OPPD's rates remain among the lowest in the region, nation
OPPD rates, averaged across all classes, were 15.8% below the regional average and 27.4% below the national average.
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Turtle Creek Station is Officially Operational
Turtle Creek Station will be used to balance energy load and features two dual-fuel combustion turbines, capable of operating on natural gas or fuel oil.
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OPPD’s peregrine falcon chick has a name!
Of the nearly 1,700 votes received, our customers overwhelmingly chose “Beak,” with 791 votes.
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Help name OPPD’s newest peregrine falcon chick
Go to OPPD.com/NametheFalcon, and vote for your favorite. Voting ends Thursday, June 12, at midnight.
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OPPD amping up products and services to better serve customers
Brian Adams, director of Product Development and Marketing, reported on the district’s work with launching new products and refining existing products, including programs promoting renewable energy, sustainability and safety.
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OPPD warns utility phone scammers are at it again
We want to remind our customers how to defend themselves against this long-running con that has affected utility customers not only in our area, but across the region and country.
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OPPD & United Way announce new partnership this Earth Day
The new partnership will amplify environmentally friendly initiatives in our community through the Greener Together Program.
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NWS recognizes OPPD as a Storm Ready Community Partner
This honor highlights OPPD’s ongoing commitment to the safety of its employees and the resilience of the utility’s operations during extreme weather events.
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OPPD earns high customer satisfaction marks amidst tough industry landscape
OPPD not only achieved SD-5’s goal of top-quartile performance this past year for residential customers but placed first overall when compared with utilities of similar size in the region.
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March 19 blizzard most destructive weather event in OPPD history
This weather event marks the fifth-largest outage in OPPD history, measured by the number of customers who lost power. However, in terms of damage to OPPD infrastructure, it is by far the largest we have ever encountered.
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Storm Recovery Efforts Underway as OPPD Faces "500-Year" Ice Event
Typically, spring blizzards bring about 1 to 1.25 inches of ice; however, this recent storm resulted in an unprecedented accumulation of 3 to 5 inches of ice around power lines.
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OPPD Board discusses response to blizzard-related outages & VP promoted to CFO
Wednesday’s blizzard knocked out power to 106,000 customers at its peak and impacted more than 132,000 customers in total throughout its nearly 18-hour duration.
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OPPD continuing restoration work with reinforcements
Our field workers and contractors made good progress overnight and have now restored more than 75% of affected customers as of 11:30 a.m. There are 33,768 still without power.
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OPPD responding to tens of thousands of blizzard-related power outages
So far, we’ve seen severe and widespread wind damage to power infrastructure, including more than one hundred poles broken and toppled and wires down throughout our service territory.
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OPPD warns customers against false solar-installation partner
OPPD has received several reports of people visiting customers’ homes, representing a solar installation company and falsely representing the company as a partner with OPPD.
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OPPD highlights advanced metering infrastructure work to benefit customers
When fully implemented over the next few years, AMI and its surrounding ecosystem will help OPPD identify and pinpoint outages faster and with greater precision.
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Upcoming Heat the Streets Run & Walk for Warmth raising critical utility assistance funds to meet growing need in our community
The event will take place Saturday, March 1 at Zone 6 in Aksarben Village, 1911 S. 67th St. in Omaha.
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OPPD’s Marshmallow Challenge encourages innovative thinking among grade schoolers during National Engineers Week
The objective is to build the tallest free-standing structure they can within 20 minutes using only tape, string, spaghetti and one marshmallow.
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Register for Heat the Streets Run & Walk for Warmth by Jan. 31 to receive early bird discount, while helping utility customers in need
The 18th annual Heat the Streets takes place March 1, 2025, at Zone 6 in Aksarben Village, 1911 S. 67th St. in Omaha.
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OPPD working proactively to strengthen generation sources against frigid winter temperatures
As frigid temperatures sweep through eastern Nebraska, OPPD employees have been working proactively to keep power flowing to customers and fortify our generation sources against extreme weather.
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