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July / Aug. / Sept. 2009 - Nebraska Public Power District

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ENERGY INSIGHT • JULY / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER <strong>2009</strong><br />

Not a<br />

TYPICAL<br />

from the<br />

PRESIDENT & CEO<br />

First, this summer’s mild weather resulted in<br />

reduced sales to our <strong>Nebraska</strong> customers.<br />

Our “billable” peak load this summer of<br />

2,181 megawatts was 365 megawatts below our <strong>2009</strong><br />

original budget, which was used to set electric rates<br />

for this year. In April, we revised the <strong>2009</strong> budget and<br />

lowered our forecasted billable summer peak load<br />

from 2,546 megawatts to 2,449 megawatts. The actual<br />

billable peak of 2,181 megawatts was 268 megawatts<br />

below that revised budget estimate.<br />

summer<br />

RON ASCHE<br />

As the summer draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on the season. Obviously, this wasn’t<br />

a typical summer. We saw below average temperatures and above average precipitation. If<br />

you are an outdoor enthusiast, you might have enjoyed the mild temperatures; however, the<br />

weather indirectly brought with it several challenges for the <strong>District</strong>.<br />

Energy usage has also been down. As a result, we<br />

expect to end this year with sales to our <strong>Nebraska</strong><br />

customers $24 million below our revised budget.<br />

A second challenge included a reduction in prices in<br />

the regional wholesale energy markets due primarily<br />

to the national economic recession and reduced<br />

natural gas prices. For example, through <strong>Aug</strong>ust,<br />

the <strong>District</strong>’s average sales price of non-firm energy<br />

on the wholesale energy market is about $25 per<br />

megawatt‑hour, a decline of 50 percent from the

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