Power outages in Thomas County, KS

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Thomas County yet. Midwest Energy Inc - (KS), Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc and City of Colby - (KS) serve this county.

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Midwest Energy Inc - (KS)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Prairie Land Electric Coop Incno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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City of Colby - (KS)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Thomas County

2014–2025 record

Thomas County averaged 10 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Kansas counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 7. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 3.5 hours, starting October 3, 2025.

The largest on record began April 30, 2017, with 1,575 customers out at once.

10significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
4.5 dayslongest on record (April 2017)
1,575most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
April 30, 20171,5754.5 days77,973
December 15, 20211,28610 hours2,917
June 9, 20201,1081.5 hours618
October 20, 20199711.5 hours1,457
February 23, 20219657 hours618

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.