LINCOLN, Ne. — Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit against Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) regarding its planned refueling and retirement of electric generation units at North Omaha Station.
OPPD freely admits that the planned refueling and retirement is being pursued for reasons that directly conflict with the core mission of public power established by the Legislature.
Public power providers are supposed to prioritize affordability of the electricity they produce and reliability of the electric grid they oversee. OPPD’s proposal for North Omaha Station furthers neither. Instead, in a time of rapidly increasing demand for electricity, OPPD’s proposal will threaten grid reliability and create conditions where OPPD ratepayers will likely be subjected to higher costs…