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

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

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Elsewhere in Nebraska: 44 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 9:31 PM MDT.

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Who serves Perkins County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Nebraska Public Power District ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Highline Electric Association, Midwest Electric Membership Corp and City of Grant also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Perkins County, NE

No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.

Longer-term outage history — Perkins County, NE

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 4 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.2 hr (median).

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

Largest on record: ~436 customers out in January 2018, restored after about 2 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2020.

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 Perkins County include Grant, Madrid, Venango and Elsie. 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 Perkins County, NE?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Perkins include Highline Electric Association, Midwest Electric Membership Corp, Nebraska 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.

Nearby counties & areas

Chase County · Keith County · Hayes County · Deuel County · Dundy County · Lincoln County · Arthur County · Hitchcock County

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