Employees go to great heights to train for rescues
No hang ups here. OPPD crews are trained in rope rescues in case they are ever called on to save a fellow employee’s life.
North Omaha
Meet OPPD’s Central Maintenance crews: Have wrench will travel
About 50 OPPD employees have traveled the district for 40 years working on equipment ensuring reliability for customers.
Construction at North Omaha Station
Nearly 60 years ago, construction was underway on Unit 2 at OPPD’s North Omaha Station generation plant. The plant was
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.
Plant reaches rarefied air on risk protection
Insurer gives North Omaha Station its highest rating and presents its Highly Protected Risk award.
OPPD values, people at heart of Wetrosky’s work
The North Omaha Station manager says managing a power plant like that one is more about the people than the equipment.
Customers, reliability first with Karre at North Omaha
As a supervisor, Cody Karre takes seriously his responsibility to provide power to OPPD customers in a cost-effective way.
North Omaha Station’s role continues to evolve
After Fort Calhoun decision, OPPD’s ‘fleet workhorse’ could be tapped as a peaking plant.
Falcons get tongue-in-cheek names
More than 22,000 votes were logged on OPPD’s Storm & Outage Center to name the two chicks.
Two new falcon chicks peer out from North Omaha box
This is the second group of chicks at North Omaha Station.