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Power outage history
Kansas
2.9hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 43rd of 51.
Electricity customers 1,589,259 Across 105 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2023 3.9 hours without power, average customer
County by county
Where Kansas goes dark
Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.
Fewer hours64+ h / yr
Year by year
Hours in the dark, statewide
The record
Kansas's largest outages
Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2021 | No storm report | 158,370 | 10.0% |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 140,036 | 8.8% |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 133,788 | 8.4% |
| May 19, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 82,275 | 5.2% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 69,901 | 4.4% |
| Jul 22, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 63,120 | 4.0% |
| May 25, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 55,443 | 3.5% |
| Jun 2, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 53,210 | 3.4% |
| Jul 30, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 52,832 | 3.3% |
| Jun 17, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 43,232 | 2.7% |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 43,079 | 2.7% |
| Jan 12, 2019 | Winter storm | 41,139 | 2.6% |
| Jun 17, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 38,620 | 2.4% |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Winter storm | 35,798 | 2.3% |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Winter storm | 34,881 | 2.2% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Winter storm | 33,188 | 2.1% |
Every county
All 105 counties
| County | Hours / yr | Major outages since 2018 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 21 | 123 | 6,676 |
| Greeley | 21 | 38 | 655 |
| Chase | 16 | 62 | 699 |
| Phillips | 13 | 37 | 3,109 |
| Graham | 13 | 31 | 1,587 |
| Wichita | 10 | 37 | 2,012 |
| Greenwood | 8.7 | 33 | 4,461 |
| Rooks | 8.6 | 18 | 2,677 |
| Stafford | 8.1 | 52 | 1,665 |
| Trego | 7.9 | 20 | 1,597 |
| Decatur | 7.8 | 22 | 2,329 |
| Gray | 7.7 | 3 | 4,121 |
| Saline | 7.6 | 33 | 14,835 |
| Edwards | 7.3 | 44 | 2,025 |
| Rawlins | 7.1 | 32 | 2,008 |
| Ottawa | 6.9 | 38 | 2,464 |
| Hodgeman | 6.9 | 38 | 965 |
| Smith | 6.8 | 35 | 2,010 |
| Wabaunsee | 6.5 | 41 | 3,194 |
| Kearny | 6.5 | 14 | 3,185 |
| Rush | 6.3 | 24 | 1,399 |
| Barton | 6.2 | 16 | 14,147 |
| Cheyenne | 6.2 | 12 | 2,177 |
| Sheridan | 6.0 | 31 | 1,648 |
| Logan | 6.0 | 60 | 2,091 |
| Elk | 5.6 | 23 | 1,533 |
| Woodson | 5.6 | 27 | 1,911 |
| Rice | 5.5 | 44 | 2,664 |
| Wallace | 5.5 | 40 | 1,427 |
| Morris | 5.2 | 41 | 2,918 |
| Clay | 5.2 | 34 | 5,867 |
| Wyandotte | 4.8 | 8 | 86,346 |
| Ness | 4.3 | 17 | 1,309 |
| Lyon | 4.3 | 28 | 9,811 |
| Hamilton | 4.2 | 18 | 2,192 |
| Doniphan | 4.0 | 28 | 3,810 |
| Jefferson | 4.0 | 19 | 10,486 |
| Pawnee | 3.9 | 18 | 5,884 |
| Norton | 3.7 | 6 | 4,238 |
| Ellis | 3.7 | 14 | 17,869 |
| Washington | 3.7 | 26 | 2,452 |
| Brown | 3.6 | 11 | 5,077 |
| Miami | 3.6 | 5 | 20,608 |
| Linn | 3.6 | 20 | 7,723 |
| Marshall | 3.6 | 19 | 4,214 |
| Harvey | 3.5 | 10 | 19,512 |
| Reno | 3.5 | 10 | 35,754 |
