{"id":4565,"date":"2015-01-15T06:40:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T11:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2015-01-15T06:40:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T11:40:23","slug":"nebraskas-community-owned-electricity-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=4565","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska\u2019s Community-Owned Electricity System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-field-subtitle field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/community-wealth.org\/content\/nebraska-s-community-owned-electricity-system\" target=\"_blank\">Nebraska\u2019s Community-Owned Electricity System<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>In Nebraska, 121 publicly-owned utilities, 10 cooperatives, and 30 public power districts provide electricity to a population of around 1.8 million people.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>In the United States, there is one state, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepower.org\/\">only one<\/a>\u00a0state, where every single resident and business receives electricity from a community-owned institution rather than a for-profit corporation. It is not a famously liberal state like Vermont or Massachusetts. Rather, it is conservative\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/members\/NE\">Nebraska<\/a>, with its two Republican Senators and two (out of three) Republican members of Congress, that has embraced the complete socialization of energy distribution.<\/p>\n<p>In Nebraska, 121 publicly-owned utilities, 10 cooperatives, and 30 public power districts\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nppd.com\/assets\/publicpowerinformationguide.pdf\">provide<\/a>\u00a0electricity to a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/quickfacts.census.gov\/qfd\/states\/31000.html\">population<\/a>\u00a0of around 1.8 million people. Public and cooperative ownership keeps costs low for the state\u2019s consumers. Nebraskans pay one of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepower.org\/who-we-are\/public-power\/\">lowest rates<\/a>\u00a0for electricity in the nation and revenues are reinvested in infrastructure to ensure reliable and cheap service for years to come. \u201cThere are no stockholders, and thus no profit motive,\u201d the Nebraska Power Association proudly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepower.org\/who-we-are\/public-power\/\">proclaims<\/a>. \u201cOur electric prices do not include a profit. That means Nebraska\u2019s utilities can focus exclusively on keeping electric rates low and customer service high. Our customers, not big investors in New York and Chicago, own Nebraska\u2019s utilities.\u201d Payments (in lieu of taxes) from the state\u2019s publicly-owned utilities\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepower.org\/?page_id=308\">exceed<\/a>\u00a0$30 million a year and support a variety of social services throughout the state\u2014including the public education system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska\u2019s Community-Owned Electricity System In Nebraska, 121 publicly-owned utilities, 10 cooperatives, and 30 public power districts provide electricity to a population of around 1.8 million people. In the United States, there is one state, and\u00a0only one\u00a0state, where every single resident and business receives electricity from a community-owned institution rather than a for-profit corporation. 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