It will be lights out for one local community in the Panhandle later this week.
The village of Melbeta has a planned power outage this Wednesday from nine in the morning until approximately ten thirty.
Electricity will be shut off so that crews can perform maintenance upgrades to the electrical system serving the village.
Areas affected for the planned outage will be all Nebraska public power district customers within the village of Melbeta, and the areas of County Roads 29 and County Roads J through X.
If you have any questions about Wednesdays planned power outage, you can call NPPD at 1-877-275-6773.