When will the power be back in Red Willow County, NE?

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

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

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Red Willow 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. McCook Public Power District, Twin Valleys Public Power District, Southwest Public Power District and 2 others 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 — Red Willow County, NE

Last significant outage: Sep 8, 2026 — peaked at 1,290 customers, restored in ~1.7 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.1 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 21, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Red Willow County, NE

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 21 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 summer.

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

Largest on record: ~2,067 customers out in July 2021, 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 Red Willow County include McCook, Indianola, Bartley, Danbury and Lebanon. 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 Red Willow County, NE?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Red Willow include McCook Public Power District, Nebraska Public Power District, Twin Valleys 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

Frontier County · Hitchcock County · Furnas County · Hayes County · Gosper County · Harlan County · Dawson County · Phelps County

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