Evergy said Tuesday that if your power still has not been restored, please continue to try to call 800-544-4857 or report outage online.
The Southwest Power Pool lifted their current order and intermittent outages are over. Power is returning for those who were impacted. Electric service is being restored.
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Electric service has been returned to the Evergy Service area in northwest Junction City and Milford. That was confirmed by Milford Mayor Brad Roether and Junction City Public Works Director, Ray Ibarra. The power was restored about 10:30 a.m. It had been off since about 7:30 this morning.
Evergy issued a statement Tuesday.
Evergy has announced the rolling blackouts will continue through today. They will have to reduce the energy load by at least twice of what was reduced yesterday to help avoid larger uncontrolled and extended power outages throughout the region at the request of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP).
Please call 911 if you rely on emergency medical equipment powered by electricity and your power goes out.Blackouts today could last longer than one hour.
Please continue to conserve energy as rolling blackouts will occur across the state.
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What was billed as an approximate 45-minute blackout extended to well over two hours for some customers. That was being reported by some residents in northwest Junction City and in Milford.
Fort Riley was also without electricity at 9:40 a.m. Post officials issued a statement. Evergy informed DPW to expect the power outage to last 2 hours instead of 1 hour.
* SRP site is temporarily closed due to extreme cold temperatures in the building.
* Fort Riley Commissary and Main PX are keeping doors closed to conserve heat.
* Due to extreme cold, and building temperatures falling in to unsafe regulatory thresholds due to the postwide power loss, the Riley CYS child development and school age centers will close. Parents are asked to pick up children from those facilities within 1 hour (by 11 a.m.) Fort Riley CYS apologizes for the inconvenience of these situations beyond our control.
* Due to the extreme cold, the Grant Access Control Point is closed, effective 8:45 a.m., Feb. 16. There is no ETA for its reopening. Weather damage may delay its reopening. Travelers should use alternate access of Henry or Trooper Drives. For more information about Access Control visit
Fort Riley has been experiencing a post-wide power outage. Key facilities are powered by generators. For all Soldiers, Civilians and residents whose power is temporarily off due to the energy emergency alert issued by Southwest Power Pool via Evergy, please stand by for expected power restoration by 10:45 a.m. Throughout the outage, minimize opening doors, keep refrigerators and freezers closed, and close window blinds.
The power blackout was designed to conserve energy during the bitter cold weather.
JC Post will follow this development.
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JC Post was notified about 8 a.m. by Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges that a rolling blackout is under way in the northwest sector of Junction City and extending north to include the town of Milford. "The Area Supervisor for Evergy said the circuit that covered the northwest part of Junction City and extends on into the town of Milford and extends up 77, the Old 77 area, is now part of a rolling blackout." Berges added that it should last about 45 minutes so electric power should be back on by approximately 8:45 a.m.
The blackout is necessary to conserve energy due to the high usage that has occurred during the cold snap.
Berges also noted that Grandview Plaza, which is serviced by Flint Hills REA out of Council Grove and the areas between there and Council Grove will also be part of a blackout some time today as well.