Integrated System Plan
OPPD's Integrated System Plan (ISP) is a vital step in our continual planning process to guide us as we make long-term system plans.
Like most utilities, OPPD engages in ongoing system planning, with an intentional focus on publishing an update to our resource and system strategies every five years. The update also meets a regulatory requirement set by Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) as part of a long-term contract to receive hydroelectric power.
In early 2026, OPPD will begin its ISP engagement process, with a final report submitted to WAPA by the end of the year. This planning process is important to ensure we are ready to support growth and maintain reliability for our customer-owners and the ISP guides how we optimize our energy portfolio and measure potential additions over time.
The last time we submitted an Integrated Resource Plan to WAPA was in 2021. The planning process will differ slightly this time because OPPD will take a broader look at overall system needs, rather than just resource needs. This expanded view will allow OPPD to evaluate generation options in conjunction with related grid infrastructure and customer solutions, including the cost of potential grid buildout and modernizations and other factors in evaluating long-term options.
Long-term, taking an integrated systems approach to planning may uncover grid or customer solutions that can help with generation needs and vice versa which will help optimize the overall planning process.
The study also looks at how our resources actually are being used. In addition to traditional models that forecast the economic dispatch of generating units on the basis of cost only, a system plan will consider the current and future generation required for grid support and system reliability. This creates a modeled portfolio that performs much closer to real-world operations and captures the full range of costs and values.
Workshop #1 - March 24
To view the workshop 1 recording, click here.
To view the workshop 1 executive summary, click here.
We accepted feedback through April 23.
Workshop #2 – May 14
To view the workshop 2 recording, click here.
To view the workshop 2 executive summary click here.
We’re accepting feedback through June 5 in the comments section below.
To participate in the poll questions demonstrated in the workshop recording, take the survey below.
Workshop #3 – September
We are still determining the date of Workshop 3. To receive updates on workshop dates when they’re available, subscribe to this project page in the “Stay Informed” widget on this page (right-hand side if you are on a desktop computer).
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Who's Listening
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Director Energy Portfolio Planning
Workshop Recordings
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This first workshop introduced the ISP and what we need from you.
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This second workshop was to review key assumptions and ask for your input as we build out future scenarios. To participate in the poll questions, go to the Survey tab at the bottom section of the ISP page.
Workshop Presentations
Workshop Executive Summaries
Board Committee Meeting Presentations
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Director of Energy Portfolio, Shannon Coleman delivering an overview of the Integrated System Plan at the January Board of Directors Committee Meeting. She explains the timeline, process, and answers questions from the Board regarding the ISP.
Feedback received prior to this post are from the first workshop. Feedback received after are from Workshop 2.
I appreciate OPPD's efforts to communicate with the public, but I wish that you would tell us when the peak times of day (and year) are, so that those of us with all-electric homes and cars could shift our demand to the off-peak times. You know who your big customers are. You know our email addresses and phone numbers. What is stopping you from communicating this information? Why promote smart thermostats instead of simply telling us when we need to use less power?
A majority of the current OPPD Board and a few activists who show up here in the comments and at the various OPPD meetings are of the opinion that CAGW is a threat to human existence and that carbon dioxide endangers human health. Now that the EPA has repealed the designation that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, it is about time for OPPD to get on board.
If the Board continues with its Net Zero policy, rates will continue to climb. That's because -contrary to the narrative spun out by the Left and Wall Street - solar and wind are the most expensive forms of energy. That's also why electricity is so much more expensive in Europe and California.
The Board's hypocrisy is so blatant. It wants to close the coal-fired units at North Omaha but keep Nebraska City Station open. Per tollfromcoal.org, NCS "kills" more people than NOS. The fact is, however, that neither are a health threat to people.
David D. Begley
Customer-owner
I would love if OPPD focuses more on the environment in upcoming years. Renewable energy is better for the environment and the economy and should be a crucial part of OPPD's future. As a young person who is concerned about climate change, I hope to see OPPD moving away from fossil fuels.
I love to see solar and battery storage already coming online! I’d love to see the timeline for renewables move even faster. Climate change isn’t slowing down, so our clean energy transition shouldn’t either. I hope the environment is a top priority throughout this process. As a high schooler, my generation is the one inheriting these decisions. I’d like to believe that OPPD has this in mind, and they could show it by expanding renewable generation.
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