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

Power outage history

Dixon County Nebraska

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

Worst outage on record Jun 18, 2016 13% of customers out · 90% back in 7.2 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% 2hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 3hours Jun 18, 2016, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 24% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year –
Electricity customers 2,860 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 Dixon's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

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Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

Dixon, hours without power per customer

DixonUS median countyNebraska average
0 2 4 6 8 ’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
Jun 18, 2016 Thunderstorms 358 13% 3.2 h 7.2 h 1.2k
Jan 22, 2018 Winter storm 624 22% 1.8 h 1.8 h 1.1k
Nov 13, 2021 No storm report 624 22% 1.5 h 1.5 h 936
Apr 23, 2021 No storm report 624 22% 1.5 h 1.5 h 936
Apr 28, 2024 No storm report 418 15% 2.0 h 2.0 h 836
Jul 20, 2016 Heat 627 22% 1.2 h 1.2 h 784
Feb 18, 2016 No storm report 627 22% 1.2 h 1.2 h 784
Jun 2, 2024 No storm report 418 15% 1.8 h 1.8 h 732
Jun 24, 2020 No storm report 624 22% 48 min 48 min 468
Jan 12, 2024 Winter storm 243 9% 12 min 12 min 61
Jan 12, 2024 Winter storm 243 9% 12 min 12 min 61

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.

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

  • No storm on record 76%
  • Winter storm 24%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Dixon

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
Northeast Power Political Subdivision – – – 9.6 6.9k
Cedar-Knox Public Power Dist Political Subdivision – – – 9.0 6.0k
City of Emerson NE – – – – 5.8k
City of Wakefield NE – – – 12.4 5.4k

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

Across Nebraska

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

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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 2,860 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 →