Tag: Nebraska

January 18, 2023

Nebraska Public Power District is studying possible sites for small modular reactors, using $1 million in federal pandemic aid for low-income communities affected by weather threats to grid resilience. As an owner of Cooper Nuclear Station, NPPD qualified to apply […]

February 4, 2021

The State of Nebraska plans to complete its deployment of next-generation 911 by the end of next year, a public safety official there told StateScoop on Thursday. Following a competitive procurement process, Nebraska last month awarded telecommunications contractor Lumen an […]

February 12, 2019

Nebraska’s Department of Environmental Quality recently awarded 49 grants, totaling $1.3 million, to the recipients its annual Litter Reduction and Recycling Grant program. One of the recipients, Keep Columbus Beautiful, was awarded more than $33,000 to help fund its public […]

July 18, 2017

A new wind farm in northeast Nebraska is expected to boost wind power to about 40 percent of the Omaha Public Power District’s electricity generation by the end of 2019. OPPD President Tim Burke told the utility’s board of directors […]

May 12, 2017

The boards of Lincoln Electric System and the Sheldon Station owner Nebraska Public Power District voted to dissolve a power purchase agreement in place since the early 1980s, multiple media outlets report. LES will pay $10.5 million to NPPD to […]

September 1, 2016

Energy efficiency is helping to keep power demand stable in Nebraska, but that may mean higher fixed fees as utilities in the state struggle to maintain revenues. According to the Omaha World-Herald, Omaha Public Power District now expects declining demand […]