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NE Code § 70-1032 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1032 - Working group; members.

70-1032.  Working group; members.The scope of the study provided for under sections 70-1029 to 70-1033 shall receive input from a working group that may include, but not be limited to, members of the Legislature, the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Environment and Energy, public power districts and other Nebraska electric providers, renewable energy development companies, municipalities, the Southwest Power Pool, the Western Area Power Administration, other transmission system owners, transmission operators, transmission developers, environmental interests, and other interested parties.Source  Laws 2014, LB1115, § 4;  Laws 2019, LB302, § 87.
NE Code § 70-1033 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1033 - Nebraska Power Review Board; duties.

70-1033.  Nebraska Power Review Board; duties.(1) The Nebraska Power Review Board shall issue a request for proposals to conduct the study provided for under sections 70-1029 to 70-1033 after consultation with the working group as provided for in section 70-1032.(2) Any contracts or agreements entered into under this section shall not be subject to the Nebraska Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act or sections 73-301 to 73-306 or 73-501 to 73-510.(3) The Nebraska Power Review Board shall present the results of the study to the Executive Board of the Legislative Council with a copy to the Clerk of the Legislature and the Governor on or before December 15, 2014. The report shall be submitted electronically.Source Laws 2014, LB1115, § 5.Cross References  Nebraska Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act, see section 81-1702.
NE Code § 70-1101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1101 - Declaration of policy.

70-1101.  Declaration of policy.It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to provide for dependable electric service at the lowest practical cost to all of the citizens of the state, including the residents of cities and villages.The maintenance of competing electric systems within such cities or villages results in duplication of facilities and personnel and the needless expenditure of public funds by both such competing systems; that such needless expenditure for duplicating service by publicly owned agencies is not in accord with sound public policy. Whenever such duplicating competition exists in any municipality between a public power district organized under the provisions of Chapter 70, article 6, and other public agencies, including municipalities, such competition should be eliminated in the public interest for economy of operation and lower rates to the consumer.Source  Laws 1963, c. 398, § 2, p. 1270. Annotations This section is applicable in instances where two or more electric systems are competing against each other for consumer business within a given municipality. The intended purpose of this section is limited to legalizing service area boundary agreements between public power districts and municipally owned electric systems and to establishing a power review board. Southern Neb. Rural P.P. Dist. v. Nebraska Electric, 249 Neb. 913, 546 N.W.2d 315 (1996).
NE Code § 70-1102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1102 - Public power districts; agreements with municipalities; operation until January 1, 1972.

70-1102.  Public power districts; agreements with municipalities; operation until January 1, 1972.Whenever any public power district organized under Chapter 70, article 6, is engaged in competitive retail electric service in any incorporated municipality within this state, with a system for the retail sale of electric energy owned by such municipality, such district is hereby directed, within one year from October 19, 1963, to enter into appropriate agreements with such municipality for the operation by the municipality (1) of the distribution system of the district in the municipality; (2) of all its retail business served through such distribution system; and (3) its system in all areas over which the municipality has zoning power, including such secondary transmission lines as are used in the service of the defined area. Such agreement shall provide for such operation by the municipality until January 1, 1972, or such time as such district shall have fully paid or accumulated reserves for the payment of all of the bonds or other obligations of the district incurred as the cost of construction or the purchase price of such system.Source  Laws 1963, c. 398, § 3, p. 1270.
NE Code § 70-1103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1103 - Public power districts; no impairment of obligation to bondholders; municipal operation; books and records; revenue.

70-1103.  Public power districts; no impairment of obligation to bondholders; municipal operation; books and records; revenue.Nothing contained in sections 70-650.01 and 70-1101 to 70-1106 shall in any manner be construed so as to impair the obligations of the public power district to the holders of its outstanding bonds. The municipalities shall properly operate and maintain such system according to the obligations of the district to its bondholders. The municipalities shall maintain and keep separate books and records of the operations of the property of the district in the same manner as such books and records were kept by the district and shall account and pay to the district the same revenue from the property it acquires which the district would have received from the property it transfers to the city if the district had remained the operator of such property.Source  Laws 1963, c. 398, § 4, p. 1271.
NE Code § 70-1104 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1104 - Public power districts; municipal operation; employees' rights respected.

