Power Out Map
– 0% of Republic out 0 customers out in Kansas

Power outage history

Republic County Kansas

2.7hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

54th most of 81 in Kansas 59% below the national median

Worst outage on record Apr 20, 2023 19% of customers out · 90% back in 18 hours
Hours without power, average customer per year 2.7h / yr State average 3.0 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 2.7 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 3hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 19hours Apr 20, 2023, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 38% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2023 6.2 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 2,731 ORNL customer model · 6 well-covered years

Every day since 2015

Eleven years, one night at a time

Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Republic's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
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Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

2023 was the worst well-recorded year, at 6.2 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Republic, hours without power per customer

RepublicUS median countyKansas average
0 2 4 6 8 1.0 ’20 3.9 ’21 0.7 ’22 6.2 ’23 1.3 ’24 3.2 ’25 US 6.6 KS 3.0

The record

The biggest outages since 2015

Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.

Began Storm Peak out Share Lasted 90% restored Customer-hours
Apr 20, 2023 Thunderstorms 506 19% 19 h 18 h 3.2k
Jul 28, 2023 Thunderstorms 506 19% 5.8 h 1.0 h 2.9k
May 27, 2021 No storm report 786 29% 5.8 h 5.5 h 2.2k
May 22, 2025 No storm report 625 23% 3.2 h 3.0 h 2.0k
May 18, 2025 No storm report 288 11% 5.5 h 2.8 h 1.6k
Mar 19, 2025 No storm report 253 9% 7.2 h 5.8 h 1.4k
Feb 8, 2024 No storm report 514 19% 2.0 h 3.0 h 966
Jun 29, 2023 Thunderstorms 314 12% 3.2 h 3.0 h 924
May 16, 2021 No storm report 417 15% 2.5 h 30 min 850
Jul 30, 2023 Thunderstorms 391 14% 3.0 h 2.8 h 778
Jun 7, 2022 Tornadoes 312 11% 5.5 h 4.8 h 768
Feb 16, 2021 No storm report 567 21% 1.2 h 1.2 h 709

After the peak

How fast the lights come back

Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +2h 90% by +4h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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What was happening

Weather behind the outages

Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Republic from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • No storm on record 63%
  • Thunderstorms 34%
  • Tornadoes 3.1%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Republic

As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Kansas territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.

Utility Type Outage min / yr Excl. major storms Outages / yr Residential ¢/kWh Customers
Rolling Hills Electric Coop KS – – – 17.3 74k
Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc Cooperative 383 157 – 14.8 13k
City of Belleville KS – – – – 8.3k

EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.

Next door

Neighbouring counties

Across Kansas

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

All Kansas counties →

About these numbers

Notes

Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 2,731 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →