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.
Read More >>The new partnership will amplify environmentally friendly initiatives in our community through the Greener Together Program.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>The event will take place Saturday, March 1 at Zone 6 in Aksarben Village, 1911 S. 67th St. in Omaha.
Read More >>The objective is to build the tallest free-standing structure they can within 20 minutes using only tape, string, spaghetti and one marshmallow.
Read More >>The 18th annual Heat the Streets takes place March 1, 2025, at Zone 6 in Aksarben Village, 1911 S. 67th St. in Omaha.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>At its monthly meeting tonight, the Omaha Public Power District Board of Directors approved a new $2.3 billion Corporate Operating Plan for 2025.
Read More >>OPPD ranked number one overall in the Midwest Midsize segment in 2024 and also topped the list in the subcategories of billing and payment, price and communication.
Read More >>March 1, 2025 marks the 18th year Metropolitan Utilities District and Omaha Public Power District are hosting the event to raise money for utility assistance programs for customers struggling to pay their bills.
Read More >>The proposed $2.3 billion budget was presented to directors during their committee meetings Tuesday. If directors approve the proposed COP at December’s board meeting, OPPD will implement a 6.3% average increase among all customer groups.
Read More >>Stay safe against scammers trying to take advantage of OPPD customers by falsely representing themselves.
Read More >>OPPD works on a number of fronts to be a good steward to our environment and remains committed to engaging our customers, the community and other stakeholders.
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