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On a windswept county road just north of Hallam, workers in lime green vests and red hard hats attach cables to attach to gleaming metallic pylons to carry power from what will be the Princeton Road station being built by the Nebraska Public Power District to supply the ever increasing demands for electricity.
Here, NPPD is installing nearly 700 megawatts of natural gas-powered-generating capacity, and it plans a similar-sized expansion in Beatrice in the early 2030s…