Power Outages in Furnas County, NE
Is there a power outage in Furnas County, NE right now? We can't tell. There is no live feed for City of Arapahoe - (NE), City of Beaver City - (NE), City of Cambridge - (NE), Twin Valleys Public Power Dist and Village of Oxford - (NE), so we can't see current outages in Furnas County, NE.
Furnas County, NE is served by 6 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.1 hours.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Furnas County, NE". https://massoutage.com/nebraska/furnas-county
No live feed for City of Arapahoe - (NE), City of Beaver City - (NE), City of Cambridge - (NE), Twin Valleys Public Power Dist and Village of Oxford - (NE): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Furnas County, NE
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Nebraska Public Power District, Twin Valleys Public Power Dist, Village of Oxford - (NE), City of Arapahoe - (NE), City of Beaver City - (NE) and City of Cambridge - (NE); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~3,347 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Arapahoe - (NE), City of Beaver City - (NE), City of Cambridge - (NE), Twin Valleys Public Power Dist, Village of Oxford - (NE). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Public Power District | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Arapahoe - (NE) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Beaver City - (NE) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Cambridge - (NE) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Twin Valleys Public Power Dist | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Village of Oxford - (NE) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Furnas Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68922 | 36 | ≤11 | 30 | ≤11 |
| 69022 | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 69046 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 68977 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 68948 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 68936 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 68926 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Furnas County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Furnas County right now.
Furnas County has been under 21 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×12
- Flood Watch ×4
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Furnas County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Furnas County went about 0.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 511 customers.
The US EIA reports Nebraska utilities averaged 9.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 0.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 478 customers out) · decade average 0.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 92 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 16 | 511 | 0.6 |
| 2017 | 9 | 478 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 457 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 12 | 244 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 13 | 397 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | 8 | 355 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 372 | 0.2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 203 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 7 | 17 | 0.1 |
Cost of power in Furnas County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Furnas County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Nebraska Public Power District10.9¢74,220 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High high winds exposure · 0.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Furnas County: FAQ
- How often does Furnas County, NE lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Furnas County, NE logged 7 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Furnas County, NE?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 511 customers without power, beginning August 4, 2016 and lasting about 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Furnas County, NE right now?
- We can't tell. There is no live feed for City of Arapahoe - (NE), City of Beaver City - (NE), City of Cambridge - (NE), Twin Valleys Public Power Dist and Village of Oxford - (NE), so we can't see current outages in Furnas County, NE.
- Which utilities serve Furnas County, NE?
- Tracked electric providers include Nebraska Public Power District.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Furnas County.
68922, 68926, 68936, 68946, 68948, 68967, 69046
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Furnas County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Nebraska →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Public Power District | 3.3 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Twin Valleys Public Power Dist | - | No live feed | - |
| Village of Oxford - (NE) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Arapahoe - (NE) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Beaver City - (NE) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Cambridge - (NE) | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Nebraska customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/31065 and /api/v1/counties/31065/history.