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Rawlins County, Kansas had 3 major outages from 2015 to 2023
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August and May made up 62% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Aug 12, 2019, reached 1,598 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 20.5 hours.
Outage impact by year
Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.
Show yearly numbers
| Year | Customer-hours | Reported outages | Major outages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,963 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1,364 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10,324 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3,878 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 29,792 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2,711 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 924 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2,895 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9,052 | 7 | 1 |
When outages hit
Share of this county's customer-hours by month.
Largest outages on record
| Start date | Hours | Peak customers | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2019 | 20.5 | 1,598 | 28,388 |
| Apr 30, 2017 | 6.0 | 1,227 | 4,301 |
| Oct 17, 2023 | 2.2 | 1,806 | 3,716 |
| May 2, 2023 | 12.2 | 272 | 3,332 |
| May 1, 2017 | 5.0 | 591 | 2,945 |
Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.
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