http://www.nppd.com Nebraska Public Power District News en-us © 1996-2005, NPPD webeditor@nppd.com webeditor@nppd.com 60 It sits silently in a garage or basement, but it can rob a homeowner of energy savings as much as $100 per year. It’s that old refrigerator or freezer unit. webeditor@nppd.com Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:28:35 GMT http://www.nppd.com/Newsroom/NewsRelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=421 The Nebraska Public Power District will be hosting a pair of open house sessions in South Sioux City to receive public input on its South Sioux City 115,000-Volt Transmission Expansion Project. webeditor@nppd.com Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:16:13 GMT http://www.nppd.com/Newsroom/NewsRelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=419 Nebraska Public Power District and Midwest Wind Energy/Edison Mission are currently pursuing a power purchase agreement that would result in the construction and operation of an 80 megawatt wind facility east of Broken Bow, with an expected operational date of September 2012. webeditor@nppd.com Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:50:30 GMT http://www.nppd.com/Newsroom/NewsRelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=418 Today, the Nebraska Public Power District Board of Directors elected Larry Linstrom as its Board Chairman for 2010. Ron Larsen of Kearney was elected First Vice-Chairman, Gary Thompson of Beatrice was elected Second Vice-Chairman, and Mary Harding of Lincoln was re-elected Secretary. webeditor@nppd.com Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:05:15 GMT http://www.nppd.com/Newsroom/NewsRelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=417 As a fierce winter storm rolled across Nebraska yesterday and is expected to continue into Friday, NPPD’s transmission and distribution system encountered some outages and a limited amount of distribution outages were experienced. webeditor@nppd.com Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:58:04 GMT http://www.nppd.com/Newsroom/NewsRelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=416 Snow may be blowing and temperatures hovering well below zero degrees Fahrenheit, but Nebraska Public Power District is thinking “green” as construction is progressing on schedule at NPPD’s new Norfolk Operations Center in Norfolk. When complete, the NOC will combine in one location four currently separate NPPD work/customer service facilities in Norfolk. webeditor@nppd.com Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:10:25 GMT http://www.nppd.com/Newsroom/NewsRelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=420 Power to all of Nebraska Public Power District’s retail customers has been restored as of 4 p.m.. webeditor@nppd.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:39:51 GMT http://www.nppd.com/Newsroom/NewsRelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=415 Today, Saturday, NPPD crews are addressing local or individual customer outages in various communities throughout the state. webeditor@nppd.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:18:39 GMT http://www.nppd.com/Newsroom/NewsRelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=414 Nebraska Public Power District reports that, due to unsafe working conditions caused by inaccessible roads, high winds and blowing snow, NPPD and its wholesale utility partners in the eastern third of the state (excluding the Omaha metropolitan area) will pull their line crews in for the night. webeditor@nppd.com Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:57:34 GMT http://www.nppd.com/Newsroom/NewsRelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=413 Blizzard conditions knocked out power to 3,600 Nebraska Public Power District customers at various times Thursday night into Friday morning. Seven communities served by NPPD experienced outages. As of 9 a.m., all but two of the impacted NPPD communities had been restored. webeditor@nppd.com Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:58:25 GMT http://www.nppd.com/Newsroom/NewsRelease.asp?NewsReleaseID=411