| Ford | 3.4 | 2 | 20,786 |
| Cloud | 3.4 | 13 | 3,413 |
| Johnson | 3.3 | 2 | 296,663 |
| Jewell | 3.2 | 20 | 1,642 |
| Shawnee | 3.2 | 7 | 101,321 |
| Scott | 3.1 | 13 | 3,961 |
| Atchison | 3.1 | 15 | 8,677 |
| Dickinson | 3.0 | 18 | 7,456 |
| Gove | 2.9 | 33 | 1,234 |
| Kiowa | 2.9 | 1 | 1,086 |
| Morton | 2.8 | 10 | 1,066 |
| Cherokee | 2.8 | 18 | 9,878 |
| Anderson | 2.7 | 2 | 6,426 |
| Osage | 2.7 | 24 | 10,783 |
| Republic | 2.7 | 16 | 2,731 |
| Franklin | 2.6 | 8 | 20,702 |
| Leavenworth | 2.5 | 7 | 40,824 |
| Bourbon | 2.5 | 12 | 12,147 |
| Marion | 2.5 | 5 | 7,056 |
| Russell | 2.3 | 12 | 5,948 |
| Douglas | 2.3 | 4 | 68,914 |
| Pottawatomie | 2.3 | 19 | 9,791 |
| Sedgwick | 2.2 | 1 | 255,977 |
| Butler | 2.2 | 5 | 40,152 |
| Riley | 2.0 | 9 | 36,740 |
| Osborne | 1.9 | 10 | 1,752 |
| Sumner | 1.9 | 11 | 8,773 |
| Geary | 1.9 | 8 | 15,302 |
| Chautauqua | 1.9 | 2 | 1,724 |
| Kingman | 1.7 | 4 | 4,799 |
| Labette | 1.7 | 17 | 11,654 |
| Coffey | 1.6 | 11 | 7,173 |
| Sherman | 1.6 | 4 | 5,649 |
| Allen | 1.3 | 6 | 6,341 |
| Cowley | 1.3 | 7 | 21,126 |
| Thomas | 1.2 | 6 | 7,359 |
| Barber | 1.1 | 3 | 1,429 |
| Crawford | 1.1 | 3 | 34,108 |
| Lincoln | 1.0 | 39 | 848 |
| Montgomery | 0.9 | 7 | 23,498 |
| Harper | 0.8 | 5 | 2,876 |
| Wilson | 0.8 | 0 | 7,232 |
| Finney | 0.7 | 0 | 33,836 |
| McPherson | 0.7 | 0 | 22,878 |
| Mitchell | 0.6 | 0 | 5,576 |
| Nemaha | 0.5 | 0 | 7,024 |
| Neosho | 0.4 | 0 | 13,984 |
| Clark | – | 0 | 688 |
| Comanche | – | 0 | 583 |
| Ellsworth | – | 1 | 2,119 |
| Grant | – | 0 | 3,640 |
| Haskell | – | 0 | 1,450 |
| Lane | – | 0 | 745 |
| Meade | – | 0 | 1,376 |
| Pratt | – | 0 | 8,329 |
| Seward | – | 0 | 8,330 |
| Stanton | – | 0 | 1,004 |
| Stevens | – | 0 | 3,339 |
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities in Kansas
Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Investor Owned | 126 | 80 | 14.6 | 344k |
| Evergy Kansas South, Inc | Investor Owned | 244 | 84 | 14.5 | 306k |
| Evergy Metro | Investor Owned | 129 | 64 | 13.2 | 247k |
| City of Kansas City | Municipal | 257 | 130 | 14.9 | 62k |
| Midwest Energy Inc | Cooperative | 581 | 314 | 12.0 | 30k |
| Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 173 | 121 | 15.0 | 20k |
| FreeState Electric Coop | Cooperative | 335 | 327 | 17.8 | 18k |
| Victory Electric Coop Assn Inc | Cooperative | 356 | 126 | 12.3 | 14k |
| Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 383 | 157 | 14.8 | 13k |
| Southern Pioneer Electric Company | Cooperative | 146 | 112 | 16.4 | 13k |
| City of Garden City | Municipal | 159 | 33 | 16.5 | 10k |
| Empire District Electric Co | Investor Owned | 146 | 91 | 13.3 | 8.5k |
| City of McPherson | Municipal | 39 | 15 | 9.5 | 7.5k |
| City of Winfield | Municipal | – | – | 13.5 | 6.3k |
| Western Coop Electric Assn Inc | Cooperative | – | – | 14.6 | 5.8k |
| Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 265 | 218 | 11.8 | 5.0k |
| City of Coffeyville | Municipal | 45 | 13 | 12.4 | 4.7k |
| City of Chanute (KS) | Municipal | – | – | 14.6 | 4.6k |
| CMS Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | – | – | 21.7 | 3.2k |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK) | Cooperative | – | – | 16.3 | 1.1k |