OPPD warns customers not to fall victim to scammers
Stay safe against scammers trying to take advantage of OPPD customers by falsely representing themselves.
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OPPD’s environmental stewardship efforts and stakeholder outreach highlighted in reports to board of directors
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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OPPD to host open house on North Douglas County Transmission Project
With an increased demand for electricity, OPPD is constructing, expanding and rebuilding its transmission network.
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Aerial inspections of transmission lines help keep reliable power flowing to OPPD customers
Starting Monday, OPPD will be conducting aerial inspections of transmission lines and equipment to help ensure reliability and resiliency of our electric system.
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OPPD to host second Community Resource Fair to help customers and families with a range of assistance
Community resource fairs offer a one-stop shop for customers to learn about programs and services provided by OPPD.
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OPPD deploys mutual aid support for Hurricane Helene power restoration efforts
OPPD is answering a call for additional power restoration support in the southeast. Hurricane Helene made landfall late Thursday night.
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OPPD provides resource planning update & details new wind energy agreement to complement OPPD’s diverse energy portfolio
Amid unprecedented energy demand, a massive effort is underway to double OPPD’s generation capacity by the end of this decade.
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OPPD to conduct drone inspections of substations and related equipment this week
The inspections began this morning and are planned to take place over the course of four days, going through Thursday, Aug. 29.
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OPPD details unprecedented outage response for board of directors
On the evening of July 31, more than 221,000 OPPD customers, lost power – some for several hours and others for nearly eight days.
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OPPD continues diligent work to restore remaining 18% of outages
As of 12:30 p.m., our teams were working to restore power to about 39,300 customers, the remaining 18% of customers who are still without power after Wednesday’s devastating storm. At the peak, 218,332 customers were in the dark.
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OPPD provides best estimates as to when customers will have their power back following Wednesday’s historic storm
OPPD has new estimates of how long it will take to restore power to our customers after Wednesday evening’s hurricane-force winds rocked our service territory.
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OPPD warns of scammers as restoration work moves into third day
As OPPD and mutual aid crews push to restore power following Wednesday night’s historic storm, we are beginning to receive reports from customers of scammers trying to take advantage of the situation.
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OPPD crews making their way through debris-strewn roads to respond to 218,000 storm-related power outages
OPPD is responding in force to a major outage event affecting 218,000 customers in our service territory. This event will be among the largest restoration events we’ve undertaken, and it is all-hands-on-deck.
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OPPD mutual aid team returning home after providing power restoration support in Iowa and Illinois
Omaha Public Power District’s 17-person mutual aid team is headed back from Illinois today after assisting both MidAmerican Energy and ComEd with power restoration.
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OPPD’s rates among lowest in region and country
OPPD rates averaged across all classes were 16.2% below the regional average and 25.5% below the national average.
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OPPD warns customers not to fall victim to scammers
OPPD is working in partnership with other local and regional public power utilities to raise awareness of these scams among our customers, identify scammers’ trends, and get their phone numbers shut down when possible.
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OPPD hosting its first-ever Community Resource Fairs
OPPD is hosting two pilot community resource fairs to help connect our customers with the resources they need for employment, physical and mental health resources, family support, financial assistance, and more.
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OPPD working to restore power to thousands following the latest round of storms to batter our service territory
OPPD is responding to thousands of power outages across 11 counties following a round of strong overnight storms.
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Inclement weather causes delay for OPPD’s planned transmission line work over West Dodge
Work will now begin May 28th and run through June 1st, taking place between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m, and will require the partial closing of the West Dodge Expressway between 120th and 132nd streets.
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Report to board shows OPPD’s financial health is strong
OPPD's goal is to maintain an “AA” rating with Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s credit rating agencies, which OPPD met again in 2023, as it has for the past five years.
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