70-1104.  Public power districts; municipal operation; employees' rights respected.Any municipality assuming the management of the distribution system of any public power district under the provisions of sections 70-1101 to 70-1103 shall take over and employ all of the employees of the district theretofore operating such property on the same salary, terms and conditions as their previous employment, including their rights of seniority, pension and retirement plan without prejudice to any of such rights.Source  Laws 1963, c. 398, § 5, p. 1271.
NE Code § 70-1105 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1105 - Obligation of public power district to convey to municipality; no election necessary; when.

70-1105.  Obligation of public power district to convey to municipality; no election necessary; when.The provisions of section 70-650.01 shall be and remain in full force and effect with reference to the transfer and conveyance of its distribution system by the district as therein required. In those cases in which the municipality shall be operating the distribution system of the district, as provided in sections 70-1102 to 70-1104 at the time of the retirement of the district's bonds as described in section 70-650.01, no election shall be required as a condition of said transfer to the municipality.Source  Laws 1963, c. 398, § 6, p. 1271.
NE Code § 70-1106 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1106 - Sections, how construed.

70-1106.  Sections, how construed.Sections 70-650.01 and 70-1101 to 70-1106 shall be deemed to be complete within themselves, to cover the entire subject to which it relates and to be an independent act.Source  Laws 1963, c. 398, § 7, p. 1272.
NE Code § 70-1301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1301 - Statement of policy.

70-1301.  Statement of policy.It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to provide adequate electrical service at as low overall cost as possible, consistent with sound business practices and, in furtherance of such policy, electric service should be provided by nonprofit entities including public power districts, public power and irrigation districts, nonprofit electric cooperatives, and municipalities.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 1. Annotations The Nebraska Power Review Board's jurisdiction to resolve wholesale electric rate disputes extends to contractual issues intertwined with such disputes. City of Sidney v. Municipal Energy Agency of Neb., 301 Neb. 147, 917 N.W.2d 826 (2018).
NE Code § 70-1302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1302 - Electric rate disputes; legislative determination.

70-1302.  Electric rate disputes; legislative determination.In order to meet the policies set out in section 70-1301, protect the financial integrity of suppliers of electricity at wholesale, avoid imposing a discriminatory burden on purchasers of electricity at wholesale, and insure that wholesale rates are adequate, fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, it is necessary to provide a method to expeditiously and fairly resolve wholesale electric rate disputes, including rate disputes relating to transmission and delivery of electrical energy, between the supplier of electrical energy and any and all of its purchasers of electricity at wholesale. To carry out such policies, the necessity for the enactment of sections 70-1301 to 70-1329 is hereby declared to be a matter of legislative determination.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 2.
NE Code § 70-1303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1303 - Wholesale purchaser; payment to supplier; when.

70-1303.  Wholesale purchaser; payment to supplier; when.A purchaser of electricity at wholesale shall pay to the supplier of such electricity the entire amount of the charge for such electricity within the time set forth in the power contract between the purchaser and supplier or, if no such contract exists or no time is set forth in the contract, within thirty days after the date on which the supplier mails the billing to the purchaser.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 3.
NE Code § 70-1304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1304 - Wholesale purchaser; billing; dispute; notice; contents.

70-1304.  Wholesale purchaser; billing; dispute; notice; contents.If a purchaser of electricity at wholesale elects to dispute all or any portion of the wholesale electric charge established by the supplier, the purchaser shall nevertheless pay the full amount of the charge stated in the billing within the time established in section 70-1303 and shall give notice in writing to the supplier stating such election. The notice shall fully describe the basis for the dispute and set forth a detailed statement of disputed issues and the relief sought by the purchaser. Written notice of a dispute concerning a mathematical, metering, or quantity error in the billing shall be given by either party to the other within the time set forth in the power contract or, if no contract exists or no time is set forth in the contract, within sixty days after the discovery of the error.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 4.
NE Code § 70-1305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1305 - Wholesale purchaser; dispute; supplier establish escrow account.

