Power outage history
Scotts Bluff County Nebraska
0.7hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
23rd 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 Scotts Bluff's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2024 was the worst well-recorded year, at 1.3 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Scotts Bluff, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,254 | 6% | 21 h | 20 h | 9.8k |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Windstorm | 3,089 | 14% | 4.8 h | 2.8 h | 9.1k |
| Jun 6, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 3,446 | 16% | 9.8 h | 4.8 h | 7.4k |
| Apr 6, 2024 | Winter storm | 2,183 | 10% | 14 h | 8.8 h | 7.2k |
| Dec 10, 2015 | No storm report | 1,156 | 5% | 4.5 h | 1.8 h | 4.8k |
| Mar 5, 2018 | Windstorm | 2,347 | 11% | 2.8 h | 2.8 h | 4.0k |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 2,055 | 9% | 4.0 h | 3.8 h | 3.7k |
| Feb 16, 2021 | No storm report | 3,165 | 15% | 1.8 h | 1.0 h | 3.1k |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Windstorm | 923 | 4% | 4.8 h | – | 2.7k |
| Nov 8, 2024 | No storm report | 2,051 | 9% | 1.5 h | 1.5 h | 2.2k |
| Aug 29, 2016 | No storm report | 1,711 | 8% | 1.2 h | 30 min | 2.1k |
| Jun 18, 2016 | No storm report | 787 | 4% | 2.8 h | – | 2.0k |
| Jun 12, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 1,768 | 8% | 2.2 h | 6.2 h | 1.9k |
| Mar 23, 2017 | No storm report | 905 | 4% | 2.0 h | – | 1.7k |
| Jul 3, 2022 | No storm report | 2,169 | 10% | 48 min | 48 min | 1.6k |
| Oct 13, 2021 | Winter storm | 764 | 4% | 6.2 h | – | 1.5k |
| Jun 8, 2018 | No storm report | 570 | 3% | 2.5 h | – | 1.4k |
| Nov 30, 2019 | Winter storm | 219 | 1% | 6.2 h | – | 1.4k |
| May 18, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 922 | 4% | 2.2 h | – | 1.3k |
| Mar 14, 2021 | Winter storm | 421 | 2% | 3.5 h | – | 1.3k |
| Sep 6, 2025 | No storm report | 552 | 3% | 3.8 h | – | 1.3k |
| Aug 22, 2023 | No storm report | 556 | 3% | 2.2 h | – | 1.2k |
| Dec 26, 2016 | No storm report | 873 | 4% | 1.2 h | – | 1.1k |
| Jun 27, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 1,081 | 5% | 1.0 h | – | 1.1k |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 421 | 2% | 2.2 h | – | 947 |
| May 16, 2024 | No storm report | 2,221 | 10% | 30 min | 30 min | 902 |
| Jul 16, 2022 | No storm report | 542 | 3% | 1.5 h | – | 813 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 375 | 2% | 2.0 h | – | 726 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 685 | 3% | 1.0 h | – | 685 |
| May 2, 2023 | No storm report | 848 | 4% | 48 min | – | 633 |
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 Scotts Bluff from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Thunderstorms 35%
- No storm on record 26%
- Windstorm 23%
- Winter storm 16%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Scotts Bluff
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 |
| Roosevelt Public Power Dist | NE | – | – | – | 12.6 | 32k |
| City of Gering | NE | – | – | – | 15.9 | 31k |
| Chimney Rock Public Power Dist | NE | – | – | – | 14.1 | 24k |
| City of Mitchell | NE | – | – | – | – | 6.7k |
| Village of Morrill | NE | – | – | – | – | 6.7k |
| Wyrulec Company | WY | 904 | 354 | 4.45 | 14.7 | 2.9k |
| Village of Lyman | NE | – | – | – | – | 1.8k |
| 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
- Sioux 12 h
- Scotts Bluff (this county) 0.7 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 21,716 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 →