Power Out Map
– 0% of Brown out 0 customers out in Nebraska

Power outage history

Brown County Nebraska

The outage record here is too thin for a reliable yearly average. Raw events are listed below.

Worst outage on record May 7, 2017 78% of customers out · 90% back in 2.0 hours
Hours without power, average customer per year –h / yr State average 4.8 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year – Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 1hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 10hours Dec 25, 2016, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 22% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year –
Electricity customers 1,481 Estimated from population · 0 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 Brown's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
0%100% of customers out

Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

Brown, hours without power per customer

BrownUS median countyNebraska average
0 2 4 6 8 ’15 ’16 ’17 ’18 ’19 ’20 ’21 ’22 ’23 ’24 ’25 US 6.6 NE 4.8

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
May 7, 2017 No storm report 1,152 78% 2.0 h 2.0 h 2.3k
Mar 29, 2017 No storm report 1,465 99% 1.0 h 1.0 h 1.5k
Apr 13, 2018 Winter storm 320 22% 2.8 h 2.8 h 880
Aug 30, 2025 No storm report 441 30% 1.8 h 1.8 h 772
Jul 13, 2017 No storm report 708 48% 3.0 h 3.0 h 621
Jun 29, 2016 Thunderstorms 334 23% 1.5 h 1.0 h 500
Sep 10, 2019 No storm report 331 22% 1.2 h 1.2 h 414
Mar 31, 2023 No storm report 272 18% 1.5 h 1.5 h 408
Mar 31, 2023 No storm report 272 18% 1.5 h 1.5 h 408
Jun 12, 2025 No storm report 284 19% 1.2 h 1.2 h 355
Dec 25, 2016 Windstorm 37 3% 9.5 h – 352
Jun 23, 2021 Thunderstorms 278 19% 1.2 h 9.0 h 348

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 +2h

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 Brown from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • No storm on record 78%
  • Winter storm 16%
  • Thunderstorms 6.2%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Brown

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

Utility Type Outage min / yr Excl. major storms Outages / yr Residential ¢/kWh Customers
Nebraska Public Power District Political Subdivision 195 77 0.90 10.9 74k
KBR Rural Public Power District NE – – – 13.0 40k
Custer Public Power District Political Subdivision 2 2 0.72 13.1 4.7k

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

  • Cherry 3.7 h
  • Brown (this county) – h

Across Nebraska

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

All Nebraska 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 1,481 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 →