Power outage history
Jefferson County Nebraska
3.9hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
10th most of 28 in Nebraska 41% 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 Jefferson's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2025 was the worst well-recorded year, at 6.0 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Jefferson, 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 | 1,012 | 27% | 27 h | 23 h | 7.4k |
| Mar 21, 2025 | No storm report | 425 | 12% | 8.2 h | 7.5 h | 3.2k |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,055 | 29% | 8.2 h | 5.0 h | 3.0k |
| Oct 11, 2021 | No storm report | 61 | 2% | 2.1 d | – | 2.5k |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 871 | 24% | 10 h | 2.5 h | 2.2k |
| Nov 1, 2020 | No storm report | 572 | 16% | 3.5 h | 3.2 h | 1.7k |
| Jan 30, 2025 | No storm report | 779 | 21% | 2.5 h | 1.0 h | 1.7k |
| Oct 11, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 302 | 8% | 10 h | 9.0 h | 1.5k |
| Aug 10, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 302 | 8% | 11 h | 1.0 h | 1.5k |
| Jul 9, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 290 | 8% | 6.2 h | 3.0 h | 1.3k |
| Jul 31, 2022 | No storm report | 66 | 2% | 20 h | – | 1.3k |
| Jun 28, 2023 | No storm report | 545 | 15% | 2.5 h | 1.0 h | 1.2k |
| Jan 19, 2023 | No storm report | 575 | 16% | 2.2 h | 1.8 h | 1.1k |
| Oct 11, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 368 | 10% | 7.5 h | 6.5 h | 1.1k |
| Sep 14, 2025 | No storm report | 552 | 15% | 1.8 h | 30 min | 958 |
| Jul 4, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 400 | 11% | 9.0 h | 10 h | 860 |
| Aug 9, 2023 | No storm report | 258 | 7% | 3.2 h | 3.0 h | 838 |
| Oct 28, 2021 | No storm report | 78 | 2% | 14 h | – | 780 |
| May 15, 2024 | No storm report | 453 | 12% | 2.8 h | 2.2 h | 745 |
| Jun 7, 2025 | No storm report | 430 | 12% | 2.0 h | 1.8 h | 667 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | No storm report | 253 | 7% | 2.5 h | 2.5 h | 632 |
| Nov 12, 2023 | No storm report | 414 | 11% | 1.5 h | 1.5 h | 621 |
| Mar 26, 2024 | No storm report | 340 | 9% | 2.2 h | 1.8 h | 599 |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Winter storm | 483 | 13% | 2.5 h | 5.0 h | 598 |
| Aug 19, 2024 | No storm report | 102 | 3% | 5.2 h | – | 528 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | No storm report | 404 | 11% | 1.5 h | 11 h | 515 |
| May 19, 2024 | No storm report | 196 | 5% | 2.5 h | 2.2 h | 490 |
| Sep 18, 2024 | No storm report | 131 | 4% | 3.8 h | – | 483 |
| Feb 24, 2025 | No storm report | 135 | 4% | 3.5 h | – | 472 |
| Jun 7, 2022 | No storm report | 303 | 8% | 2.2 h | 48 min | 469 |
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 Jefferson from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 66%
- Thunderstorms 21%
- Winter storm 14%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Jefferson
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Fairbury | NE | – | – | – | 12.1 | 33k |
| Norris Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 2,541 | 465 | 3.12 | 9.5 | 19k |
| Village of Endicott | NE | – | – | – | – | 646 |
| Village of Reynolds | NE | – | – | – | – | 638 |
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
- Thayer 21 h
- Saline 8.2 h
- Jefferson (this county) 3.9 h
- Washington, KS 3.7 h
- Fillmore 3.4 h
- Gage 2.5 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 3,690 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 →