Power outage history
Burt County Nebraska
2.4hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
63% below the national median
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 Burt's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2019 was the worst well-recorded year, at 2.4 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Burt, hours without power per customer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2025 | Winter storm | 1,846 | 52% | 34 h | 13 h | 36k |
| Mar 20, 2025 | No storm report | 947 | 27% | 26 h | 25 h | 7.3k |
| May 26, 2022 | No storm report | 1,032 | 29% | 4.8 h | 4.8 h | 4.9k |
| Jan 22, 2018 | No storm report | 1,032 | 29% | 4.2 h | 1.5 h | 2.7k |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 829 | 23% | 6.5 h | 48 min | 2.0k |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Winter storm | 1,835 | 51% | 3.0 h | 1.0 h | 1.9k |
| Jul 5, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 1,029 | 29% | 4.0 h | 3.0 h | 1.9k |
| Dec 2, 2025 | No storm report | 301 | 8% | 5.5 h | 5.5 h | 1.7k |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 820 | 23% | 2.2 h | 30 min | 1.6k |
| Oct 12, 2022 | No storm report | 826 | 23% | 2.5 h | 1.5 h | 1.2k |
| Nov 29, 2022 | No storm report | 711 | 20% | 1.5 h | 1.5 h | 1.1k |
| Jun 26, 2025 | No storm report | 817 | 23% | 1.5 h | 9.2 h | 1.0k |
| Apr 20, 2018 | No storm report | 1,028 | 29% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 1.0k |
| May 8, 2019 | No storm report | 706 | 20% | 1.2 h | 1.2 h | 882 |
| Mar 15, 2019 | No storm report | 705 | 20% | 1.2 h | 1.2 h | 881 |
| May 12, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 843 | 24% | 1.2 h | 1.0 h | 856 |
| Jun 14, 2018 | No storm report | 1,026 | 29% | 48 min | 48 min | 770 |
| Jun 13, 2024 | No storm report | 1,024 | 29% | 48 min | 48 min | 768 |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Ice storm | 1,018 | 28% | 48 min | 2.5 h | 764 |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Ice storm | 120 | 3% | 7.0 h | – | 656 |
| Jul 25, 2016 | No storm report | 1,029 | 29% | 30 min | 30 min | 514 |
| Dec 25, 2016 | No storm report | 116 | 3% | 4.0 h | – | 464 |
| Jun 9, 2024 | No storm report | 94 | 3% | 3.8 h | – | 352 |
| Dec 17, 2017 | No storm report | 704 | 20% | 30 min | 30 min | 352 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | No storm report | 114 | 3% | 2.8 h | – | 314 |
| Jun 26, 2020 | No storm report | 114 | 3% | 2.0 h | – | 228 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | No storm report | 95 | 3% | 2.0 h | – | 190 |
| Oct 13, 2021 | No storm report | 118 | 3% | 1.5 h | – | 177 |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 50 | 1% | 3.5 h | – | 175 |
| Jun 10, 2020 | No storm report | 317 | 9% | 30 min | 30 min | 158 |
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.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Burt from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Winter storm 54%
- No storm on record 38%
- Thunderstorms 6.9%
- Ice storm 2.0%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Burt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 558 | 98 | 1.57 | 13.3 | 369k |
| Nebraska Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 195 | 77 | 0.90 | 10.9 | 74k |
| Burt County Public Power Dist | NE | – | – | – | 13.1 | 62k |
| Cuming County Public Pwr Dist | NE | – | – | – | 10.0 | 52k |
| City of Lyons | NE | – | – | – | – | 4.4k |
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
- Washington 17 h
- Harrison, IA 4.4 h
- Monona, IA 3.6 h
- Burt (this county) 2.4 h
- Dodge 2.4 h
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 3,574 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 →