LOW RATES

Reduce Line Loss

Over the last 10 years employees have worked hard at lowering line loss. Line loss is the term used when energy escapes from the conductor for various reasons. Employees have done a good job in keeping branches cleared away from power lines. Efficient transformers have been purchased. Conductor sizes have been analyzed for efficiency. We are buying the most efficient size to carry the proper load to customers to reduce line losses.

Reduce Wholesale Power Costs

We work hard to lower wholesale power costs several ways. Cornhusker uses many methods of eliminating peak demand. Electricity above the peak costs us more. Cornhusker offers many load control rates. When irrigators allow us to control their pumps during control days, they receive a lower rate. Load control helps us to lower our summer demand from 110,000 kilowatts to 65,000 kilowatts.

Promote Electric Heat

We encourage our customers to heat their homes with electric heat. This fills in the valleys of electric usage. Cornhusker Power offers low rates and electric heat incentives to encourage electric heat.

Encourage New Loads

Cornhusker Power has a strong record of recruiting large new loads. One of these is Valero, an ethanol plant at Albion, Nebraska. Our large industrial base offers sable loads that provide good load patterns. Typically large power and commercial customers account for approximately 45% of Cornhusker's energy sales.

Public Power

Nebraska is the only state in the USA that is 100% public power. No investor owned utilities make a profit on the revenue. For more information visit: http://www.nepower.org.