OPPD celebrates new facilities with ribbon cutting and ground breaking for a third. Javier Fernandez, OPPD president and CEO speaks to guests and media during the ribbon and ground breaking ceremony ...
Omaha Public Power District board Thursday voted 6-2 for a resolution that will continue coal-fired generation for the time being while adding detailed steps and timelines to prioritize future phase-out ... .
Some researchers who have studied health risks from coal-burning power plants recently questioned aspects of an OPPD-commissioned study into the North Omaha power plant ... .
Utility officials say it's time to reassess converting the plant in the face of fast-growing demand, new winter margins and grid reliability concerns ... .
) OPPD Proposes Extending Life of DangerousCoalPlant... The proposal, scheduled for a vote by the OPPD board on Dec. 18, would undo a series of OPPD's previous commitments and plans to retire coal that have been in progress since 2014.
A power line was inadvertently cut Tuesday morning by a crew working on an excavation job, affecting approximately 1,000OPPD customers in downtown Omaha... .
The conversion of the last two coal-fired units at OPPD's North Omaha station is scheduled to take place by the end of 2026. But continued growth in electric demand has utility officials discussing options ... .
OMAHA — The Omaha Public Power District delayed a vote this month to move forward on a decade-old plan to transfer two coal units at a North Omaha power plant to natural gas. The delay came a week after Nebraska’s ... .