Power outage history
Hutchinson County Texas
15hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
75th most of 240 in Texas 2.3× 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 Hutchinson'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 28 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Hutchinson, 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 13, 2019 | Wildfire | 6,862 | 98% | 2.4 d | 19 h | 132k |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Wildfire | 6,183 | 89% | 22 h | 4.2 h | 101k |
| Oct 28, 2020 | Winter storm | 1,998 | 29% | 6.1 d | 4.4 d | 96k |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Wildfire | 5,890 | 84% | 3.4 d | 31 h | 86k |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Windstorm | 4,204 | 60% | 34 h | 8.5 h | 40k |
| Mar 24, 2024 | No storm report | 1,381 | 20% | 32 h | 19 h | 31k |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Windstorm | 2,545 | 36% | 36 h | 23 h | 23k |
| Jun 12, 2015 | No storm report | 3,255 | 47% | 8.8 h | 4.2 h | 13k |
| Aug 3, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 1,475 | 21% | 39 h | 5.8 h | 13k |
| Aug 29, 2015 | No storm report | 2,591 | 37% | 3.2 h | 30 min | 7.8k |
| Dec 22, 2022 | No storm report | 1,217 | 17% | 12 h | 11 h | 6.9k |
| Apr 30, 2017 | No storm report | 741 | 11% | 25 h | 19 h | 6.3k |
| Jul 16, 2025 | No storm report | 1,933 | 28% | 4.0 h | 6.0 h | 5.9k |
| Jul 16, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 1,287 | 18% | 4.5 h | 1.0 h | 5.3k |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 1,498 | 21% | 3.5 h | 3.0 h | 5.2k |
| Sep 5, 2024 | No storm report | 2,100 | 30% | 9.5 h | 9.2 h | 4.9k |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Wildfire | 2,646 | 38% | 1.8 h | 1.8 h | 4.6k |
| Aug 26, 2020 | No storm report | 2,521 | 36% | 2.0 h | 1.8 h | 4.5k |
| Apr 19, 2025 | No storm report | 3,270 | 47% | 2.5 h | 1.2 h | 4.5k |
| Dec 23, 2023 | No storm report | 1,682 | 24% | 5.2 h | 4.2 h | 4.4k |
| Jul 28, 2015 | No storm report | 2,022 | 29% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 4.3k |
| May 9, 2015 | No storm report | 1,380 | 20% | 4.5 h | 3.5 h | 4.3k |
| Dec 28, 2019 | No storm report | 804 | 12% | 5.2 h | 3.0 h | 4.2k |
| May 14, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,048 | 15% | 4.8 h | 4.2 h | 4.0k |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 1,071 | 15% | 4.2 h | 2.2 h | 3.8k |
| May 14, 2018 | No storm report | 2,477 | 36% | 1.8 h | 1.8 h | 3.7k |
| May 23, 2015 | No storm report | 1,249 | 18% | 4.8 h | 12 min | 3.5k |
| Jun 2, 2024 | No storm report | 1,977 | 28% | 5.0 h | 5.5 h | 3.5k |
| Mar 3, 2025 | Windstorm | 872 | 13% | 4.0 h | 2.2 h | 3.5k |
| Jul 15, 2015 | No storm report | 1,875 | 27% | 2.5 h | 2.5 h | 3.4k |
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 Hutchinson from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Wildfire 44%
- No storm on record 26%
- Winter storm 13%
- Windstorm 9.9%
- Thunderstorms 7.1%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Hutchinson
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Texas territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Public Service Co | Investor Owned | 441 | 151 | 1.71 | 13.9 | 224k |
| North Plains Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 890 | 336 | – | 11.5 | 3.1k |
| Rita Blanca Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 885 | 159 | 4.12 | 8.4 | 1.2k |
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 6,978 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 →