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75th Anniversary

Video: Solving problems provides ‘great satisfaction’

Dick Liebentritt, who worked for OPPD for his entire career and retired in 1998, discusses the rewards of collaborating to find solutions.

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75th Anniversary

Video: ‘Enjoy the challenges that you have, enjoy the learning’

Jon Hansen, who retired from OPPD as Vice President – Energy Production & Marketing after nearly 35 years with the utility, had a hand in all of the OPPD plants.

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75th Anniversary

Video: ‘Learn how to take change as a challenge’

Retiree Mark Purnell, who worked as an account executive at OPPD, said his job involved doing "whatever it took to make the customer satisfied."

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75th Anniversary

Video: ‘It worked out really well’

OPPD retiree Joyce Halford had a key role in helping the utility transition to the computer era.

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75th Anniversary

A walk through 75 years of OPPD history

As the utility celebrates its anniversary, we take a look at how OPPD has grown and evolved over the years.

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75th Anniversary

Video: ‘I worked with some really good people’

OPPD retiree Jerry Krause was in charge of what was then the second-largest division at the utility when he retired.

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