WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - McConnell Air Force Base says the power has turned off for most as part of an Energy Readiness Resilience Exercise. Electricity was shut off at approximately 9 a.m. Wednesday for most facilities. The base says airmen will work to rapidly recover from the outage and exercise their problem-solving skills in order to continue the overall mission. McConnell says all base gates will operate normally during this exercise. Wife of Sedgwick County commissioner-elect charged with electioneering Several areas are exempted from the power outage and will continue with normal operations. They include the following: The Child Development Center Commissary Base Exchange Base Housing Shoppette 22nd Medical Group Primary Care facilities Lodging Credit Union Traffic lights on the base will also be dark, and drivers must treat those intersections as four-way stops.  The exercise will end this evening when full power is restored to all base facilities.