The Wire

Energy news from Omaha Public Power District

Tag: T&D

General

OPPD embraces newer, more efficient way to bring power to neighborhoods

The utility is switching to front-lot ducted service, which means housing developers install duct systems in front yards to hold electrical wires. Previously, OPPD buried wires in backyards.

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What It Takes

Keeping the community well-lit, safe

Streetlight workers have to be organized, mechanically inclined and able to work in the weather to help OPPD maintain more than 108,000 streetlights throughout Omaha and nearby communities.

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General

‘It makes you a better lineman’

OPPD line technicians show off their skills, fare well at the International Lineman's Rodeo.

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General

See a streetlight out? Let us know

As the days get shorter and Halloween approaches, you can help make sure streets and walkways stay lit by reporting streetlight outages.

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General

On the front lines of a historic outage

OPPD employees and their mutual aid counterparts discuss working to restore power after a devastating storm caused the largest power outage in the utility's history.

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How Does That Work?

Guy wires provide strength, stability

The wires, which you've probably seen stretched diagonally from the ground to near the top of power poles, help balance and stabilize the poles during rough weather.

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