Dawson PPD is one of the largest rural public electric utility systems in Nebraska serving more than 23,000 electric meters and maintaining over 5,700 miles of power lines in south central Nebraska along the Platte River Valley.

Our territory includes all of the rural areas in Dawson and Buffalo Counties, approximately two-thirds of Gosper County, a third of Lincoln County and parts of Custer, Sherman and Frontier Counties. The district also serves the following villages: Hershey, Maxwell, Brady, Farnam, Eustis, Elwood, Eddyville, Smithfield, Overton, Sumner, Miller, Riverdale, Amherst, Odessa and Plesanton.

We are a member of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the Nebraska Rural Electric Association. Dawson PPD is guided by an elected eleven-person board of directors that represents the people we serve.

Our headquarters is in Lexington, Nebraska, with service centers in North Platte, Gothenburg, Sumner, Kearney and Ravenna.


To report a power outage, please call 1-800-752-8305. This page is not monitored 24/7.

Office operating hours:
Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Lexington.
Office hours at the Kearney and North Platte Service Centers vary.

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