70-1305.  Wholesale purchaser; dispute; supplier establish escrow account.Upon written demand by the purchaser made at the time of the notice of dispute as provided in section 70-1304, the supplier shall, each month, deposit the disputed portion of the monthly payment as specified by the purchaser, but not to exceed twenty percent of the total amount billed, into an escrow account, in a bank located within the county of the principal place of business of the supplier. Such deposits shall be made from the date of the demand until settlement of the dispute as provided by sections 70-1301 to 70-1329. The escrow funds shall be invested, to the extent possible, in securities of the United States Government and the balance in other insured interest-bearing accounts of the bank.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 5.
NE Code § 70-1306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1306 - Unresolved dispute; submitted to arbitration; rules applicable.

70-1306.  Unresolved dispute; submitted to arbitration; rules applicable.If the dispute remains unresolved forty-five days after the receipt by the supplier of the notice in writing of such dispute and payment of the full amount of the charge as provided in section 70-1304 has been made, the dispute shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with sections 70-1301 to 70-1329.Except as otherwise provided in sections 70-1301 to 70-1329, the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, as amended and in effect March 1, 1977, shall be used to the extent that they are determined by the arbitration board to be applicable to the procedures set forth in sections 70-1301 to 70-1329. The Administrative Fee Schedule contained in such rules shall not apply.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 6. Annotations  This section makes the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, as amended and in effect March 1, 1977, the default procedural rules governing arbitration. City of Sidney v. Municipal Energy Agency of Neb., 301 Neb. 147, 917 N.W.2d 826 (2018). This section provides an arbitration board with the authority to allow a party to amend its notice, substantive or not, at any time in the arbitrative proceedings. City of Sidney v. Municipal Energy Agency of Neb., 301 Neb. 147, 917 N.W.2d 826 (2018).
NE Code § 70-1307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1307 - Arbitration board; membership.

70-1307.  Arbitration board; membership.An arbitration board shall be formed to arbitrate the wholesale electric rate dispute in conformity with the standards set out in section 70-1302. The arbitration board shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be selected by the purchaser, one of whom shall be selected by the supplier, and a third shall be selected by the other two arbitrators.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 7.
NE Code § 70-1308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1308 - Arbitrators; disqualifications.

70-1308.  Arbitrators; disqualifications.The arbitrators shall not be employees, agents, or consultants of any party to the dispute and shall have no financial or personal interest in the result of the arbitration.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 8.
NE Code § 70-1309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1309 - Arbitration board; appointed; when; manner.

70-1309.  Arbitration board; appointed; when; manner.The arbitration board shall be appointed within ninety days after the receipt of the notice of the dispute. Each party shall notify the other in writing of the name and address of the arbitrator selected by it within sixty days after receipt of the notice of the dispute. The two arbitrators selected by the parties shall notify the parties in writing of the name and address of the third arbitrator selected by them.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 9.
NE Code § 70-1310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1310 - Arbitration costs and expenses; how assessed.

70-1310.  Arbitration costs and expenses; how assessed.Each of the parties to the dispute shall pay the costs and expenses of the arbitrator selected by it together with one-half of the costs and expenses of the third arbitrator and one-half of the costs and expenses of the hearing, unless the parties otherwise agree or the arbitration board, in its discretion, assesses such costs and expenses, or any part thereof, in a different manner.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 10.
NE Code § 70-1311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1311 - Arbitration board; personnel; hire.

70-1311.  Arbitration board; personnel; hire.The arbitration board shall hire an official stenographer to report its hearings and may hire an attorney to assist it in ruling on the admissibility of evidence offered and in the preparation of the record which will constitute the bill of exceptions in any appeal from the decision of the arbitration board and may hire such other personnel as it deems necessary to conduct the hearing.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 11.
NE Code § 70-1312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1312 - Arbitration board; meetings; chairperson; disputed issues.

70-1312.  Arbitration board; meetings; chairperson; disputed issues.The arbitration board shall meet within thirty days of the appointment of the third arbitrator. The third arbitrator shall be the chairperson and preside at all meetings and hearings of the arbitration board and shall provide notice to the parties at least five days before the first meeting. The parties shall meet with the arbitration board at its first meeting for the purpose of clarifying and narrowing the specific issues from those set forth in the detailed statement of disputed issues.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 12.
NE Code § 70-1313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1313 - Failure to appoint an arbitrator; effect.

