Power outage history
Dodge County Nebraska
2.4hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
16th most of 28 in Nebraska 63% below the national median
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 Dodge's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2025 was the worst well-recorded year, at 14 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Dodge, hours without power per customer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2025 | No storm report | 3,273 | 13% | 5.8 d | 5.7 d | 239k |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Winter storm | 3,285 | 13% | 33 h | 16 h | 104k |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 959 | 4% | 42 h | – | 34k |
| Jan 22, 2018 | No storm report | 3,140 | 12% | 20 h | 15 h | 31k |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Ice storm | 1,095 | 4% | 12 h | – | 6.1k |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,407 | 5% | 5.0 h | 3.5 h | 6.1k |
| Apr 12, 2020 | No storm report | 1,021 | 4% | 6.2 h | – | 5.6k |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Winter storm | 1,661 | 6% | 5.5 h | 1.5 h | 5.2k |
| Mar 13, 2016 | No storm report | 1,113 | 4% | 4.8 h | – | 4.7k |
| Nov 26, 2019 | Winter storm | 1,025 | 4% | 4.0 h | – | 4.1k |
| Aug 10, 2020 | No storm report | 1,264 | 5% | 4.0 h | – | 3.7k |
| Jul 18, 2019 | No storm report | 988 | 4% | 3.8 h | – | 3.7k |
| Apr 11, 2020 | No storm report | 1,237 | 5% | 3.0 h | – | 3.7k |
| Mar 13, 2021 | No storm report | 1,264 | 5% | 2.5 h | – | 2.9k |
| May 19, 2019 | No storm report | 955 | 4% | 2.5 h | – | 2.4k |
| Mar 6, 2017 | No storm report | 1,275 | 5% | 1.8 h | – | 2.2k |
| Dec 24, 2018 | No storm report | 1,062 | 4% | 2.0 h | – | 2.1k |
| Nov 23, 2016 | No storm report | 1,055 | 4% | 2.0 h | – | 2.1k |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 564 | 2% | 5.0 h | – | 2.0k |
| Apr 11, 2018 | No storm report | 580 | 2% | 3.5 h | – | 1.9k |
| Sep 26, 2016 | No storm report | 1,057 | 4% | 1.8 h | – | 1.8k |
| Jun 20, 2017 | No storm report | 1,047 | 4% | 4.0 h | – | 1.8k |
| May 19, 2025 | No storm report | 650 | 3% | 3.0 h | – | 1.6k |
| Mar 14, 2021 | No storm report | 1,082 | 4% | 1.5 h | – | 1.6k |
| Apr 10, 2024 | No storm report | 1,021 | 4% | 1.8 h | – | 1.5k |
| Jan 14, 2022 | No storm report | 1,046 | 4% | 1.2 h | – | 1.3k |
| Jun 18, 2017 | No storm report | 269 | 1% | 4.5 h | – | 1.2k |
| Nov 22, 2019 | No storm report | 531 | 2% | 2.2 h | – | 1.2k |
| May 9, 2022 | No storm report | 539 | 2% | 2.0 h | – | 1.1k |
| Aug 11, 2020 | No storm report | 1,062 | 4% | 1.0 h | – | 1.1k |
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.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Dodge from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 71%
- Winter storm 26%
- Thunderstorms 2.0%
- Ice storm 1.4%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Dodge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 558 | 98 | 1.57 | 13.3 | 369k |
| Burt County Public Power Dist | NE | – | – | – | 13.1 | 62k |
| Cuming County Public Pwr Dist | NE | – | – | – | 10.0 | 52k |
| City of Fremont | Municipal | 3,081 | 18 | 1.80 | 12.3 | 14k |
| City of Scribner | NE | – | – | – | – | 5.0k |
| City of Snyder | NE | – | – | – | – | 2.1k |
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
- Washington 17 h
- Saunders 14 h
- Douglas 8.6 h
- Dodge (this county) 2.4 h
- Burt 2.4 h
- Colfax 0.5 h
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 26,026 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 →