Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Omaha Public Power District regarding its planned refueling and retirement of electric generation units at North Omaha Station.
Currently, North Omaha Station houses five generation units, two of which still utilize coal, while the three others primarily run on natural gas. OPPD plans to retire the three natural gas units, and it plans to refuel the remaining two units from coal to natural gas. Hilgers told reporters he believes the action by OPPD violates legislative statute.
“Shutting down those units today undermines the two goals the legislature has given to public power in Nebraska, affordability and reliability.”…