FAQs

• The study will create a strategic roadmap for OPPD’s energy portfolio, providing both short-term and long-term resource options.
• The plan will integrate the strategic uses for our existing generating units and facilities.
• It will also take into consideration a variety of factors, including rate pressures, accelerating demand for energy, infrastructure limitations and risk.

OPPD would conduct this kind of study, regardless of WAPA requirements. However, it is cost-effective for us to align the study with a report we must submit to WAPA every five years.

OPPD is one of a number of entities in the region who benefit from federal hydro power. We, along with some smaller Nebraska cities, receive about 80 megawatts of power each summer. The power comes from federal dams along the Missouri River to the north.

Creating a plan is a condition of receiving the hydro power. In our report, we must show we have enough power planned to meet long-term demand.