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

Power outage history

Harlan County Nebraska

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

Worst outage on record Aug 8, 2019 27% of customers out · 90% back in 4.8 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 5hours Aug 8, 2019, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 37% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year –
Electricity customers 2,690 ORNL customer model · 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 Harlan'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

Harlan, hours without power per customer

HarlanUS 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
Aug 8, 2019 No storm report 736 27% 4.8 h 4.8 h 3.5k
Mar 19, 2025 Winter storm 751 28% 2.5 h 2.2 h 1.9k
Dec 25, 2016 Windstorm 738 27% 2.5 h 2.5 h 1.8k
May 21, 2024 Thunderstorms 753 28% 1.8 h 1.8 h 1.3k
Oct 20, 2016 No storm report 739 27% 2.0 h 1.8 h 1.3k
Mar 4, 2016 No storm report 736 27% 1.8 h 1.8 h 1.3k
Nov 16, 2016 No storm report 739 27% 1.5 h 1.5 h 1.1k
Apr 2, 2024 No storm report 757 28% 1.2 h 1.0 h 943
Apr 25, 2021 No storm report 744 28% 1.0 h 1.0 h 744
Jan 25, 2018 No storm report 738 27% 1.0 h 1.0 h 738
Apr 11, 2017 No storm report 737 27% 1.0 h 1.0 h 737
Feb 2, 2016 Winter storm 736 27% 1.0 h 1.0 h 736

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

  • No storm on record 63%
  • Thunderstorms 22%
  • Winter storm 15%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Harlan

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
Twin Valleys Public Power Dist NE 132 – – 11.9 41k
Southern Public Power District Political Subdivision – – – 9.1 15k
Village of Oxford NE – – – – 4.0k

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+

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 2,690 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 →