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OPPD faces power shortage, halting industrial growth in Omaha

November 4, 2026 by Chief Editor
OPPD faces power shortage, halting industrial growth in Omaha

“Everyone is saying no, and then we end up in a really bad place,” Javier Fernandez told Grist. The president and CEO of the Omaha Public Power District was describing a bind that has Nebraska’s largest metro staring down an economic slowdown: OPPD has less than 100 megawatts of available power capacity to promise new … Read more

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