A power outage on Friday afternoon affected about 1,000 Municipal Light and Water Customers in North Platte.

ML&W spokeswoman, Cindy Huntsman,  said a primary cable fault occurred between 3:10 p.m. and 3:30 pm.  She likened this to a breaker being tripped in your home.  According to Huntsman, when a piece of equipment malfunctions or the system is overloaded, it causes the fault and requires a reset.

The outage impacted an area from Oak Street to Buffalo Bill Avenue and Philip Avenue to 4th Street.

Huntsman said that all of the customers affected had power restored by 4:00 p.m.