Power Out Map
– 0% of Boyd out 0 customers out in Nebraska

Power outage history

Boyd County Nebraska

The outage record here is too thin for a reliable yearly average. Raw events are listed below.

Worst outage on record Apr 14, 2018 39% of customers out · 90% back in 38 hours
Hours without power, average customer per year –h / yr State average 4.8 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year – Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 3hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 44hours Apr 13, 2018, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 57% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year –
Electricity customers 1,340 ORNL customer model · 0 well-covered years

Every day since 2015

Eleven years, one night at a time

Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Boyd's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

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Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

Boyd, hours without power per customer

BoydUS median countyNebraska average
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 ’15 ’16 ’17 ’18 ’19 ’20 ’21 ’22 ’23 ’24 ’25 US 6.6 NE 4.8

The record

The biggest outages since 2015

Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.

Began Storm Peak out Share Lasted 90% restored Customer-hours
Apr 13, 2018 Winter storm 523 39% 44 h 38 h 13k
Mar 13, 2019 Flooding 519 39% 44 h 6.0 h 5.1k
Jun 4, 2017 No storm report 525 39% 4.2 h 4.2 h 2.2k
Sep 9, 2017 No storm report 282 21% 7.0 h 7.0 h 1.9k
May 28, 2024 No storm report 506 38% 3.8 h 3.5 h 1.9k
Sep 18, 2022 No storm report 425 32% 4.5 h 4.2 h 1.8k
Sep 29, 2024 No storm report 437 33% 3.5 h 3.5 h 1.5k
Nov 6, 2022 No storm report 433 32% 3.0 h 3.0 h 1.3k
May 29, 2024 No storm report 507 38% 2.2 h 2.0 h 1.1k
Mar 17, 2024 No storm report 290 22% 3.8 h 3.5 h 1.1k
Jul 10, 2020 No storm report 502 37% 2.8 h 2.8 h 1.1k
May 26, 2021 No storm report 249 19% 3.0 h 3.0 h 747

After the peak

How fast the lights come back

Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +4h 90% by +4h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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What was happening

Weather behind the outages

Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Boyd from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • No storm on record 43%
  • Winter storm 40%
  • Flooding 15%
  • Thunderstorms 0.8%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Boyd

As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Nebraska territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.

Utility Type Outage min / yr Excl. major storms Outages / yr Residential ¢/kWh Customers
Nebraska Public Power District Political Subdivision 195 77 0.90 10.9 74k
Niobrara Valley El Member Corp NE – – – 10.2 56k
City of Spencer NE – – – – 3.8k
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration Federal – – – – –

EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.

Next door

Neighbouring counties

Across Nebraska

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

All Nebraska counties →

About these numbers

Notes

Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 1,340 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →