Power outage history
Madison County Nebraska
0.6hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
26th most of 28 in Nebraska 91% 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 Madison's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2021 was the worst well-recorded year, at 2.1 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Madison, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2021 | No storm report | 6,533 | 30% | 6.0 h | 2.0 h | 35k |
| May 8, 2025 | No storm report | 3,169 | 14% | 2.5 h | 1.8 h | 5.3k |
| Jun 30, 2018 | No storm report | 4,625 | 21% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 3.9k |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,640 | 8% | 3.0 h | 2.5 h | 3.8k |
| Sep 29, 2025 | No storm report | 825 | 4% | 4.0 h | – | 3.3k |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Winter storm | 3,529 | 16% | 48 min | 5.0 h | 2.6k |
| Apr 10, 2022 | No storm report | 1,710 | 8% | 1.2 h | 1.5 h | 2.1k |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Windstorm | 727 | 3% | 2.8 h | – | 1.9k |
| Jun 4, 2020 | No storm report | 929 | 4% | 2.0 h | – | 1.9k |
| Mar 15, 2024 | No storm report | 1,455 | 7% | 1.2 h | 30 min | 1.8k |
| Nov 20, 2016 | No storm report | 1,073 | 5% | 5.2 h | – | 1.8k |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 451 | 2% | 3.5 h | – | 1.6k |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 341 | 2% | 7.8 h | – | 1.5k |
| Feb 21, 2018 | No storm report | 1,265 | 6% | 1.0 h | 30 min | 1.3k |
| Nov 23, 2015 | No storm report | 1,769 | 8% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 1.1k |
| Jun 28, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 787 | 4% | 1.2 h | – | 984 |
| Jan 20, 2025 | No storm report | 599 | 3% | 1.8 h | – | 746 |
| Jun 18, 2018 | No storm report | 895 | 4% | 48 min | – | 671 |
| Sep 7, 2020 | No storm report | 635 | 3% | 1.0 h | – | 635 |
| Apr 30, 2017 | No storm report | 359 | 2% | 1.8 h | – | 628 |
| Mar 27, 2017 | No storm report | 1,252 | 6% | 30 min | 30 min | 626 |
| Jan 16, 2023 | No storm report | 820 | 4% | 48 min | – | 614 |
| May 9, 2022 | No storm report | 541 | 2% | 1.0 h | – | 541 |
| Mar 5, 2022 | No storm report | 429 | 2% | 1.2 h | – | 534 |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 501 | 2% | 1.0 h | – | 500 |
| Aug 4, 2015 | No storm report | 939 | 4% | 30 min | – | 470 |
| Jul 12, 2018 | No storm report | 628 | 3% | 48 min | – | 376 |
| Jul 29, 2020 | No storm report | 635 | 3% | 30 min | – | 317 |
| Jan 23, 2015 | No storm report | 606 | 3% | 30 min | – | 303 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | No storm report | 299 | 1% | 1.0 h | – | 299 |
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 Madison from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 83%
- Thunderstorms 10%
- Winter storm 3.6%
- Windstorm 2.6%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Madison
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 |
| Loup River Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 81 | 18 | 0.80 | 10.8 | 16k |
| City of Madison | NE | – | – | – | 9.3 | 7.6k |
| City of Battle Creek | NE | – | – | – | – | 6.5k |
| Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist | Political Subdivision | 132 | 111 | 1.80 | 9.3 | 6.2k |
| Stanton County Public Pwr Dist | Political Subdivision | 123 | 85 | 0.91 | 10.9 | 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
- Pierce 1.1 h
- Madison (this county) 0.6 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 21,864 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 →