Power outages in Sterling, NE
Live outages for Sterling and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Sterling has 481 residents.
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SterlingJohnson County
Outage history in Johnson County, which includes Sterling
2014–2025 recordJohnson County averaged 5 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Nebraska counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 6. Half were over within 4.5 hours; the longest lasted 16 hours, starting August 8, 2025.
The largest on record began December 15, 2021, with 819 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in April.
5significant 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.3 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.19 hourslongest on record (December 2021)
819most 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 | 819 | 15 minutes | 205 |
| October 21, 2025 | 759 | 1.5 hours | 1,139 |
| November 29, 2022 | 646 | 4 hours | 2,332 |
| December 15, 2021 | 604 | 19 hours | 5,093 |
| May 17, 2017 | 531 | 3 hours | 1,425 |
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.