Nebraska: official power outage sources

If your power is out

1. Stay away from downed lines and anything touching them. Call 911.
2. Report it to your own utility. The name and outage phone number are on your electric bill. Do not assume a neighbor has reported it.
3. Check your utility's outage page for the area affected and any restoration estimate. Only your utility can give that estimate.

More on staying safe during an outage

Utility outage pages

Each link covers only that utility's own customers. If your provider is not listed here, use the directories in the next section.

• Nebraska Public Power District Outage page Many towns buy power from NPPD but run their own local utility; check who sends your bill. nppd.com
• Lincoln Electric System Utility website les.com

Official state sources

Use these to find out which utility serves an address, to reach the regulator, and to follow state emergency information.

• Nebraska Power Review Board Regulator powerreview.nebraska.gov
• Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment: Nebraska utilities Provider directory Also lists wholesale suppliers that do not serve homes directly. dwee.nebraska.gov
• Nebraska Power Review Board: service area viewer Provider directory If the viewer and the Board's official paper maps differ, the paper maps govern. nprb.gworks.com
• Nebraska Rural Electric Association: member systems Provider directory nrea.org
• Nebraska Emergency Management Agency: severe weather preparedness Emergency management nema.nebraska.gov
• National Weather Service Weather alerts Enter your town or ZIP code for current watches and warnings. A weather warning is not an outage prediction. weather.gov

Good to know in Nebraska

• Customers of city utilities, public power districts and cooperatives should check with their own provider; the largest utilities' maps do not cover them.
• NPPD and Loup River service areas are scattered, so a neighboring town may have a different provider.
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus outages go through campus Facilities first, even though LES supplies the power.
• Western Nebraska uses Mountain time, so check the time zone on any outage update.

The wider grid

Regional grid organizations and balancing areas that cover all or part of Nebraska: SPP; WAPA. They balance supply and demand on the high-voltage system. Their alerts describe the regional system, not an outage on your street. How the pieces fit together