Power outages in Dawes County, NE

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Dawes County yet. Nebraska Public Power District, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration and Niobrara Electric Assn, Inc serve this county.

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Nebraska Public Power Districtno 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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WAPA-- Western Area Power Administrationno 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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Niobrara Electric Assn, 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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Northwest Rural Pub Pwr Distno 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 Dawes County

2014–2025 record

Dawes County averaged 3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Nebraska counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 5. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 3 hours, starting May 21, 2025.

The largest on record began March 9, 2017, with 2,891 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in April.

3significant 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.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
13 hourslongest on record (November 2022)
2,891most 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.
March 9, 20172,8912.5 hours6,619
March 29, 20172,88545 minutes2,164
July 18, 20172,8582 hours5,228
July 27, 20172,8578 hours22,142
August 10, 20172,85515 minutes714

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.