Nebraska Municipal Power Pool - News

The four organizations of NMPP Energy recently closed their respective books on the 2017-18 fiscal year. It was a busy year for each of the organizations as staff continued to look for ways to provide value to the communities we serve. Here's a glimpse of some of the highlights of the year.

The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) Board at its quarterly meeting in May approved energy charge and fixed cost recovery charge credits totaling $8.3 million to its wholesale electric participants.

The Public Alliance for Community Energy (ACE) Board of Directors approved the City of Ogallala, Neb., as a new ACE member community during its May board meeting in Kearney.

ACE, the Public Alliance for Community Energy, wrapped up another year of providing competitively priced natural gas in the Nebraska Choice Gas selection period.

Moody’s Investors Service recently affirmed the A2 rating on a portion of the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska’s (MEAN) power system supply revenue bonds. The rating outlook is stable.

Four NMPP member utilities were among 108 public power utilities across the nation that recently earned American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2017.

Fitch Ratings recently affirmed an A- rating on the Public Power Generation Agency’s (PPGA) revenue bonds for the Whelan Energy Center Unit 2 project near Hastings, Neb.

The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool elected officers and board members for its board of directors for fiscal year 2018-19 at its annual meeting March 27 in Lincoln, Neb.

The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN), the wholesale power supply entity of NMPP Energy, presented the City of Burwell, Neb., with a merit award for the community with the most lighting projects during the fiscal year in MEAN’s Commercial LED Lighting Program.