Loup Generator - Summer2019

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Larry Zach Chairman Chris Langemeier First Vice Chairman Ross Knott Second Vice Chairman Alan Drozd Secretary Dick Tooley Treasurer Rich Aerni Robert Cerv Jim Donoghue Mike Fleming Steve Heesacker EXECUTIVE STAFF Neal Suess President/ CEO Walt Williams Vice President, Administrative Services/CFO David Bell Vice President, Development/Marketing 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 2,011 public power utilities provide electricity to 49 million people in 49 states and five U.S. territories. While each utility is unique, public power is characterized by some key values. COMMUNITY OWNED Public power utilities are owned by the communities they serve. They provide local jobs and support the local economy. You’ll see your friendly utility staff at the ball games and the grocery store. LOCALLY OPERATED Public power utilities are run by the city. They are regulated and governed by the city council or a board with local representatives. If you live in a public power community, you have a voice in decision-making for your utility. RESPONSIVE Public power utilities focus on delivering the highest level of service and value to customers. They are committed to meeting the needs of the community through environmental stewardship, high reliability and economic development. NONPROFIT Surplus revenues stay in the community and are invested in system improvements, shared with the local government, or used to lower your electric bills. Revenues are not distributed among outside shareholders. LOW-COST Public power utilities have access to tax-exempt financing and generally have stronger credit ratings than privately owned utilities. Community-owned utilities operate efficiently, and many have access to less expensive federal hydropower. 2 GENERATOR
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ‘It won’t happen overnight’ Rebuilding Headworks will take several years Many people around Nebraska continue to be in awe at the destruction caused by the mid-March storm event (or bomb cyclone). From the damage at Nebraska Public Power District’s Spencer Dam, to road damage on Dodge Street in Omaha, to the bridges that were damaged near Schuyler, Monroe and Genoa, to the levees that were breached along the Missouri River, to all the sand that has been deposited outside of the river beds throughout Nebraska — the damage caused by this one event will be felt for many years by the people throughout Nebraska. Obviously the Loup Power District was affected by this storm. The District saw damages to (1) the substations in St. Edward, Cedar Rapids and the sand plant south and by NEAL SUESS President/CEO The District is in the process of finalizing the temporary design repair drawings and submitting them to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) which has oversight of this project. The District will be designing permanent canal repairs to assist with future storm events. The District is also in the process of finalizing the root cause analysis for the damages. This report indicates the level of water and debris that was contained in the Loup River during the storm event was beyond any design capabilities of the Headworks and Canal system. For the near future, especially through the summer, fall and winter months, the entirety of the Headworks will be closed off to the west of Genoa, (2) subtransmission and distribution lines near the Headworks and south and west of Columbus, and (3) the obvious breaches and damage to the Canal system near the Headworks, as well as damage in the Tailrace section of the Canal, south and east of Columbus. District employees and contractors continue to work on all of these, but I want to focus mostly on the Headworks and Canal repairs for this article. The District continues to work to seal up the breaches that occurred along the Canal, south and west of Genoa. The breaches have been sealed up enough to allow the District to bring a certain amount of water into the Canal; however, this amount is far below that for normal operation and will continue in this manner for some time, probably through the end of 2020. As the District starts to get into more temporary and permanent repairs, we expect water levels in the Canal to fluctuate, in order to manage and complete the repairs. public for recreation purposes. With the construction activity ongoing and the heavy equipment being used to move sand, dirt and gravel from one area to another, it is too dangerous to open any of these areas to the public. We realize this creates some inconveniences. However, the public safety is too great of a concern to allow these areas to open. The District will let everyone know when it is safe to use these areas again. We want everyone to know we are working as quickly as possible to make the repairs to all of our systems and get back to normal operation. This will be a process that will last many months and take several years. It will not happen overnight. The District appreciates everyone’s patience, prayers, thoughts and ideas. We know that we are part of your communities and we plan to be in your communities for a very long time. Continue to look at the District’s website and social media outlets for updated information. SUMMER 2019 3
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