Power Outages in Wheeler County, NE
Is there a power outage in Wheeler County, NE right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 17:45 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Wheeler County, NE across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Niobrara Valley El Member Corp and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Wheeler County, NE is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2026, the average customer here lost power for about 0.2 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/nebraska/wheeler-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 17:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Wheeler County, NE", live data as of October 19, 2026 17:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/nebraska/wheeler-county
Not counted: no live feed for Niobrara Valley El Member Corp and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.
Report an outage in Wheeler 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 WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist, Cornhusker Public Power Dist, Loup Valleys Rural P P D and Niobrara Valley El Member Corp; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~514 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Niobrara Valley El Member Corp, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornhusker Public Power Dist | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist | Live · county | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Loup Valleys Rural P P D | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Niobrara Valley El Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cornhusker Public Power Dist, Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist and Loup Valleys Rural P P D reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Wheeler County1
Individual outages as listed by Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | - | - | - | Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Wheeler 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68637 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 68622 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤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 Wheeler County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Wheeler County right now.
Wheeler County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×12
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Wheeler County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Wheeler Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2026, the average customer in Wheeler County went about 0.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 54 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 0.2 hrs.
Cost of power in Wheeler County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Wheeler 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.
- Cornhusker Public Power Dist11.0¢7,406 cust
- Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist9.3¢6,178 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 Low high winds exposure.
Power outages in Wheeler County: FAQ
- How often does Wheeler County, NE lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wheeler County, NE logged 3 distinct outage events in 2026, averaging about 0.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wheeler County, NE?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 54 customers without power, beginning September 23, 2026 and lasting about 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Wheeler County, NE right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 17:45 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Wheeler County, NE across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Niobrara Valley El Member Corp and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Wheeler County, NE?
- Tracked electric providers include Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist, Loup Valleys Rural P P D.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wheeler County.
68622, 68637
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 Wheeler County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Nebraska →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist | - | Live · county | - |
| Cornhusker Public Power Dist | - | Live · county | - |
| Loup Valleys Rural P P D | - | Live · county | - |
| Niobrara Valley El Member Corp | - | 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/31183 and /api/v1/counties/31183/history. Live data as of .