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Read the latest news regarding ACE and its Nebraska member communities.
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool Board of Directors approved the 2025-26 Legislative Guidelines at their quarterly board meeting in November. The guidelines are approved by the NMPP Board every two years and serve as a statement of legislative...
NMPP Executive Director Bob Poehling in November announced the promotion of Samantha Parker and Mandy Hansen to serve in director roles for NMPP Energy, along with several other internal staffing assignments. Samantha was named as director of...
National Public Power Week and Public Natural Gas Week will be celebrated by municipal utilities across the U.S. Oct. 6-12. This is a great opportunity for public utilities to promote the benefits of their public power and natural gas systems...
The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN), along with NMPP Energy, will hold its annual series of electric utility training sessions on a variety of topics at three different locations across Nebraska Sept. 17-19. Locations include Lincoln...
Great Plains Power, LLC was recently approved as a new Champion business of NMPP Energy. Based in Grand Island, Neb., Great Plains Power is one of the largest power line contractors in the Midwest providing maintenance, construction and...
The City of Bridgeport, Neb., recently used their ACE distribution funds to help revitalize an old local community swimming and fishing pond which has since been dedicated as a park to recognize Morrill County veterans. A ribbon cutting and...
ACE, the Public Alliance for Community Energy, earlier in 2024 distributed $350,000 to its 76 member communities through its revenue return program. Through the program, the ACE Board of Directors may vote to return revenue to its member...
NMPP Energy presented its Project of the Year Awards at its Annual Conference in Lincoln, Neb., March 20. The awards are presented annually to NMPP Energy communities to recognize projects or programs that create a more cohesive community...
ACE (Public Alliance for Community Energy), the community-owned natural gas supplier, presented Project of the Year awards to three of its member communities at the NMPP Energy Annual Conference March 20 in Lincoln, Neb. Through its revenue...
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (NMPP) elected officers for its board of directors for 2024-25 at its meeting Feb. 8 in Lincoln, Neb. Those elected as officers of the board of directors beginning April 1 were: Mike Palmer, electric...
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (NMPP) Members Council approved amending the NMPP Articles of Incorporation as part of an NMPP modernization initiative through a ballot vote in December with a 95 percent approval rate. The initiative...
The Public Alliance for Community Energy (ACE) elected Board of Director officers and at-large Executive Committee members for fiscal year 2024-25 at the ACE board annual meeting held Jan. 17. Those re-elected as Board of Director officers for a...
U.S. households using natural gas to heat homes this winter are expected to spend less money than last winter, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA, in their Winter Fuels Outlook that was issued in October, expects...
The annual Nebraska Choice Gas selection dates have been set for April 4-24 for the Nebraska Choice Gas program. During the three-week selection period, Nebraskans in the Choice Gas program will have the opportunity to choose their natural gas...
NMPP Energy’s Chris Dibbern was recently honored by the Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities (CAMU) by being named CAMU’s 2023 recipient of the Darrell T. Davis Sheepherder Award. The award is given each year by CAMU to recognize...
The 2022-23 NMPP Energy Annual Report is now available online. The publication serves as a high-level overview of the achievements from each of the NMPP Energy organizations during the fiscal year, which runs April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023...
By David Russell, CGCIO Director of Digital Solutions Group NMPP Energy Rural communities, despite being isolated from major urban centers, are not immune to the dangers of cyberattacks. In fact, rural communities have been trending to be at...
The Cities of Broken Bow and Sidney in Nebraska recently designated their ACE (Public Alliance for Community Energy) distribution funds for projects in their respective communities. Broken Bow designated its revenue ACE funds to the Broken Bow...
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool Board of Directors approved two new champions at their board meeting in June. The Board approved the Marsh McLennan Agency, based in La Vista, Neb., and Premier Energy, based in Grand Island, Neb. Marsh McLennan...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently launched the Energy Savings Hub, an online, one-stop shop for American families and consumers to access savings tools to cut energy costs. The new website puts clean energy tax credits and forthcoming...
