Electricity

Nebraska Public Power District
Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) supplies wholesale electric power to Bradshaw and retail electric power to the City of York.

Nebraska Public Power District is Nebraska's largest electric utility, with a chartered territory including all or parts of 91 of Nebraska's 93 counties. NPPD's revenue is mainly derived from wholesale power supply agreements with 52 towns and 24 rural public power districts and rural cooperatives that rely totally or partially on NPPD's electrical system. NPPD also serves about 80 communities at the retail level. Over 5,000 miles of transmission lines make up the NPPD electrical grid system, which delivers power to about one million Nebraskans.

NPPD uses a mix of generating facilities to meet the needs of its customers. This includes a nuclear plant (CNS), three steam plants (Canaday, GGS and Sheldon), a combined-cycle facility (Beatrice Power Station), two wind generation facilities, nine hydro facilities, nine diesel plants and three peaking units. NPPD also purchases electricity from the Western Area Power Administration, which is operated by the federal government. The average mix of fuel to supply NPPD's customers in a typical year is 60 percent from coal, 20 percent from nuclear, 20 percent from hydro and .1 percent from gas or oil. NPPD is also a member of the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool and the Western System Power Pool.

For more information visit http://www.nppd.com or contact 1-877-ASK-NPPD (275-6773).

Perennial Public Power District
Perennial Public Power District, a wholesale power customer of Nebraska Public Power District, serves Benedict, Gresham, Henderson, Lushton, McCool Junction, Thayer, Waco, and the surrounding rural areas of York County.

The Perennial Public Power District's electric system is a transmission and distribution system consisting of 194 miles of 34.5 kV transmission lines, 1,840 miles of primary distribution lines, and 26 substations.  Approximately six miles of the 2,034 distribution and transmission lines are underground service.  The District receives all of its power and energy at four delivery points, through the Nebraska Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative Inc.

The properties of the District's electric system are well maintained.  Repairs and replacements are being made on a regular basis to ensure continuity of service to the District's 6,906 metered service connections.  Over one-third of the services are used for irrigation or grain drying.  The electric system is arranged to interconnect between the major delivery points to provide for reliability of power supply and flexibility of system operation.  All customers' services are metered.

For more information visit http://www.perennialpower.com or call 800.289.0288.