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NE Code § 70-1013 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1013 - Electric generation facilities and transmission lines; application; hearing; waiver; appearances; objections; amendments.

70-1013.  Electric generation facilities and transmission lines; application; hearing; waiver; appearances; objections; amendments.(1) Upon application being filed under section 70-1012, the board shall fix a time and place for hearing and shall give ten days' notice by mail to such power suppliers as it deems to be affected by the application. The hearing shall be held within sixty days unless for good cause shown the applicant requests in writing that such hearing not be scheduled until a later time, but in any event such hearing shall be held not more than one hundred twenty days after the filing of the application and the board shall give its decision within sixty days after the conclusion of the hearing. Any parties interested may appear, file objections, and offer evidence. The board may grant the application without notice or hearing, upon the filing of such waivers as it may require, if in its judgment the finding required by section 70-1014 or 70-1014.01 can be made without a hearing. Such hearing shall be conducted as provided in section 70-1006. The board may allow amendments to the application, in the interests of justice.(2) A privately developed renewable energy generation facility is exempt from this section if it complies with section 70-1014.02.Source   Laws 1963, c. 397, § 13, p. 1265;   Laws 1967, c. 425, § 1, p. 1301;  Laws 2010, LB1048, § 4;  Laws 2011, LB208, § 2;  Laws 2013, LB340, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB824, § 7.  Annotations  The requirement that the hearing be held within thirty days unless a continuance has been requested by the applicant is directory, not mandatory. Omaha P. P. Dist. v. Nebraska P. P. Project, 196 Neb. 477, 243 N.W.2d 770 (1976). This section provides for filing of application, notice, and hearing of matters authorized under preceding section. City of Auburn v. Eastern Nebraska Public Power Dist., 179 Neb. 439, 138 N.W.2d 629 (1965).
NE Code § 70-1014 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1014 - Electric generation facilities and transmission lines; approval or denial of application; findings required; regional line or facilities; additional consideration.

70-1014.  Electric generation facilities and transmission lines; approval or denial of application; findings required; regional line or facilities; additional consideration.(1) After hearing, the board shall have authority to approve or deny the application. Except as provided in section 70-1014.01 for special generation applications, before approval of an application, the board shall find that the application will serve the public convenience and necessity, and that the applicant can most economically and feasibly supply the electric service resulting from the proposed construction or acquisition, without unnecessary duplication of facilities or operations.(2) If the application involves a transmission line or related facilities planned and approved by a regional transmission organization and the regional transmission organization has issued a notice to construct or similar notice or order to a utility to construct the line or related facilities, the board shall also consider information from the regional transmission organization's planning process and may consider the benefits to the region, which shall include Nebraska, provided by the proposed line or related facilities as part of the board's process in determining whether to approve or deny the application.(3) A privately developed renewable energy generation facility is exempt from this section if it complies with section 70-1014.02.Source   Laws 1963, c. 397, § 14, p. 1265;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 51;  Laws 2003, LB 65, § 2;  Laws 2010, LB1048, § 5;  Laws 2012, LB742, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB824, § 8.  Annotations  In determining whether a proposed application should be approved, the Nebraska Power Review Board does not have the power to determine that the proposed transmission line should be built along a particular route. Lincoln Electric System v. Terpsma, 207 Neb. 289, 298 N.W.2d 366 (1980). Nebraska Power Review Board is authorized, after hearing, to decide which of two competing facilities shall furnish service. City of Auburn v. Eastern Nebraska Public Power Dist., 179 Neb. 439, 138 N.W.2d 629 (1965).
NE Code § 70-1016 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1016 - Appeals; procedure.

70-1016.  Appeals; procedure.An appeal of any final action of the board may be taken to the Court of Appeals. Such appeal shall be in accordance with rules provided by law for appeals in civil cases.Source   Laws 1963, c. 397, § 16, p. 1265;   Laws 1991, LB 732, § 123;  Laws 2003, LB 187, § 13.  Annotations  Decision of the Nebraska Power Review Board will be affirmed on appeal if it is supported by the evidence in the record and is not arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable, or otherwise illegal. In re Complaint of Federal Land Bank of Omaha, 223 Neb. 897, 395 N.W.2d 488 (1986). This section provides for an appeal and necessarily contemplates the board must have evidence before it can determine whether an agreement can be reasonably expected to provide a reliable wholesale power supply at a reasonable cost to the area. City of Lincoln v. Nebraska P. P. Dist., 191 Neb. 556, 216 N.W.2d 722 (1974).
NE Code § 70-1017 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1017 - Suppliers; duty to furnish service; disputes submitted to board.

