OPPD Will Not Raise Rates Next Year
(AP) - Customers of the Omaha Public Power District won't see their electricity rates increase next year.
The utility's board approved a nearly $1.15 billion budget Thursday that keeps rates unchanged going into next year.
In January, OPPD increased electricity rates 6.9 percent largely to pay for the cost of repairing the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant.
The utility that serves 13 southeast Nebraska counties just got permission to restart the nuclear plant earlier this week. Fort Calhoun had been idle since April 2011.
OPPD officials say they were able to negotiate cheaper coal contracts earlier this year, and the utility worked to limit expenses.
And the cost of electricity the utility had to buy to replace Fort Calhoun's output is being spread over three years.
© Associated Press
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Holton woman killed in Jackson Co car-deer accident
Three injured in Thursday Jeff Co collision
Whiting woman sentenced in theft of fire dept. funds
Atchison Police probe car wash thefts
One injured in Jeff Co collision
Atchison Co vets to honor comrades Monday
USD 415 board holds special meeting
Two officers recognized at city commission meeting
HCF Match Day event this weekend
Paxico man arrested in Jackson Co on drug charges
Only minor flooding continues along Missouri River
Richardson County Board receives organization updates
HCF Match Day event raises more than $230K
KS DCF provides dollars for youth lunch
HCC hires new Vice President for Academic Affairs
Plans underway for " No Summer Hunger" program
Council approves renewal of employee insurance plan
LATEST STORIES
Wi-Fi, code locks, among VF City Park improvements
Atchison Co Fair fundraiser set for Saturday
Summer water fun active in Atchison
Gov announces special session of KS Legislature
Two officers recognized at city commission meeting
Brown Co Commission begins 2025 budget process
Additional Doniphan Co filing for November election
Kansans, Moran, honor fallen on Memorial Day