Power outage history
Holt County Nebraska
0.7hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
22nd most of 28 in Nebraska 90% 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 Holt's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2022 was the worst well-recorded year, at 1.4 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Holt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2018 | Winter storm | 1,184 | 14% | 2.0 d | 33 h | 46k |
| May 12, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 2,040 | 24% | 5.8 h | 5.5 h | 8.0k |
| Jul 18, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 2,383 | 28% | 5.0 h | 3.0 h | 6.5k |
| Jul 19, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 904 | 11% | 6.5 h | 4.2 h | 5.9k |
| Jun 24, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,901 | 22% | 5.5 h | 2.8 h | 5.4k |
| Jun 22, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 919 | 11% | 2.2 h | 2.2 h | 2.1k |
| Nov 6, 2025 | No storm report | 1,462 | 17% | 1.5 h | 1.8 h | 1.8k |
| Aug 7, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 905 | 11% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 1.8k |
| May 30, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 912 | 11% | 1.8 h | 1.8 h | 1.6k |
| Jul 23, 2016 | No storm report | 886 | 10% | 1.5 h | 7.0 h | 1.3k |
| Jul 8, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 1,466 | 17% | 48 min | 48 min | 1.1k |
| Oct 1, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 902 | 11% | 1.0 h | 1.5 h | 902 |
| Mar 17, 2024 | No storm report | 217 | 3% | 3.8 h | – | 814 |
| Jun 20, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 190 | 2% | 5.5 h | – | 696 |
| Jul 19, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 878 | 10% | 30 min | 48 min | 439 |
| Dec 19, 2024 | No storm report | 524 | 6% | 48 min | 48 min | 391 |
| May 11, 2016 | No storm report | 94 | 1% | 2.0 h | – | 188 |
| Nov 1, 2021 | No storm report | 93 | 1% | 2.0 h | – | 186 |
| May 24, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 92 | 1% | 2.0 h | – | 184 |
| Apr 30, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 95 | 1% | 1.8 h | – | 166 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | No storm report | 110 | 1% | 1.8 h | – | 165 |
| Oct 18, 2021 | No storm report | 93 | 1% | 1.8 h | – | 163 |
| Jun 9, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 92 | 1% | 1.8 h | – | 161 |
| Feb 5, 2023 | No storm report | 90 | 1% | 1.8 h | – | 158 |
| Dec 25, 2016 | Windstorm | 93 | 1% | 1.5 h | – | 140 |
| Feb 15, 2023 | No storm report | 92 | 1% | 1.5 h | – | 137 |
| Aug 4, 2021 | No storm report | 103 | 1% | 1.2 h | – | 128 |
| May 12, 2016 | No storm report | 94 | 1% | 1.2 h | – | 118 |
| Apr 15, 2024 | No storm report | 91 | 1% | 1.2 h | – | 114 |
| Jan 15, 2015 | No storm report | 96 | 1% | 48 min | – | 72 |
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 Holt from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Winter storm 59%
- Thunderstorms 35%
- No storm on record 5.6%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Holt
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 |
| North Central Public Pwr Dist | NE | 146 | – | 0.56 | 11.4 | 51k |
| KBR Rural Public Power District | NE | – | – | – | 13.0 | 40k |
| Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist | Political Subdivision | 132 | 111 | 1.80 | 9.3 | 6.2k |
| City of Stuart | NE | – | – | – | – | 3.3k |
| 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.
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 8,581 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 →