70-1017.  Suppliers; duty to furnish service; disputes submitted to board.Any supplier of electricity at retail shall furnish service, upon application, to any applicant within the service area of such supplier if it is economically feasible to service and supply the applicant. The electric service shall be furnished by the supplier within a reasonable time after the application is made. If the supplier and the applicant cannot agree upon any of the terms under which service is to be furnished, or if the applicant alleges that the supplier is not treating all customers and applicants fairly and without discrimination within the same rate class, the matter shall be submitted to the board for hearing and determination.Source   Laws 1963, c. 397, § 17, p. 1266;   Laws 1974, LB 674, § 1;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 53.  Annotations  The Nebraska Power Review Board lacks authority to determine whether a supplier of electricity may insist upon the payment of another's delinquent charges as a condition of providing electric service. Keith County Bank v. Wheat Belt Pub. Power Dist., 226 Neb. 850, 415 N.W.2d 459 (1987). Payment of another's past-due electric use charges is not a term "under which service is to be furnished" of the nature which this section empowers the board to consider. In re Complaint of Federal Land Bank of Omaha, 223 Neb. 897, 395 N.W.2d 488 (1986). Potentially conflicting interests within a class are incompatible with the maintenance of a true class action and this aspect may be disposed of upon motion for summary judgment. Blankenship v. Omaha P. P. Dist., 195 Neb. 170, 237 N.W.2d 86 (1976). This section referred to in connection with holding that an ordinance fixing rates for electrical energy supplied by city-owned plant is not subject to referendum. Hoover v. Carpenter, 188 Neb. 405, 197 N.W.2d 11 (1972). Zoning area of city and service area of power district may overlap. City of Gering v. Gering Valley Rural P. P. Dist., 180 Neb. 241, 142 N.W.2d 155 (1966).
NE Code § 70-1018 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1018 - Suppliers; disputes over rates; submission to board; hearing; recommendations.

70-1018.  Suppliers; disputes over rates; submission to board; hearing; recommendations.In the event of any dispute between suppliers concerning rates for service between such suppliers which cannot be settled by negotiations, the dispute shall be submitted to the board. The board may intervene in any such dispute on its own motion. Upon the submission of such dispute or the board's decision to intervene, the board shall set a time and place for hearing thereon and give notice as provided in section 70-1013. Following such hearing the board shall make its recommendations for the settlement of such dispute, which recommendations shall be advisory only.Source  Laws 1963, c. 397, § 18, p. 1266.
NE Code § 70-1019 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1019 - Board; proceedings; compel attendance of witnesses and production of documents; contempt proceedings authorized.

70-1019.  Board; proceedings; compel attendance of witnesses and production of documents; contempt proceedings authorized.In any proceeding had before it under the provisions of Chapter 70, article 10, the board shall have authority, by subpoena, to compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of any books, papers, records, accounts, or other documents which may be necessary to assist in a determination of any matter pending before the board. If any person shall disobey any such subpoena or refuse to testify concerning any matter regarding which he or she may be lawfully interrogated, the district court of Lancaster County, upon application by the board, may compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience to the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein.Source   Laws 1963, c. 397, § 19, p. 1266;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 54.
NE Code § 70-1020 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1020 - Board; expenses; assessments levied against suppliers; apportionment; collection; interest; Nebraska Power Review Fund; created; investment.

