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Energy news from Omaha Public Power District

75th Anniversary

When OPPD holiday cookbooks were all the rage

Grandma may have found the recipe for her famous lime gelatin salad in one of these cookbooks, once a collectible giveaway.

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75th Anniversary

Video: NCS used innovative approach in 2017 outage

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

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75th Anniversary

OPPD was an early promoter of the “all-electric life”

60 years ago, OPPD employees did their best to modernize customer households with all-electric appliances, touting convenience.

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75th Anniversary

OPPD line crews through the years

Just as the faces of OPPD line crews have changed, so have their equipment and vehicles. These photos show line crews from the 1920s and 50s. Present-day line crews, pictured below, are on the front lines of customer service for OPPD and are often the “face” of the district in the community. Their jobs are

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Flashback

SPP marks a renewables milestone

Regional transmission organization saw 30 percent increase in wind generation last year.

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Flashback

OPPD’s Ideas magazine

The magazine featured a variety of topics related to OPPD commercial customers and their business operations.

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