70-1313.  Failure to appoint an arbitrator; effect.If a party to the dispute fails or refuses to appoint its arbitrator within the time established in section 70-1309, the arbitrator appointed by the other party shall, within ten days after such failure apply to the American Arbitration Association for the appointment of the second arbitrator. Within ten days after the appointment of the second arbitrator, the two arbitrators so selected shall appoint a third arbitrator.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 13.
NE Code § 70-1314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1314 - Arbitration board; proceedings; duties.

70-1314.  Arbitration board; proceedings; duties.The arbitration board may proceed in the absence of any party who, after due notice, fails to appear or obtain a continuance. An award shall not be made without a hearing or based solely on the default of a party. The arbitration board shall (1) consider only those matters necessary for the resolution of the disputed issues, (2) have no authority to add to, subtract from, or alter the issues except as otherwise agreed to by the parties, and (3) not alter or modify any existing contract.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 14.
NE Code § 70-1315 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1315 - Supplier; notice to other wholesale purchasers; when.

70-1315.  Supplier; notice to other wholesale purchasers; when.The supplier shall give written notice, by certified mail, to its other purchasers at wholesale within fifteen days after receipt of the notice of the appointment of the third arbitrator.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 15.
NE Code § 70-1316 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1316 - Arbitration board; preliminary written statements; hearing; notice.

70-1316.  Arbitration board; preliminary written statements; hearing; notice.The parties shall submit preliminary written statements to the arbitration board within sixty days after the convening of the first meeting of the arbitration board. The arbitration board shall fix the time and place for a hearing which shall commence not more than seventy-five days after the convening of the first meeting of the arbitration board. The board shall give each party written notice of the hearing by certified mail, at least ten days in advance of the hearing, unless the parties waive such notice.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 16.
NE Code § 70-1317 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1317 - Dispute; production of documents and records; depositions.

70-1317.  Dispute; production of documents and records; depositions.At all times after receipt of the notice of the dispute, each party shall make available to the other, for inspection and copying, all documents, data, and records with respect to the dispute for the presentation of the matter to the arbitration board. If the parties fail to agree on the production of documents and records, the arbitration board shall determine the matter. The parties may also take depositions with respect to the dispute.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 17.
NE Code § 70-1318 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1318 - Arbitration board; hearing; testimony; evidence; witnesses.

70-1318.  Arbitration board; hearing; testimony; evidence; witnesses.At the hearing the arbitration board shall hear testimony and receive evidence in person or by deposition relating to the dispute and may continue the hearing from time to time. The arbitration board shall be bound by the rules of evidence applicable in district court. The arbitration board may require a party to submit such evidence as the board may deem necessary or desirable for making its decision and the board is authorized to subpoena witnesses and documents. Opportunity shall be afforded to both parties to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses. The parties may be represented by counsel.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 18.
NE Code § 70-1319 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1319 - Arbitration board; hearing; duration.

70-1319.  Arbitration board; hearing; duration.The arbitration board shall seek to complete its hearing on the issues submitted to it within forty-five days after the commencement of the hearing. The arbitration board may extend the time to complete the hearing beyond the forty-five-day period if the board determines that such extension is necessary.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 19.
NE Code § 70-1320 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1320 - Arbitration board; decision; findings.

70-1320.  Arbitration board; decision; findings.The arbitration board shall render its decision within thirty days after completion of the hearing. The decision shall be in writing, be accompanied by findings of fact, and be signed by the arbitrators supporting the decision. The findings of fact shall consist of a concise statement of the conclusions upon each contested issue of fact. The decision of a majority of the arbitrators shall be the decision of the arbitration board.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 20.
NE Code § 70-1321 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1321 - Arbitration board; decision; findings; provided to parties; filed with Nebraska Power Review Board.

70-1321.  Arbitration board; decision; findings; provided to parties; filed with Nebraska Power Review Board.A copy of the decision and accompanying findings and conclusions shall be mailed to each party and its attorney of record by certified mail. The arbitration board shall file its decision, together with all pleadings and exhibits filed with the arbitration board, with the secretary of the Nebraska Power Review Board within five days of the date of the decision.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 21.
NE Code § 70-1322 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1322 - Escrow account; distribution.

70-1322.  Escrow account; distribution.Within thirty days after the decision of the arbitration board, the funds and investments in the escrow account established pursuant to section 70-1305, together with the interest thereon, shall be distributed or apportioned in accordance with the decision of the arbitration board.Source  Laws 1979, LB 207, § 22.