Madison County power outages

Nebraska outage history from 2015 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

Madison County, Nebraska had no major outages from 2015 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.09 times the US outage time per person and 0.22 times the Nebraska rate. It ranks 25 of 35 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

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September and June made up 66% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Sep 11, 2021, reached 6,533 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 6.0 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
20151,89330
20164,25670
20172,32940
20187,73850
2019000
20203,05340
202144,921140
20225,92470
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When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
Sep 11, 20216.06,53335,171
Jun 30, 20181.04,6253,850
Jun 24, 20213.01,6403,797
Feb 16, 20210.83,5292,647
Apr 10, 20221.51,7102,190

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

  • A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
  • Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
  • Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.