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April Board Report

The Nebraska Public Power District held its April 10-11, 2008, Board of Directors’ meeting in Columbus, Neb. The next Board of Directors’ meeting will be held Thursday and Friday, May 8-9, 2008, in Columbus.

Guests at the meeting included: Fred Schluckebier, Seward County Public Power District; Clint Johannes and Bruce Pontow of the Nebraska Electric G&T; Mark Engler of the Homestead National Monument and Jerry Davison representing Friends of Homestead, both of Beatrice, and Adrian Sanchez with the Columbus Telegram.

President and CEO Ron Asche provided a report on the District’s first quarter, 2008 performance. The 2007 Audit report, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the District’s 2007 Annual Report, were presented to the Board and accepted.

The Board approved the following capital projects for Cooper Nuclear Station:
A supplement for reactor vessel level controls for the upcoming refueling outage at $375,000; a supplement to replace reactor feed pump controls for the refueling outage for $350,000; and purchase of a 150 kW emergency diesel generator for $400,000.

The following contracts and engineer’s certificates related to Cooper Nuclear Station were approved:

  • Contract for a high pressure coolant injection turbine steam supply valve in the amount of $235,600 awarded to Kalsi Engineering, Inc;
  • Contract for digital electro-hydraulic system replacement in the amount of $975,000 awarded to Invensys Systems, Inc.;
  • Agreement with Catalyst, Inc., for an estimated amount of $272,932 to provide work scheduling software upgrades;
  • Agreement with Operations Support Services, Inc., for $107,000 to upgrade the emergency action level matrix for the emergency preparedness program;
  • Amendment with Empyrean Services, LLC for consulting services to support the diesel generator improvement plan project in the amount of $210,050;
  • Amendment with Automated Engineering Services Corporation for permanent drywell shielding engineering services in the amount of $120,000;
  • Amendment with TriVis, Inc., in the amount of $365,000 for procedure writing services for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation;
  • Amendment to the task authorization with Black and Veatch Corporation in the amount of $252,101 for Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation design; and
  • An agreement with GE-Hitachi for $125,300 for reactor recirculation motor generator set technical services.

The Board approved the following Energy Supply capital projects:
A supplement for the Sheldon Station Unit 2 loss-on-ignition reduction project for $650,000; replacement of Gerald Gentleman Station Unit 1 main turbine lube oil conditioner for $125,000; GGS Unit 1 pulverizer pyrite system modification for $169,300; and GGS Unit 2 pulverizer pyrite system modification for $123,000.

Other Energy Supply items approved included:

  • Contract with ALSTOM Power, Inc., Air Preheater Company for secondary air heater cold end baskets at GGS Unit 1 for $285,700;
  • Contract for the continuous emission monitoring system at GGS, awarded to Altech Environment USA, Corp., for $217,777;
  • Amendment to a contract with Midwest Towers, Inc., for Sheldon Station Unit 1 cooling tower replacement for $201,228;
  • The Board voted to reject bids for the procurement and installation of well field pumps for GGS.

Two items related to the District’s Domestic Energy Research and Application Initiative were approved: a project for evaluation software for energy efficiency/demand management for $30,000 and on-line energy efficiency tools for customers for $40,000.

The Board accepted the February 2008 financial statements. Traci Bender, vice president and chief financial officer, reported that the District ended February with a deficit of $0.8 million. The year-to-date deficit through the end of February is $0.1 million.

The Board approved the following capital projects for Customer Services:
Eastbrooke service extension at Kearney for $108,672; circuit switcher replacement at Creighton for $110,171; aerial lift replacement vehicle at Lexington for $164,640; aerial lift replacement vehicle at York for $194,250; and replacement breaker and relay at the Hoskins substation for $203,377.

The following items were approved for Customer & Support Services:

  • Contract for installation of direct buried fiber with Bauer Underground, Inc., for $159,890;
  • Contract for 115-kilovolt (kV) outdoor circuit switchers with S&C Electric Company for $965,600;
  • Contract for 69-kV power circuit breakers with Areva T&D, Inc.-- Part I for $806,000 and Part II for $279,000;
  • Contract for Bloomfield substation expansion with Watts Electric Company for $164,940;
  • Contract with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., for control panels for Norfolk North and Lexington Substations for $252,390;
  • Contract with Seiler Instrument Company for global positioning system (GPS) equipment for $141,500.

The Board recognized the retirements of Kenneth J. Done, Engineer at Cooper Nuclear Station; Gerald A. Grotrian, Radiological Protection Technician at Cooper Nuclear Station; John W. Collins, Control Room Operator at Cooper Nuclear Station; Dale E. Janssen, Journey Substation Technician at Kearney; and Daryl R. Reynoldson, Desktop Support Specialist at the York Operations Center.