70-1020.  Board; expenses; assessments levied against suppliers; apportionment; collection; interest; Nebraska Power Review Fund; created; investment.In order to defray the expenses of the Nebraska Power Review Board, there shall be imposed upon each public power district, public power and irrigation district, electric membership association, electric cooperative company, and municipality having an electric distribution system or generation and distribution system, and also upon all registered groups of municipalities, an assessment each fiscal year in such sum as shall be determined by the board and approved by the Governor. The total of such assessments shall not exceed the expenses of the board which may reasonably be anticipated for the fiscal year for which assessment is made and shall be apportioned among the various agencies in proportion to their gross income in the preceding calendar year. The board shall determine and certify such assessment to each supplier after approval of the board's budget by the Legislature and Governor. The supplier shall remit the amount of its assessment to the board within forty-five days after the mailing of the assessment. Any assessment not paid when due shall draw interest at a rate equal to the rate of interest allowed per annum under section 45-104.02, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted. The proceeds of such assessment shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Nebraska Power Review Fund, which fund is hereby created and which, when appropriated by the Legislature, shall be used to administer the powers granted to the Nebraska Power Review Board, except that transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. Any money in the Nebraska Power Review Fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.Source   Laws 1963, c. 397, § 20, p. 1266;   Laws 1965, c. 407, § 1, p. 1307;   Laws 1969, c. 584, § 65, p. 2385;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 55;   Laws 1984, LB 730, § 1;   Laws 1992, Fourth Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 10;   Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 64;  Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB3, § 43. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 70-1021 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1021 - Microwave communication facilities; authorization; procedure; protest; hearing; when.

70-1021.  Microwave communication facilities; authorization; procedure; protest; hearing; when.After April 24, 1978, except as provided in section 70-1022, a public power district shall not construct microwave communication facilities unless such district is authorized to construct and operate its own microwave facilities by order of the Nebraska Power Review Board. Before such microwave construction is authorized, the Nebraska Power Review Board shall find (1) that in the judgment of the board the district is not receiving the required quality of service, and will not within a reasonable time receive the required quality of service from the regulated carrier or carriers involved, or (2) that the regulated carriers would not provide the required quality of service by the same or alternate methods, at the same or lower costs to the district, and (3) that such construction would be in the public interest. Upon the filing of an application to construct microwave communication facilities under this section, the board shall give notice thereof by mail to any regulated carrier or carriers involved. The regulated carrier or carriers involved shall have ten days to file specific written protests to such application which shall set forth in detail on what points the application is being protested. Upon filing of a protest or protests by the regulated carrier or carriers involved, the Nebraska Power Review Board shall set the matter for hearing, except that if no protests are filed the board may grant the application without hearing.Source   Laws 1978, LB 800, § 2;   Laws 1980, LB 857, § 1.
NE Code § 70-1022 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1022 - Microwave facilities or system; authorization; when not required.

70-1022.  Microwave facilities or system; authorization; when not required.Nebraska Power Review Board authorization shall not be required for the following:(1) Construction of microwave facilities to be completed in a reasonable time where the district has, prior to April 24, 1978, entered into binding contractual obligations with respect to such facilities;(2) Extensions of fifty miles or less of any single portion of a microwave system if such portion was in existence on or before April 24, 1978; or(3) The addition of new equipment to modernize or upgrade but not to extend microwave facilities.Source  Laws 1978, LB 800, § 3.
NE Code § 70-1023 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1023 - Transferred to section 70-1001.01.

70-1023.  Transferred to section 70-1001.01.
NE Code § 70-1024 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1024 - Power supply plan; board; powers and duties; special assessment.

70-1024.  Power supply plan; board; powers and duties; special assessment.The board shall, prior to October 1, 1981, designate the representative organization responsible for the preparation and filing of those reports required pursuant to sections 70-1025 and 70-1026. The board may utilize a preexisting representative group from the industry if such group is willing to perform the task in the prescribed time and manner. The board shall prepare and publish the long-range power supply plan itself, if the board determines that no representative group is willing to complete such a study or that the product of any group so assembled has substantial deficiencies or cannot be completed by the prescribed date. The board shall have the power and duty to levy a special assessment in the manner described in section 70-1020 to defray the costs of such power supply plans, if the board must produce such power supply plan by itself or with consultants.Source  Laws 1981, LB 302, § 2.
NE Code § 70-1025 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1025 - Power supply plan; contents; filing; annual report.

