Together with United Way of the Midlands, Omaha Public Power District announces the latest recipients of Greener Together grant funding, with a total of $225,000 awarded to three separate community projects.
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Leaders shared progress across several fronts including the new MyOPPD customer portal, a new power outage map, smart meter installations and more.
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This week, Omaha Public Power District is conducting aerial inspections of transmission lines and equipment to help ensure reliability and resiliency of our electric system.
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OPPD uses Integrated System Planning to continually plan for, adapt to and enable the needs of its customers and the rapidly transforming electric industry.
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Through a $300,000 contribution from Google, this collaboration aims to enhance energy efficiency, reduce home energy costs and expand workforce development in underserved communities in Douglas County.
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Scammers are making the rounds again, calling OPPD customers and pretending to represent the utility to steal your money.
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OPPD leaders shared updates with the utility’s board of directors this week on the progress with both generation and transmission projects as well as the utility’s new advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)
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At the storm’s peak on Saturday morning, nearly 40,000 customers across OPPD’s 13-county service territory were without electricity.
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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 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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Of the nearly 1,700 votes received, our customers overwhelmingly chose “Beak,” with 791 votes.
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Go to OPPD.com/NametheFalcon, and vote for your favorite. Voting ends Thursday, June 12, at midnight.
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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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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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The new partnership will amplify environmentally friendly initiatives in our community through the Greener Together Program.
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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 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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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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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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