Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska News
Read the latest news regarding MEAN and its Nebraska member communities.
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) was formed during the era of leg warmers, parachute pants, and Jell-O Pudding Pops. The year was 1981. Just like those popular 1980s trends, long-term power supply contracts can also show their age...
S&P Global Ratings recently affirmed its ‘A’ long-term rating on the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska’s (MEAN) outstanding bond obligations. S&P’s report cited as benefits contributing to the rating: The majority of MEAN’s participants are...
The 2022-23 NMPP Energy Annual Report is now available online. The publication serves as a high-level overview of the achievements from each of the NMPP Energy organizations during the fiscal year, which runs April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023...
By David Russell, CGCIO Director of Digital Solutions Group NMPP Energy Rural communities, despite being isolated from major urban centers, are not immune to the dangers of cyberattacks. In fact, rural communities have been trending to be at...
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool Board of Directors approved two new champions at their board meeting in June. The Board approved the Marsh McLennan Agency, based in La Vista, Neb., and Premier Energy, based in Grand Island, Neb. Marsh McLennan...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently launched the Energy Savings Hub, an online, one-stop shop for American families and consumers to access savings tools to cut energy costs. The new website puts clean energy tax credits and forthcoming...
Three member utilities of the Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (NMPP) were among 219 utilities nationally to recently earn a “Certificate of Excellence in Reliability” in 2022 from the American Public Power Association. The three utilities were...
Four NMPP member utilities were among 166 utilities nationally that earned the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2022, APPA recently announced. The four utilities honored were...
Ottawa, ON, May 22, 2023 — Harris, a global vertical market software provider, adds to its utilities portfolio with its acquisition of the PowerManager software suite. The PowerManager software suite are products created through the partnership...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) presented Doug Hazzard, electric department superintendent for the City of Glenwood Springs, Colo., with its Rudy Hultgren Dedicated Service Award May 18 at the MEAN Board of Directors quarterly...
The four organizations of NMPP Energy each recently elected officers for fiscal year 2023-24 at their respective annual meetings. The fiscal year for each organization runs April 1-May 31. Here is a run-down of each organization’s elections and...
Janine Schmidt, village clerk of Morrill, Neb., Kellie Crowell, city clerk of Ravenna, Neb., and Erin Saathoff, city clerk of Beatrice, Neb., received the Nebraska Municipal Clerks’ Association’s 2023 Outstanding Clerk of the Year Award in their...
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (NMPP) awarded Russ Pfeil, utility superintendent for the City of Alma, Neb., with the Bob Arraj Service Award at the NMPP Energy Annual Conference March 22, 2023. The award is presented annually to an official...
NMPP Energy awarded the City of Wall Lake, Iowa, with a Project of the Year Award for its Electric Line Rebuild Project at its Annual Conference in Lincoln, Neb., March 22. The award is presented annually to honor a project or program in an NMPP...
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (NMPP), the energy-related services organization of NMPP Energy, elected officers for its board of directors for fiscal year 2023-24 at its annual meeting March 22 in Lincoln, Neb. Those elected to one-year...
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool will hold electric utility training sessions on a variety of topics April 25-26 at the Mountain Group County Fairgrounds in Gunnison, Colo. Topics include CT metering, switchgear and materials, utility tools...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) Board of Directors at its quarterly board meeting in January approved no rate adjustment as part of its total revenue requirement for fiscal year 2023-24 for wholesale power supply participants. The...
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool will hold its annual series of electric utility training sessions at three different locations across Nebraska March 28-30. Locations include: Sidney - March 28 Broken Bow - March 29 Lincoln - March 30 Class...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN), the wholesale power supply entity of NMPP Energy, elected officers and Executive Committee members for its Board of Directors for fiscal year 2023-24 at its annual meeting, held Jan. 19. Those re...
NMPP Energy has created a webpage dedicated to grant opportunities and how communities can begin to prepare for potential applications, whether state or federal, including links to helpful resources. Check it out here.
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool Board of Directors approved the 2023 Legislative Guidelines at their November board meeting at NMPP Energy. The guidelines serve as a statement of legislative policy accepted by the NMPP Board on behalf of the...