Power restored after outage in east Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A power outage was reported Wednesday in east Lincoln.

The Lincoln-Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency reported the outage around 1:40 p.m.

The Lincoln Electric System said the outage was in the area of 66th to 112th streets and Holdrege to A streets.

The Lincoln Police Department said a transformer blew.

About 4,300 customers lost power, according to LES.

Update:
All customers have now been restored. The outage, caused by an issue at the substation level, had a total of 4,318 customers impacted at the peak of the outage. If you are still without power, please report it at https://t.co/r4GV1jKVBt.

— Lincoln Electric System (@LESupdates) February 14, 2024

At around 2:20 p.m., police said power had been fully restored.  Anyone still without power is asked to call LES.

▪️ 90th to 120th – between A Street and Holdrege
▪️ 81st to 93rd – between Sunridge and Cherrywood
▪️ 68th to 98th – between O Street and Holdrege
▪️ Hadford to 84th – between P Street and Englewood

We will update this thread once we hear power has been restored. (2/2)

— Lincoln Police (@Lincoln_Police) February 14, 2024