When will the power be back in Dawson County, NE?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Dawson County, NE right now.

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Elsewhere in Nebraska: 95 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 3:45 PM CDT.

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Who serves Dawson County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Electric service in this county is provided by Dawson Power District, City of Lexington, Southern Public Power District and 2 others — we don't yet read their own live outage maps, so the numbers above come from the nationwide county-by-county tally (federal data). Territories overlap, so check your own address on the live map to confirm your provider.

Outage history — Dawson County, NE

Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 484 customers, restored in ~1.2 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 4 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.6 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 30, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Dawson County, NE

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 29 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in fall.

That is shorter than the Nebraska norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~3,573 customers out in March 2022, restored after about 3.8 hr.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Dawson County include Lexington, Cozad, Gothenburg, Overton, Sumner, Farnam, Eddyville and Willow Island. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Dawson County, NE?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Dawson include Dawson Power District, City of Lexington, Southern Public Power District and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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Gosper County · Phelps County · Custer County · Frontier County · Buffalo County · Furnas County · Lincoln County · Sherman County

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