1,665 | 792 | 89 |
| 8 | Graham County | 10.2 | 16K | 1,587 | 741 | 108 |
| 9 | Wabaunsee County | 10.2 | 17K | 1,633 | 657 | 156 |
| 10 | Rawlins County | 9.4 | 19K | 2,008 | 1,806 | 119 |
| 11 | Kearny County | 9.1 | 29K | 3,185 | 969 | 234 |
| 12 | Phillips County | 8.9 | 28K | 3,109 | 1,824 | 89 |
| 13 | Cheyenne County | 8.3 | 18K | 2,177 | 624 | 92 |
| 14 | Smith County | 8.2 | 16K | 2,010 | 1,472 | 101 |
| 15 | Cherokee County | 7.9 | 23K | 2,982 | 1,416 | 298 |
| 16 | Johnson County | 7.8 | 2.3M | 296,663 | 64,696 | 782 |
| 17 | Wallace County | 7.2 | 10K | 1,427 | 733 | 76 |
| 18 | Greeley County | 7.2 | 9,633 | 1,338 | 414 | 153 |
| 19 | Morris County | 7.1 | 8,952 | 1,258 | 369 | 175 |
| 20 | Republic County | 6.2 | 17K | 2,731 | 506 | 85 |
| 21 | Hodgeman County | 5.2 | 5,024 | 965 | 819 | 34 |
| 22 | Decatur County | 5.2 | 12K | 2,329 | 1,161 | 82 |
| 23 | Shawnee County | 5.0 | 507K | 101,321 | 17,644 | 1,045 |
| 24 | Hamilton County | 4.9 | 11K | 2,192 | 292 | 181 |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 4.9 | 51K | 10,486 | 2,229 | 350 |
| 26 | Rooks County | 4.8 | 13K | 2,677 | 949 | 151 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 4.6 | 94K | 20,702 | 4,597 | 395 |
| 28 | Bourbon County | 4.2 | 51K | 12,147 | 2,868 | 314 |
| 29 | Rice County | 4.1 | 11K | 2,664 | 2,144 | 106 |
| 30 | Logan County | 3.9 | 8,149 | 2,091 | 1,127 | 99 |
| 31 | Jewell County | 3.9 | 6,323 | 1,642 | 204 | 40 |
| 32 | Dickinson County | 3.8 | 15K | 4,008 | 2,899 | 293 |
| 33 | Miami County | 3.7 | 77K | 20,608 | 3,254 | 579 |
| 34 | Cloud County | 3.6 | 12K | 3,413 | 663 | 176 |
| 35 | Lyon County | 3.5 | 34K | 9,811 | 2,741 | 548 |
| 36 | Russell County | 3.4 | 20K | 5,948 | 575 | 37 |
| 37 | Douglas County | 3.2 | 221K | 68,914 | 10,143 | 797 |
| 38 | Harvey County | 3.2 | 22K | 6,745 | 1,781 | 585 |
| 39 | Norton County | 3.2 | 13K | 4,238 | 302 | 155 |
| 40 | Gove County | 3.2 | 3,907 | 1,234 | 623 | 34 |
| 41 | Marion County | 3.0 | 21K | 7,056 | 1,525 | 254 |
| 42 | Atchison County | 2.9 | 25K | 8,677 | 2,082 | 367 |
| 43 | Washington County | 2.9 | 7,144 | 2,452 | 551 | 96 |
| 44 | Leavenworth County | 2.8 | 114K | 40,824 | 3,436 | 783 |
| 45 | Rush County | 2.8 | 3,888 | 1,399 | 318 | 56 |
| 46 | Elk County | 2.8 | 4,259 | 1,533 | 208 | 165 |
| 47 | Sheridan County | 2.5 | 4,142 | 1,648 | 889 | 80 |
| 48 | Riley County | 2.4 | 43K | 18,190 | 3,943 | 647 |
| 49 | Jackson County | 2.3 | 15K | 6,676 | 630 | 303 |
| 50 | Trego County | 2.2 | 3,475 | 1,597 | 530 | 35 |
