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

Power outage history

Pawnee County Nebraska

5.6hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

9th most of 28 in Nebraska 15% below the national median

Worst outage on record Dec 15, 2021 100% of customers out · 90% back in 6.8 hours
Hours without power, average customer per year 5.6h / yr State average 4.8 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 3.6 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 3.0days Dec 15, 2021, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 62% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2021 16 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 1,271 ORNL customer model · 8 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 Pawnee'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

2021 was the worst well-recorded year, at 16 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Pawnee, hours without power per customer

PawneeUS median countyNebraska average
0 5 10 15 20 6.1 ’15 10.0 ’16 5.5 ’17 2.6 ’18 3.9 ’19 3.8 ’20 16 ’21 2.8 ’22 3.5 ’23 3.8 ’24 8.0 ’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
Dec 15, 2021 Tornadoes 1,271 100% 3.0 d 6.8 h 15k
Mar 4, 2025 Winter storm 294 23% 20 h 14 h 4.5k
Oct 31, 2016 No storm report 80 6% 2.0 d 2.0 d 3.9k
Aug 20, 2017 No storm report 1,127 89% 4.2 h 3.2 h 3.8k
Jul 10, 2025 No storm report 449 35% 4.8 h 8.5 h 2.1k
Aug 22, 2015 No storm report 476 37% 4.8 h 2.0 h 1.8k
Sep 3, 2021 No storm report 455 36% 4.5 h 4.5 h 1.8k
Jun 9, 2020 Thunderstorms 1,271 100% 1.5 h 1.5 h 1.7k
Aug 19, 2016 No storm report 451 35% 3.8 h 5.2 h 1.6k
Jan 21, 2018 No storm report 1,098 86% 4.8 h 4.2 h 1.4k
Nov 20, 2015 No storm report 479 38% 3.0 h 12 h 1.3k
Apr 7, 2016 No storm report 468 37% 3.0 h 3.0 h 1.3k

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 +4h 90% by +6h

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

  • No storm on record 38%
  • Tornadoes 31%
  • Thunderstorms 16%
  • Winter storm 13%
  • Flooding 1.8%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Pawnee

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

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 1,271 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 →