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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OPPD welcomes clean capacity collaboration as part of its reliable growth plans
The collaboration will allow OPPD to access 600 megawatts (MW) of wind capacity from NextEra Energy Resource’s High Banks Wind Energy Center.
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OPPD making repairs in storm-devastated neighborhoods, requests the public’s help by keeping a distance from critical work taking place
As of 2 p.m. today, we have restored power to 62% of customers impacted. At that time, more than 4,100 customers remained without power, down from peak of about 10,200 outages.
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OPPD earns top tier customer satisfaction scores
At this week’s committee meetings for the OPPD Board of Directors, utility leaders shared the results of annual residential and business syndicated customer surveys, which gave the utility high marks in customer satisfaction and engagement.
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OPPD conducting aerial survey of transmission lines today
During this work, the public may see a small plane flying near power lines in the Omaha metropolitan area and northward toward a transmission line interconnection in Woodbury County, Iowa.
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OPPD report to board shares how utility continues to put customers first through a variety of assistance programs
At this week’s all-committees meeting of the OPPD Board of Directors, the utility shared its Customer Payment and Affordability Trends report.
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