| 51 | Linn County | 2.1 | 16K | 7,723 | 2,159 | 231 |
| 52 | Saline County | 2.1 | 31K | 14,835 | 2,524 | 649 |
| 53 | Anderson County | 2.0 | 13K | 6,426 | 559 | 190 |
| 54 | Doniphan County | 2.0 | 7,507 | 3,810 | 552 | 86 |
| 55 | Pawnee County | 1.7 | 10K | 5,884 | 542 | 86 |
| 56 | Sherman County | 1.7 | 9,809 | 5,649 | 776 | 98 |
| 57 | Reno County | 1.7 | 59K | 35,754 | 8,208 | 804 |
| 58 | Ness County | 1.6 | 2,131 | 1,309 | 490 | 16 |
| 59 | Allen County | 1.6 | 21K | 13,025 | 1,671 | 153 |
| 60 | Geary County | 1.6 | 14K | 8,978 | 1,218 | 315 |
| 61 | Butler County | 1.5 | 61K | 40,152 | 1,715 | 715 |
| 62 | Crawford County | 1.5 | 52K | 34,108 | 2,000 | 695 |
| 63 | Montgomery County | 1.5 | 35K | 23,498 | 4,731 | 505 |
| 64 | Brown County | 1.5 | 7,564 | 5,077 | 956 | 179 |
| 65 | Sedgwick County | 1.4 | 366K | 255,977 | 8,245 | 979 |
| 66 | Pottawatomie County | 1.4 | 14K | 9,791 | 1,701 | 274 |
| 67 | Marshall County | 1.4 | 5,717 | 4,214 | 777 | 228 |
| 68 | Ottawa County | 1.4 | 1,907 | 1,406 | 108 | 152 |
| 69 | Wilson County | 1.3 | 9,250 | 7,232 | 623 | 83 |
| 70 | Cowley County | 1.2 | 25K | 21,126 | 2,256 | 491 |
| 71 | Osage County | 1.2 | 13K | 10,783 | 2,421 | 307 |
| 72 | Clay County | 1.2 | 6,866 | 5,867 | 456 | 80 |
| 73 | Ellis County | 1.1 | 20K | 17,869 | 4,660 | 247 |
| 74 | Kingman County | 1.1 | 5,342 | 4,799 | 773 | 121 |
| 75 | Thomas County | 1.1 | 8,114 | 7,359 | 550 | 158 |
| 76 | Coffey County | 1.1 | 7,878 | 7,173 | 861 | 191 |
| 77 | Scott County | 1.1 | 4,338 | 3,961 | 423 | 203 |
| 78 | Sumner County | 1.1 | 9,290 | 8,773 | 1,041 | 280 |
| 79 | Labette County | 1.0 | 11K | 11,654 | 855 | 369 |
| 80 | Finney County | 0.8 | 27K | 33,836 | 689 | 338 |
| 81 | Edwards County | 0.7 | 1,515 | 2,025 | 829 | 50 |
| 82 | Lincoln County | 0.5 | 466 | 848 | 92 | 21 |
| 83 | Osborne County | 0.5 | 910 | 1,752 | 327 | 79 |
| 84 | Neosho County | 0.5 | 7,192 | 13,984 | 247 | 80 |
| 85 | Nemaha County | 0.5 | 3,368 | 7,024 | 621 | 122 |
| 86 | McPherson County | 0.4 | 10K | 22,878 | 1,512 | 166 |
| 87 | Mitchell County | 0.4 | 2,330 | 5,576 | 295 | 60 |
| 88 | Harper County | 0.4 | 1,026 | 2,876 | 79 | 111 |
| 89 | Gray County | 0.3 | 1,125 | 4,121 | 284 | 52 |
| 90 | Morton County | 0.3 | 287 | 1,066 | 34 | 45 |
| 91 | Barber County | 0.1 | 175 | 1,429 | 31 | 56 |
| 92 | Pratt County | 0.0 | 254 | 8,329 | 49 | 11 |
| 93 | Seward County | 0.0 | 227 | 8,330 | 8 | 13 |
| 94 | Ellsworth County | 0.0 | 13 | 1,473 | 9 | 2 |
Biggest Kansas outages of 2023
