Power outage history
Red Willow County Nebraska
0.3hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
28th most of 28 in Nebraska 95% 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 Red Willow's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2021 was the worst well-recorded year, at 1.1 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Red Willow, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 2,067 | 23% | 3.2 h | 2.0 h | 5.3k |
| Jun 19, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 822 | 9% | 3.5 h | 1.5 h | 2.9k |
| May 14, 2017 | No storm report | 760 | 8% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 2.3k |
| May 30, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 1,219 | 14% | 1.8 h | 1.8 h | 2.1k |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Windstorm | 1,255 | 14% | 1.2 h | 48 min | 1.6k |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Windstorm | 648 | 7% | 2.2 h | 2.2 h | 1.5k |
| Nov 1, 2021 | No storm report | 1,248 | 14% | 48 min | 30 min | 934 |
| Aug 11, 2015 | No storm report | 193 | 2% | 3.8 h | – | 724 |
| Nov 5, 2020 | No storm report | 525 | 6% | 1.2 h | 1.2 h | 656 |
| Jun 11, 2020 | No storm report | 382 | 4% | 1.8 h | – | 625 |
| Jan 17, 2021 | No storm report | 231 | 3% | 2.2 h | – | 520 |
| Jun 7, 2020 | No storm report | 317 | 4% | 2.0 h | – | 479 |
| Jun 1, 2018 | No storm report | 271 | 3% | 1.8 h | – | 474 |
| May 10, 2024 | No storm report | 390 | 4% | 1.2 h | – | 458 |
| May 10, 2017 | No storm report | 625 | 7% | 30 min | 30 min | 312 |
| Jul 3, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 277 | 3% | 30 min | – | 138 |
| Apr 30, 2017 | Winter storm | 109 | 1% | 1.2 h | – | 131 |
| Dec 23, 2015 | No storm report | 159 | 2% | 48 min | – | 119 |
| Dec 8, 2015 | No storm report | 195 | 2% | 30 min | – | 98 |
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 Red Willow from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Thunderstorms 59%
- No storm on record 30%
- Windstorm 11%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Red Willow
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 |
| Twin Valleys Public Power Dist | NE | 132 | – | – | 11.9 | 41k |
| McCook Public Power District | NE | – | – | – | 13.8 | 40k |
| City of Indianola | NE | – | – | – | – | 2.7k |
| Southwest Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 80 | 80 | 0.98 | 10.5 | 2.2k |
| Village of Bartley | NE | – | – | – | – | 1.6k |
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
- Decatur, KS 7.8 h
- Rawlins, KS 7.1 h
- Red Willow (this county) 0.3 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 8,983 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 →