KC metro controlled power outages part of 'emergency event' KC metro controlled power outages part of 'emergency event' and last updated 2021-02-16 00:36:13-05 KANSAS CITY, Mo. â When Missouri and Kansas power companies flipped the switch Monday for their rolling outages, it didn't matter who was affected. "I was actually supposed to get my car serviced today and was going to drive in and they called and said, 'No, we're actually shut down because we lost power,' Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas said. Elected officials and families alike were impacted across the Kansas City metro. April Fleming, who lives in the Western Hills neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, was among the roughly 63,000 customers affected.