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Cornhusker Public Power is a
not-for-profit electric distribu-
tion utility that sells electricity
at cost to industrial tracts and
rural portions of Platte, Colfax,
Boone, Nance, Greeley and
Wheeler counties.
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Cornhusker Public Power Dis-
trict has 43 full-time and three
part-time employees.
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The District buys power from
Nebraska Public Power District
and distributes it to 9,809
electric services over 3,234
miles of distribution line.
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Customers per mile of line
is 3.03.
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The service area covers
2,250 square miles.
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Cornhusker Public Power
District was organized on
January 2, 1943.
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Ten publicly elected board
of directors make policy
decisions.
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Headquarters:
Columbus, Nebraska
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Service Centers:
Albion, Nebraska
Fullerton, Nebraska
There’s not a lot that stops power in Nebraska. The lights stay on, in part, to
the hard work and dedication of our crews. As a result, we enjoy some of
the most reliable power anywhere. Over the last five years, we have been able
to provide 99.985 percent reliability, based on average outage hours per custom-
er per year.
System upgrades improve reliability
Cornhusker Public Power District works to ensure stable voltage and increase
capacity. Several system upgrades were made including building three new regu-
lator banks and rebuilding three regulator banks for added load.
Engineering and Planning Director Bobby Jones said, “Our Engineering Depart-
ment always plans for future growth. We engineered and built a new low profile
substation with provisions for six transformers located northwest of Belgrade (81-
34) with initial capacity of 7.5 MVA.” The new substation came online
June 2014.
A 2500 KVA transformer was added near Superior Industries, a 500 KVA
padmount installed at Gene Steffy Ford, and 500 KVA padmount installed at
Niewohners north of Spalding.
Other systems upgrades were completed included various underground and
overhead line extensions for 8 hog units, various grain bin services, rebuilds, and
irrigation services.
2013 99.969%
2012 99.992%
2011 99.988%
2015 99.992%
2014 99.986%
System Reliability