Sarpy County power outages

Nebraska outage history from 2015 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

Sarpy County, Nebraska had 10 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Below middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.60 times the US outage time per person and 1.46 times the Nebraska rate. It ranks 5 of 35 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.1major outages per year
6 of 9years with a major outage
125 hrslongest major outage
Jul, Junhardest months

July and June made up 81% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jun 17, 2017, reached 27,713 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 119.0 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
201531,062310
201682,788531
20171,044,077361
201898,647341
201985,406370
202052,105291
20211,182,146515
202260,113330
202347,327401

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
Jun 17, 2017119.027,713998,525
Jul 10, 2021124.834,696834,422
Jul 10, 20214.536,763164,033
Oct 14, 201827.58,29856,063
May 18, 20197.29,14250,306

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

  • A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
  • Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
  • Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.