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Power nearly fully restored for LES, Norris Public Power customers

KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · last updated

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Power is nearly fully restored for Lincoln Electric System and Norris Public Power customers four days after a strong storm knocked out power across southeast Nebraska.

As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, 138 LES customers remain without power, according to the outage map. At the height of the outage on Saturday morning, 33,000 LES customers lost power.

LES said each remaining outage affects just a handful of customers. Their goal is to have all power restored by this evening.

In one instance, LES crews have been working around the clock to restore power to just seven customers following the Aug. 9 storm. A fallen tree tangled in wires brought down a utility pole, causing extensive damage. One of our vegetation team members described it as “unlike anything we’ve seen before.”(Lincoln Electric System | Lincoln Electric System)

The Norris Public Power District map showed 21 customers primarily in Lancaster, Seward and Saline counties still without power at 3 p.m.

NPPD said in a press release Monday night that crews have restored power to all services, with the exception of some seasonal and isolated individual services within the District.

In the coming weeks, NPPD will continue the lengthy recovery phase of cleanup and maintenance on the electric system by replacing damaged poles, crossarms, insulators, and hardware that were damaged during the wind storms.

Customers are urged to stay alert for downed power lines and to report outages or hazards:

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