News
Read the latest news regarding the NMPP Energy coalition of organizations.
NMPP Energy Executive Director Bob Poehling recently announced Jason Rosenkranz as the new director of wholesale electric operations for the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN). Rosenkranz began his duties in late April and replaces Brad...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska Board of Directors at their May board meeting in Kearney, Neb., approved a request by the Village of Snyder, Neb., to transfer to MEAN’s modernized Total Power Requirements Power Purchase contract, known...
The ACE (Public Alliance for Community Energy) Board of Directors recently approved the Village of Winside, Neb., as the newest ACE member community. The Village, with a population of approximately 364, is located in Wayne County in northeast...
NMPP Energy recently welcomed Cindy Tanner to its accounting team as an accounting specialist. In her role, Cindy will support accounts payable and payment processing activities for NMPP Energy coalition of organizations. Her duties will include...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska will host a series of informal safety roundtable discussions for MEAN wholesale power utilities in mid-June at three locations in Nebraska. MEAN Electrical Distribution O&M Specialists Matt Edwards and...
The Southwest Power Pool went live with its Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) expansion into the Western Interconnect on April 1. Several regional utilities, including the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, are participants in the...
The American Public Power Association will hold a two-part virtual webinar series on “Electric Utilities 101” on May 19 and May 21 from 11-2 p.m. CST each day. The virtual course will explore how electricity is generated, transmitted and...
The Grand Island (Neb.) Utilities Department recently announced the next step in developing a Regional Public Power Workforce Training Facility in Grand Island, which is a collaborative effort designed to strengthen workforce development for...
NMPP Energy awarded the City of Denver, Iowa, with a Project of the Year Award for its Underground Electric Distribution System Conversion Project at its Annual Conference in Lincoln, Neb., March 18. The award is presented annually to honor a...
NMPP Energy awarded Ryan Hurst, Utility General Manager of the City of Wahoo, Neb., Utilities with the Bob Arraj Service Award at the NMPP Energy Annual Conference March 18, 2026. The award is presented annually to an official or employee who...
LINCOLN, Neb. – ACE (Public Alliance for Community Energy), the community-owned natural gas commodity supplier, presented Project of the Year awards to three of its member communities at the NMPP Energy Annual Conference March 18 in Lincoln, Neb...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) presented Kirby Bridge, electric superintendent for the City of Alliance, Neb., with its Rudy Hultgren Dedicated Service Award March 18 at the NMPP Energy Annual Conference in Lincoln, Neb. The...
ACE, the Public Alliance for Community Energy, recently distributed $400,000 to its 75 member communities through its revenue return program. Through the program, the ACE board of directors may vote to return revenue to its member communities...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska is holding a free Line Clearance Tree Pruning Training on April 9 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Pierce, Neb., Fire Hall. The training session will include classroom training and field work and is geared...
Winter Storm Fern posed significant challenges to electric reliability across much of the country in late January, including Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) 14-state regional footprint. Demonstrating the value of regional coordination, SPP and its...
The National Public Gas Agency elected officers for its board of directors for fiscal year 2026-27 at its Board of Directors annual meeting on Feb. 5. Those elected to one-year terms as officers beginning April 1 were: Chris Anderson, city...
The Public Alliance for Community Energy (ACE) elected Board of Director officers and at-large Executive Committee members for fiscal year 2026-27 at the ACE Board Annual Meeting held in January in Kearney, Neb. Those re-elected as Board of...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) Board of Directors at its board meeting in January approved an overall 3 percent adjustment to MEAN’s rates and charges as part of its total revenue requirement for fiscal year 2026-27 for wholesale...
NMPP Energy in January welcomed James Cover to its team as an application and systems development administrator. His role will include building and maintaining web, mobile, and internal applications that integrate organizational data and...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN), the wholesale power supply organization of NMPP Energy, elected officers and Executive Committee members for its Board of Directors for fiscal year 2026-27 at its annual meeting, held Jan. 21...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska will hold a virtual public Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) Scenario Workshop on Feb. 10 at 9 a.m. CST. Input from the workshop will be used to shape assumptions, directional relationships and scenario...