A planned outage if scheduled for electric customers in Boyd County, as well as parts of Holt and Knox counties, Sunday, Sept. 18, from 1 to 5 p.m., to prepare for upgrades at the substation that serves the area.

The outage will impact Nebraska Public Power District customers in the communities of Butte, Bristow and Lynch, as well as the village of Spencer and Niobrara Valley Electric Membership Corporation customers in rural Boyd County, northwestern Knox County and northern Holt County.

The planned outage is occuring so NPPD crew can begin making upgrades to the substation.

“Outages are...