Terry Zank, Author at The Wire

About Terry Zank

Terry Zank is a contributor to The Wire and senior publications coordinator at OPPD. He and his wife, Melissa, have three sons, ages 12 to 23, and a shichon puppy. Terry coaches his youngest son’s YMCA soccer team, and plays in the OPPD racquetball league. In his spare time, Terry wishes he had some spare time.

4,570 miles

WHAT IS IT? A rough estimate of the rural portion of OPPD’s 5,000-square-mile service area, which includes all or part of 13

Nebraska’s largest generating unit planned by OPPD

In 1954, a second generating unit at North Omaha Station was just a gleam in an engineer’s eye. Unit 2 went online in ’57.

No day is the same for OPPD dispatcher

No two days are alike for System Operations Specialist Mandi Scott, and she likes it that way. Scott monitors the OMS.

System dip

What was that flicker many across the region felt on Jan. 15? A system dip.

Distribution pole

Distribution poles are a necessary part of the energy delivery process, carrying power across the district to customers.

Lightning arresters

OPPD installs arresters to protect equipment from lightning strikes and help prevent power outages.

Video: NCS Unit 2 uses innovative planned outage approach

Unit 2 roars back to life with a new turbine rotor, new high-energy piping and an array of operational enhancements.

Shield wire

These wires – strung above many power lines – help protect the lines from lightning strikes, and potential surges.

Video: Fort Calhoun defueling outage complete

Personnel removed the reactor vessel head and all nuclear fuel assemblies from the plant.