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Power outage history
Nebraska
3.5hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 37th of 51.
Electricity customers 1,033,489 Across 93 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2024 10 hours without power, average customer
County by county
Where Nebraska 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
Nebraska's largest outages
Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 219,263 | 21.2% |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 195,370 | 18.9% |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Winter storm | 118,476 | 11.5% |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 79,602 | 7.7% |
| Aug 10, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 57,289 | 5.5% |
| Oct 14, 2018 | Winter storm | 54,990 | 5.3% |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 47,858 | 4.6% |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 38,371 | 3.7% |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 36,766 | 3.6% |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Tornadoes | 35,171 | 3.4% |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Winter storm | 28,385 | 2.8% |
Every county
All 93 counties
| County | Hours / yr | Major outages since 2018 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thayer | 21 | 52 | 1,346 |
| Seward | 18 | 11 | 5,805 |
| Washington | 17 | 60 | 8,327 |
| Saunders | 14 | 21 | 10,400 |
| Sioux | 12 | 41 | 660 |
| Douglas | 8.6 | 6 | 261,904 |
| Cass | 8.5 | 23 | 12,382 |
| Saline | 8.2 | 13 | 4,407 |
| Sarpy | 6.5 | 8 | 77,047 |
| Pawnee | 5.6 | 29 | 1,271 |
| Jefferson | 3.9 | 21 | 3,690 |
| Cherry | 3.7 | 3 | 4,043 |
| Richardson | 3.7 | 9 | 5,162 |
| Johnson | 3.5 | 25 | 2,243 |
| Fillmore | 3.4 | 9 | 3,217 |
| Nemaha | 3.1 | 16 | 2,736 |
| Gage | 2.5 | 10 | 8,494 |
| Burt | 2.4 | 17 | 3,574 |
| Dodge | 2.4 | 3 | 26,026 |
| Hamilton | 2.3 | 7 | 4,863 |
| York | 2.2 | 9 | 10,586 |
| Dawes | 1.5 | 6 | 5,555 |
| Otoe | 1.4 | 1 | 9,649 |
| Sheridan | 1.3 | 12 | 3,062 |
| Pierce | 1.1 | 6 | 3,197 |
| Dakota | 0.9 | 6 | 17,046 |
| Buffalo | 0.7 | 3 | 35,218 |
| Holt | 0.7 | 9 | 8,581 |
| Scotts Bluff | 0.7 | 6 | 21,716 |
| Keith | 0.7 | 7 | 7,643 |
| Dawson | 0.6 | 4 | 12,044 |
| Madison | 0.6 | 4 | 21,864 |
| Colfax | 0.5 | 0 | 6,814 |
| Lancaster | 0.5 | 0 | 165,006 |
| Red Willow | 0.3 | 3 | 8,983 |
| Adams | – | 0 | 20,998 |
| Antelope | – | 3 | 3,462 |
| Arthur | – | 1 | 166 |
| Banner | – | 0 | 622 |
| Blaine | – | 1 | 357 |
| Boone | – | 0 | 2,481 |
| Box Butte | – | 0 | 8,277 |
| Boyd | – | 18 | 1,340 |
| Brown | – | 12 | 1,481 |
| Butler | – | 0 | 6,787 |
| Cedar | – | 2 | 5,363 |
| Chase | – | 0 | 2,452 |
| Cheyenne | – | 0 | 9,606 |
| Clay | – | 0 | 4,226 |
| Cuming | – | 0 | 5,459 |
| Custer | – | 0 | 10,246 |
| Deuel | – | 5 | 1,065 |
| Dixon | – | 6 | 2,860 |
| Dundy | – | 0 | 1,046 |
| Franklin | – | 0 | 852 |
| Frontier | – | 0 | 1,500 |
| Furnas | – | 5 | 3,205 |
| Garden | – | 18 | 1,392 |
| Garfield | – | 0 | 1,798 |
| Gosper | – | 1 | 804 |
| Grant | – | 1 | 251 |
| Greeley | – | 0 | 1,325 |
| Hall | – | 0 | 38,623 |
| Harlan | – | 10 | 2,690 |
| Hayes | – | 0 | 437 |
| Hitchcock | – | 0 | 1,335 |
| Hooker | – | 0 | 653 |
| Howard | – | 0 | 4,588 |
| Kearney | – | 1 | 3,115 |
| Keya Paha | – | 1 | 686 |
| Kimball | – | 0 | 2,487 |
| Knox | – | 1 | 7,968 |
| Lincoln | – | 0 | 23,525 |
| Logan | – | 0 | 489 |
| Loup | – | 1 | 435 |
| McPherson | – | 0 | 213 |
| Merrick | – | 0 | 3,869 |
| Morrill | – | 0 | 3,740 |
| Nance | – | 0 | 1,437 |
| Nuckolls | – | 0 | 2,710 |
| Perkins | – | 3 | 1,727 |
| Phelps | – | 0 | 6,119 |
| Platte | – | 0 | 16,729 |
| Polk | – | 0 | 4,253 |
| Rock | – | 5 | 644 |
| Sherman | – | 10 | 2,413 |
| Stanton | – | 0 | 3,812 |
| Thomas | – | 0 | 580 |
| Thurston | – | 4 | 3,240 |
| Valley | – | 0 | 3,574 |
| Wayne | – | 0 | 4,484 |
| Webster | – | 0 | 2,418 |
| Wheeler | – | 0 | 514 |
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities in Nebraska
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 558 | 98 | 13.3 | 369k |
| Lincoln Electric System | Municipal | 241 | 18 | 11.2 | 137k |
| Nebraska Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 195 | 77 | 10.9 | 74k |
| City of Grand Island | Municipal | 37 | 9 | 10.3 | 23k |
| Norris Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 2,541 | 465 | 9.5 | 19k |
| Loup River Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 81 | 18 | 10.8 | 16k |
| Dawson Power District | Political Subdivision | 157 | 106 | 11.3 | 16k |
| Southern Public Power District | Political Subdivision | – | – | 9.1 | 15k |
| City of Fremont | Municipal | 3,081 | 18 | 12.3 | 14k |
| City of North Platte | Municipal | – | – | 11.7 | 12k |
| City of Hastings | Municipal | 50 | 7 | 11.8 | 12k |
| Cornhusker Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 2,701 | 2,701 | 11.0 | 7.4k |
| Northeast Power | Political Subdivision | – | – | 9.6 | 6.9k |
| Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist | Political Subdivision | 132 | 111 | 9.3 | 6.2k |
| Cedar-Knox Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | – | – | 9.0 | 6.0k |
| City of South Sioux City | Municipal | – | – | 12.9 | 5.1k |
| Butler Public Power District | Political Subdivision | – | – | 11.6 | 4.8k |
| Custer Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 2 | 2 | 13.1 | 4.7k |
| Perennial Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 2,100 | 84 | 10.1 | 4.1k |
| City of Lexington | Municipal | – | – | 10.4 | 3.9k |
| South Central Public Pwr Dist | Political Subdivision | – | – | 9.5 | 3.8k |
| Midwest Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 65 | 65 | 12.0 | 2.4k |
| Southwest Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 80 | 80 | 10.5 | 2.2k |
| Stanton County Public Pwr Dist | Political Subdivision | 123 | 85 | 10.9 | 2.1k |
| High West Energy, Inc | Cooperative | – | – | 14.6 | 1.8k |