Last month NPPD was presented with the Energy Innovator Award from the American Public Power Association (APPA) for its “Pathways to a Technical Future” program. This award recognizes utility programs that have demonstrated advances in the development or application of creative, energy-efficient techniques/technologies, provided better service to electric customers or increased the efficiency of utility […]

State and local officials, including Governor Pete Ricketts recently helped Allmand, Inc. and the city of Holdrege celebrate the groundbreaking of their latest expansion. The project, expected to be completed this year, will facilitate an increase in production capacity, innovation, and speed to market.  It includes five new assembly lines, a prototyping lab, a new […]

May Publications from the Economic Development Team Trend Studies: Laurel, Cedar County, Nebraska Sutton, Clay County, Nebraska Community Guide Lites: Henderson, Nebraska

Leon and Jean Weiland, owners of Weiland Incorporated, were recognized at a luncheon recently as Nebraska’s 2019 Small Business Persons of the Year. Weiland Inc., is a Norfolk-based specialty doors and windows company that started on the family farm in 1984 and has since expanded into a 60,000 square foot facility in Norfolk.  Dedication to […]

Approval was recently given by the Norfolk City Council for the Nebraska’s largest community solar project in conjunction with Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD). This solar farm will be tied to a first-of-its-kind battery energy storage system (BESS) demonstration project expected to be in operation by mid-2020. The BESS will be charged through generation provided […]

Did you know Boone County’s latest unemployment rate was 2.5% compared to 2.9% for Nebraska, and 4.4% for the nation? Did you know the City of Ord has a retail trade pull factor of 1.37 compared to Nebraska (as a whole) at 1.00? Read the following publications to find these and many, many more facts! […]

With a lower incentive rate and a couple of new special rate products, Nebraska Public Power District’s toolbox to help businesses with their energy needs got a little bigger. Earlier this year, the Economic Development Rate that is available to wholesale customers and their end users that meet certain criteria, saw a production energy rate […]

There is No April Fool’s Here! NPPD’s Economic Development Team provided these publications in March to increase your knowledge of the following Nebraska Communities. McCook, Red Willow County Trend Study and the Beatrice, Nebraska and Petersburg, Nebraska Community Guides.

An extensive national search led Omaha, Nebraska based Scoular to select the community of Seward in its home state as the location for its new $50 million freeze-drying facility which will supply customers in the pet food industry. The facility, to be located on 15 acres in the Seward/Lincoln Regional Rail Campus south of Seward […]

Timpte, Inc., a manufacturer of bulk commodity trailers, recently announced plans to expand its presence in David City, Neb., with a nearly $14 million, four-stage expansion that will add 30-60 new jobs to the existing 300 employee workforce. After looking at several midwestern states for a new headquarters, the company decided to build at its […]