Gov. Pete Ricketts joined representatives of Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD), Monolith Materials, and Norris Public Power District for a joint announcement Monday regarding the facilitation of a significant addition to the renewable energy landscape in the state. The addition will provide significant short- and long-term value to Nebraska. In order to facilitate Monolith Materials’ […]

Great West Petfood Holding Inc. (doing business as York Cold Storage I, LLC) is investing $5 million to expand their York facility and capacity, creating a minimum of 13 jobs. The expansion will allow York Cold Storage to provide the additional product to another Nebraska business, further strengthening Nebraska’s supply chain. York Cold Storage is […]

While 2020 has been a difficult year for all, retail and wholesale customers of Nebraska Public Power District have some good news ahead for 2021. During Thursday’s monthly meeting of the NPPD Board of Directors electric rates for 2021 will remain stable from 2020. For the eighth consecutive year, NPPD retail customers will see no […]

Below are the last three trend studies updated for 2020. You will find that Knox County had a 2019 population of 8,332 with the majority of their workers commuting less than 25 miles to work. Platte County’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased by 2.8 percent (516 jobs) between 2009 and 2019. York County’s Retail […]

From all of us to all of you, warmest holiday wishes! We are looking forward to the coming year (aren’t we all?)!

In a world that feels like everything is different, one thing hasn’t changed – our desire to help the communities we serve prosper and thrive.   It’s in that spirit that you’ll find below just a few of the planned economic development activities for 2021. Whereas in years past, our calendar has been packed with travel and face-to-face […]

Once again, Nebraska Public Power District will be offering Site Readiness Assistance grants to help communities bring shovel ready sites to market. This unique program will match funds up to $25,000 to conduct due diligence items such as: ALTA Survey Title Commitment Geotechnical Investigation Natural Features/Wetlands Delineation Endangered Species Phase 1 Environmental Studies Other items […]

The City of O’Neill in Holt County had a pull factor of 1.54 in 2019 which is 54 percent greater than the NE average. These are just a couple of samples of the data you will learn about in November’s studies published by NPPD’s Economic Development Team. Holt County Trend Study Custer County Trend Study

We’re forty-some days away from Christmas, and many NPPD employees are getting their Christmas shopping done thanks to a unique partnership with GROW Nebraska®. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, plans for NPPD’s 50th-anniversary celebrations and holiday parties were put on hold. Wanting to find a way to still celebrate, a team began researching creative ways […]

NPPD’s Economic Development team recently wrapped a free five-week webinar for local economic developers featuring nationally recognized economic development consultant Janet Ady of Ady Advantage. The series covered topics such as the site selection process, business retention and expansion, capacity readiness and rural economic development post-COVID. The series highlighted best practices and benchmarked participants on […]