What does a substation do?
Substations are a vital component of OPPD's electrical system. They play a key role in getting power from generating stations to customers.
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Energy news from Omaha Public Power District
Energy news from Omaha Public Power District
Tag: T&D
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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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‘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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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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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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