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson County, KS | July 14, 2023 14:45 | July 20, 2023 08:00 | 5d 17h | 64,696 | 1.8M |
| 2 | Wyandotte County, KS | July 14, 2023 20:45 | July 20, 2023 02:15 | 5d 5h | 34,178 | 579K |
| 3 | Johnson County, KS | July 30, 2023 22:15 | August 2, 2023 11:15 | 2d 13h | 20,814 | 181K |
| 4 | Shawnee County, KS | July 14, 2023 17:45 | July 18, 2023 06:15 | 3d 12h | 17,644 | 324K |
| 5 | Wyandotte County, KS | July 30, 2023 20:00 | August 3, 2023 02:00 | 3d 6h | 13,697 | 181K |
| 6 | Barton County, KS | July 15, 2023 17:00 | August 3, 2023 21:45 | 19d 4h | 10,807 | 206K |
| 7 | Douglas County, KS | July 14, 2023 19:45 | July 17, 2023 21:45 | 3d 2h | 10,143 | 110K |
| 8 | Sedgwick County, KS | June 16, 2023 02:15 | June 23, 2023 09:00 | 7d 6h | 8,245 | 27K |
| 9 | Reno County, KS | May 9, 2023 20:15 | May 10, 2023 06:30 | 10h 15m | 8,208 | 8,650 |
| 10 | Johnson County, KS | January 1, 2023 00:00 | March 20, 2023 23:00 | 78d 23h | 8,206 | 63K |
| 11 | Wyandotte County, KS | July 24, 2023 03:15 | July 25, 2023 04:15 | 1d 1h | 8,182 | 12K |
| 12 | Shawnee County, KS | June 30, 2023 23:45 | July 2, 2023 11:00 | 1d 11h | 6,908 | 38K |
| 13 | Wyandotte County, KS | August 25, 2023 13:00 | August 26, 2023 15:30 | 1d 2h | 6,663 | 4,350 |
| 14 | Wyandotte County, KS | July 4, 2023 13:45 | July 6, 2023 03:15 | 1d 13h | 6,293 | 14K |
| 15 | Sedgwick County, KS | August 19, 2023 10:30 | August 21, 2023 11:30 | 2d 1h | 5,671 | 8,636 |
| 16 | Johnson County, KS | December 1, 2023 07:00 | December 1, 2023 19:30 | 12h 30m | 5,466 | 19K |
| 17 | Sedgwick County, KS | May 6, 2023 01:45 | May 7, 2023 21:00 | 1d 19h | 4,987 | 8,787 |
| 18 | Wyandotte County, KS | December 8, 2023 14:15 | December 8, 2023 20:15 | 6h | 4,737 | 12K |
| 19 | Montgomery County, KS | August 5, 2023 11:45 | August 6, 2023 04:30 | 16h 45m | 4,731 | 14K |
| 20 | Ellis County, KS | February 28, 2023 22:00 | March 1, 2023 01:30 | 3h 30m | 4,660 | 2,111 |
| 21 | Franklin County, KS | July 31, 2023 01:00 | August 2, 2023 10:00 | 2d 9h | 4,597 | 62K |
| 22 | Greenwood County, KS | September 19, 2023 12:45 | September 21, 2023 12:45 | 2d | 4,461 | 1,334 |
| 23 | Johnson County, KS | October 30, 2023 10:15 | October 31, 2023 00:00 | 13h 45m | 4,188 | 3,210 |
| 24 | Greenwood County, KS | March 31, 2023 15:30 | March 31, 2023 23:30 | 8h | 4,174 | 13K |
| 25 | Greenwood County, KS | July 14, 2023 22:00 | July 18, 2023 01:45 | 3d 3h | 3,959 | 27K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Kansas's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.