Power outage history
Otoe County Nebraska
1.4hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
19th most of 28 in Nebraska 79% 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 Otoe'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 3.0 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Otoe, 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 | Windstorm | 1,028 | 11% | 27 h | 25 h | 14k |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Windstorm | 377 | 4% | 44 h | – | 11k |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Winter storm | 493 | 5% | 16 h | 5.8 h | 6.6k |
| Oct 11, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 449 | 5% | 19 h | – | 6.4k |
| Jun 16, 2017 | No storm report | 356 | 4% | 12 h | – | 3.9k |
| Jan 18, 2019 | No storm report | 459 | 5% | 11 h | – | 3.6k |
| Jul 4, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 205 | 2% | 10 h | – | 1.7k |
| Jun 30, 2016 | No storm report | 197 | 2% | 8.0 h | – | 1.6k |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Heat | 230 | 2% | 10 h | – | 1.5k |
| Aug 19, 2016 | No storm report | 196 | 2% | 6.8 h | – | 1.3k |
| Jan 3, 2022 | No storm report | 364 | 4% | 4.0 h | – | 1.3k |
| Nov 29, 2022 | No storm report | 438 | 5% | 3.5 h | – | 1.3k |
| Jun 19, 2016 | No storm report | 430 | 4% | 4.0 h | – | 1.2k |
| May 7, 2020 | No storm report | 359 | 4% | 4.2 h | – | 1.2k |
| May 27, 2015 | No storm report | 321 | 3% | 3.8 h | – | 1.2k |
| Feb 2, 2016 | No storm report | 172 | 2% | 8.8 h | – | 1.1k |
| Jun 20, 2021 | No storm report | 269 | 3% | 4.5 h | – | 1.1k |
| Aug 11, 2016 | No storm report | 304 | 3% | 4.0 h | – | 984 |
| Sep 2, 2018 | No storm report | 302 | 3% | 5.0 h | – | 950 |
| Aug 12, 2017 | No storm report | 296 | 3% | 3.0 h | – | 888 |
| Aug 20, 2017 | No storm report | 121 | 1% | 7.8 h | – | 841 |
| Jul 9, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 236 | 2% | 4.2 h | – | 816 |
| Jun 18, 2020 | Flooding | 278 | 3% | 3.5 h | – | 807 |
| Sep 24, 2019 | No storm report | 269 | 3% | 3.0 h | – | 807 |
| Jan 5, 2025 | No storm report | 317 | 3% | 2.5 h | – | 792 |
| Feb 2, 2016 | No storm report | 249 | 3% | 3.5 h | – | 781 |
| Nov 26, 2015 | No storm report | 174 | 2% | 5.0 h | – | 758 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 147 | 2% | 6.8 h | – | 736 |
| Apr 30, 2018 | No storm report | 132 | 1% | 5.5 h | – | 726 |
| Mar 3, 2022 | No storm report | 419 | 4% | 2.0 h | – | 700 |
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 Otoe from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Windstorm 38%
- No storm on record 32%
- Thunderstorms 15%
- Winter storm 11%
- Heat 2.3%
- Flooding 1.2%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Otoe
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 |
| City of Nebraska City | NE | – | – | – | 10.9 | 57k |
| City of Syracuse | NE | – | – | – | 11.0 | 9.6k |
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
- Cass 8.5 h
- Atchison, MO 6.0 h
- Fremont, IA 4.8 h
- Johnson 3.5 h
- Nemaha 3.1 h
- Gage 2.5 h
- Otoe (this county) 1.4 h
- Lancaster 0.5 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 9,649 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 →