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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rich Aerni Chairman Larry Zach First Vice Chairman Francis Sand Second Vice Chairman Chris Langemeier Secretary Dick Tooley Treasurer Robert Cerv Jim Donoghue Alan Drozd Mike Fleming Ross Knott EXECUTIVE STAFF Neal Suess President/ CEO Walt Williams Vice President, Administrative Services/CFO David Bell Vice President, Development/ Marketing PUBLIC POWER MONTH DID YOU ? KNOW Nebraska is the only state in the nation served entirely by public power electric utilities. Community-owned utilities mean that Nebraskans are working for Nebraskans. Public power electric utilities are not-for-profit, meaning there’s no profit motive and no shareholder pockets to pad — simply affordable, cost-of-service electric rates for consumers. Each dollar of a public power employee’s paycheck circulates through the local economy an estimated four to five times. Ron Ziola Vice President, Engineering Dan Hellbusch Vice President, Operations The Loup Generator is published quarterly as a service for Loup employees, families, friends and associates. For feedback, story ideas and submissions, contact: Stacy Wemhoff Communications Coordinator 402-562-5711 swemhoff@loup.com Nebraska’s electric utilities are governed by locally elected or appointed boards and councils. This means you have a voice in the decisions made by your local utility. Nebraska’s electric utilities use a diverse mix of fuel resources to generate electricity, such as wind, water, coal, nuclear, natural gas, solar and methane. Nebraska’s electric utilities pay more than $100 million to communities they serve each year in lieu of taxes. Those dollars stay local, helping to empower our hometowns. KEEPING LOCAL DOLLARS LOCAL. 2 GENERATOR
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Leigh becomes 24th town served by Loup The Village of Leigh became the 24th town/village/ city to be served at retail by the District on October 1. This is a significant event that took several years to accomplish and is the result of the hard work of many, both at the Village of Leigh and at the District. The Village has been a long-time wholesale customer of the District, and that relationship was very efficient. Over the past several years, Village leadership inquired on several occasions regarding the possibility of having the District provide retail service to the residents of the Village, as compared to the Village buying power from the District and reselling it to their customers. These discussions became more consistent in 2017. In early 2018, the Village Board decided to move forward and enter into a Professional Retail Operations Agreement and Franchise with the District. This agreement allows for the District to operate and maintain the electric system within the Village of Leigh through 2040, and at the same time, pay a franchise fee, or lease payment, to the Village commensurate with the revenue generated from the customers within the Village distribution system limits. The District has been providing assistance with repairs on certain electrical systems within the Village over the past decade. This has been performed by the District’s crews out of Humphrey, as their knowledge of the Village’s electrical system provided a benefit to the Village. It is always a difficult decision for a village board to give up control of a system that has been part of the community for many years; however, the District will provide a level of service that we feel will equal that which the Village has provided in the past. District officials have been working diligently to prepare for the changeover, which became effective on October 1. The District does plan to convert the primary voltage within the Village from the current primary voltage of 4.16 kV to 12.5 kV. This will be done over the next several years and will include building a new substation within the Village. One advantage to this conversion is that the District already provides by NEAL SUESS retail service to the Colfax County President/CEO Fairground site in Leigh, and that is served at a primary voltage of 12.5 kV. This will make the conversion easier. The District will also be using new advanced metering infrastructure within the Village. This will allow the District to read and monitor customer usage directly from the general office in Columbus, without having to send a crew or meter reader out to read the usage off the meter. This will save on overall costs and provide significant benefits for both the District and the customers in Leigh. We are excited about this endeavor and look forward to working with the Leigh community. The District welcomes all the citizens of Leigh to the retail operations and programs offered by the District. We have considered you a part of our family and are happy to have you as a closer member today. We will strive to meet and exceed your needs to the best of our ability. Journeyman Lineman Jared Hoefelman clears trees from power lines in Leigh. FALL 2018 3
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