For the first time in five years, OPPD is asking its Board of Directors to approve an average 2.5% increase, as the utility works to improve and modernize our power distribution system.
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At the Board meeting today, OPPD's Board of Directors approved Jeff Bishop to serve at the new CFO and vice president of Finance.
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Today, Omaha Public Power District is receiving increased customer reports of phone calls from scammers, posing as utility employees.
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OPPD selected Zachry Group to be responsible for design and construction of OPPD's new natural gas generation facilities.
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Today, the OPPD Board of Directors promoted Troy Via to Chief Operating Officer and Vice President -- Utility Operations, effective Oct. 31, and heard the final report on the Feb. polar vortex event.
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OPPD is sending mutual aid crews to help restore power after Hurricane Ida left more than 1 million electric customers without power.
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OPPD's Board meeting covered the July 10 storm, Power with Purpose and Pathways to Decarbonization, among other items.
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OPPD exceeded its Friday goal of 99.5% restoration for customers left without power following the July 10 wind event.
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With more than 900 "boots on the ground", OPPD is on its way to meet its goal of 98.9% restoration tonight and 99.5% restoration on Friday.
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As of 8 p.m., approximately 7,100 customers remain without power. OPPD hopes to achieve 96.3% restoration by 11:59 p.m. tonight.
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As of 8:45 p.m. tonight, approximately 17,000 customers remained without power, down from a peak of 188,000 early Saturday.
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OPPD is starting to receive customer reports of phone calls from scammers, posing as utility employees, likely taking advantage of the high-profile widespread outages our service territory has been experiencing in recent days.
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OPPD crews and mutual aid partners continue to work to restore power to approximately 28,000 customer-owners.
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OPPD and mutual aid crews have made good progress on outages caused by historic, hurricane-force winds that ripped through the service area in the early morning hours Saturday.
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OPPD is among 38 utilities to be named “Most Trusted Brands."
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OPPD took another step in its Power with Purpose project to add 400 to 600 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar generation and up to 600 MW of backup, modern natural gas to the utility's generation portfolio.
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OPPD's credit ratings were recently affirmed among the highest possible for public utilities.
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Resolution pays tribute to retiring CEO’s achievements
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Extreme heat brings out scammers posing as utility employees. Do not fall for their tactics.
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At the May 20 board meeting, the OPPD Board of Directors named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Javier Fernandez as the utility’s next President and Chief Executive Officer.
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