Power outages in Ellis County, KS
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Ellis County yet. Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) and Western Coop Electric Assn Inc serve this county.
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No live outage data for Ellis County yet.
Midwest Energy Inc - (KS)no live feedServes this county, per federal utility records.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Western Coop Electric Assn Incno live feedServes this county, per federal utility records.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
County outline
Outage history in Ellis County
2014–2025 recordEllis County averaged 16.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Kansas counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 12. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 15 hours, starting March 19, 2025.
The largest on record began December 15, 2021, with 9,661 customers out at once.
16.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.5.3 dayslongest on record (December 2021)
9,661most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| December 15, 2021 | 9,661 | 5.3 days | 130,144 |
| December 8, 2016 | 9,333 | 3 hours | 10,435 |
| November 25, 2018 | 8,645 | 17 hours | 63,617 |
| February 2, 2016 | 7,021 | 15 hours | 12,879 |
| August 14, 2019 | 6,672 | 18 hours | 41,906 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
Cities in Ellis County
Utilities
- Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) no live feed
- Western Coop Electric Assn Inc no live feed
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