Power outage history
Morrill County Nebraska
The outage record here is too thin for a reliable yearly average. Raw events are listed below.
Worst outage on record Apr 7, 2024 6% of customers out · 90% back in 17 hoursEvery day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Morrill's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
Morrill, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2024 | Winter storm | 220 | 6% | 17 h | 17 h | 3.0k |
| Jun 19, 2021 | No storm report | 215 | 6% | 4.5 h | 4.5 h | 877 |
| Mar 14, 2021 | No storm report | 217 | 6% | 3.5 h | 3.8 h | 760 |
| May 10, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 219 | 6% | 5.2 h | 8.8 h | 723 |
| Jun 12, 2022 | No storm report | 217 | 6% | 3.8 h | 3.8 h | 691 |
| Nov 16, 2025 | No storm report | 125 | 3% | 5.5 h | – | 688 |
| Aug 3, 2015 | No storm report | 226 | 6% | 2.8 h | 2.8 h | 591 |
| May 6, 2023 | No storm report | 284 | 8% | 2.5 h | 2.5 h | 536 |
| Jan 29, 2024 | No storm report | 219 | 6% | 2.2 h | 2.2 h | 493 |
| Jun 2, 2018 | No storm report | 218 | 6% | 2.2 h | 5.0 h | 430 |
| May 7, 2022 | No storm report | 217 | 6% | 1.8 h | 1.8 h | 318 |
| Dec 29, 2022 | No storm report | 216 | 6% | 1.5 h | 1.5 h | 300 |
| Jul 15, 2024 | No storm report | 177 | 5% | 1.8 h | – | 217 |
| Jun 28, 2023 | No storm report | 122 | 3% | 1.5 h | – | 183 |
| Jul 28, 2020 | No storm report | 122 | 3% | 1.5 h | – | 183 |
| Apr 12, 2017 | No storm report | 100 | 3% | 1.8 h | – | 175 |
| Nov 8, 2024 | No storm report | 222 | 6% | 48 min | 48 min | 166 |
| May 13, 2022 | No storm report | 94 | 3% | 1.2 h | – | 118 |
| Dec 17, 2022 | No storm report | 94 | 3% | 1.2 h | – | 104 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | No storm report | 85 | 2% | 1.0 h | – | 78 |
| Dec 13, 2016 | No storm report | 137 | 4% | 30 min | – | 68 |
| Dec 22, 2015 | No storm report | 123 | 3% | 30 min | – | 62 |
| May 15, 2018 | No storm report | 122 | 3% | 30 min | – | 61 |
| May 26, 2023 | No storm report | 106 | 3% | 30 min | – | 53 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | No storm report | 112 | 3% | 1.5 h | – | 48 |
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 Morrill from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 63%
- Winter storm 30%
- Thunderstorms 7.2%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Morrill
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 |
| City of Alliance | NE | – | – | – | 12.9 | 39k |
| Wheat Belt Public Power Dist | NE | – | – | – | 13.8 | 35k |
| Panhandle Rural El Member Assn | NE | – | – | – | 14.0 | 31k |
| Chimney Rock Public Power Dist | NE | – | – | – | 14.1 | 24k |
| City of Bridgeport Utilities | NE | – | – | – | – | 7.8k |
| City of Bayard | NE | – | – | – | – | 5.0k |
| High West Energy, Inc | Cooperative | – | – | – | 14.6 | 1.8k |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | Federal | – | – | – | – | – |
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
- Sheridan 1.3 h
- Scotts Bluff 0.7 h
- Morrill (this county) – 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 3,740 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 →