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The OPPD board has approved a four-percent rate increase and a rate restructuring plan.Both items were approved at Thursday’s board meeting. The rate…
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The OPPD board will vote Thursday on a plan that would raise the service charge to $30 by 2019 and reduce the usage charge by 22 percent.If the board…
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha Public Power District is proposing an increase in its monthly fixed service charge for residential customers while…
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As Nebraska's utilities decide whether to sign new long term deals with power suppliers, they have new options that didn't exist they…
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad says people living and working in rural Iowa will benefit from plans to expand broadband Internet…
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Utilities Board has adopted an order encouraging MidAmerican Energy to hold down costs on its $900 million project to…
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U.S. Senator Deb Fischer and a FCC Commissioner want changes to subsidies given to telephone and internet providers.Senator Fischer and Commissioner Ajit…
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Customers of the Omaha Public Power District will see their electricity rates increase next year after the utility's publicly-elected…
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha area residents will pay more for water and natural gas service next year.The Metropolitan Utilities District board voted…
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A consultant is warning that rural Nebraska could lose high-quality broadband service unless the state provides funding to offset a…