70-1025.  Power supply plan; contents; filing; annual report.(1) The representative organization shall file with the board a coordinated long-range power supply plan containing the following information:(a) The identification of all electric generation plants operating or authorized for construction within the state that have a rated capacity of at least twenty-five thousand kilowatts;(b) The identification of all transmission lines located or authorized for construction within the state that have a rated capacity of at least two hundred thirty kilovolts; and(c) The identification of all additional planned electric generation and transmission requirements needed to serve estimated power supply demands within the state for a period of twenty years.(2) Beginning in 1986, the representative organization shall file with the board the coordinated long-range power supply plan specified in subsection (1) of this section, and the board shall determine the date on which such report is to be filed, except that such report shall not be required to be filed more often than biennially.(3) An annual load and capability report shall be filed with the board by the representative organization. The report shall include statewide utility load forecasts and the resources available to satisfy the loads over a twenty-year period. The annual load and capability report shall be filed on dates specified by the board.Source   Laws 1981, LB 302, § 3;   Laws 1986, LB 948, § 1.
NE Code § 70-1026 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1026 - Power supply plan; research and conservation report; contents.

70-1026.  Power supply plan; research and conservation report; contents.The representative organization shall file, at the request of the board but no more often than biennially, a research and conservation report, which shall include the following information relative to programs enacted by the representative organization and its members:(1) Research and development;(2) Energy conservation;(3) Load management;(4) Renewable energy sources; and(5) Cogeneration.Source   Laws 1981, LB 302, § 4;   Laws 1986, LB 948, § 2.
NE Code § 70-1027 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1027 - Power supply plan; research and conservation report; board; include data in biennial report; hearing.

70-1027.  Power supply plan; research and conservation report; board; include data in biennial report; hearing.The board shall, in its biennial report, include data from any coordinated long-range power supply plan or research and conservation report filed with it. Before publishing its biennial report, if a coordinated long-range power plan or a research and conservation report has been filed with the board in the previous reporting period, the board shall consider, at a public hearing after giving notice of such hearing, the coordinated long-range power supply plan or the research and conservation report.Source   Laws 1981, LB 302, § 5;   Laws 1986, LB 948, § 3.
NE Code § 70-1028 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1028 - Electric transmission line approved for construction in regional transmission organization transmission plan; notice to board; failure to provide notice; effect.

70-1028.  Electric transmission line approved for construction in regional transmission organization transmission plan; notice to board; failure to provide notice; effect.(1) If an electric transmission line has been approved for construction in a regional transmission organization transmission plan, the incumbent electric transmission owner of the existing electric transmission facilities to which the electric transmission line will connect shall give notice to the board, in writing, within ninety days after such approval, if it intends to construct, own, and maintain the electric transmission line. If no notice is provided, the incumbent electric transmission owner shall surrender its first right to construct, own, and maintain the electric transmission line and any other incumbent electric transmission owner may file an application for the electric transmission line under section 70-1012. Within twenty-four months after such notice, the incumbent electric transmission owner shall file an application with the board pursuant to section 70-1012.(2) For purposes of this section:(a) Electric transmission line means any line and related facilities connecting to existing electric transmission facilities for transmitting electric energy at a voltage of one hundred kilovolts or greater, other than a line solely for connecting an electric generation facility to facilities owned by an electric supplier; and(b) Incumbent electric transmission owner means an entity that: (i) Is an electric supplier; (ii) is a member of a regional transmission organization; and (iii) owns and operates electric transmission lines at a voltage of one hundred kilovolts or greater.Source  Laws 2013, LB388, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB824, § 12.
NE Code § 70-1029 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1029 - Legislative intent.

70-1029.  Legislative intent.It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate an additional $200,000 for FY2014-15 to the Nebraska Power Review Board from the General Fund to provide funds to conduct or cause to be conducted a study of state, regional, and national transmission infrastructure and policy and future needs for transmission infrastructure and policy to serve Nebraska electric consumers and utilities and generation facilities in Nebraska seeking to export electricity outside of the state.Source Laws 2014, LB1115, § 1.
NE Code § 70-1030 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1030 - Policy of state.

70-1030.  Policy of state.It is the policy of the state to encourage and allow opportunities for development and operation of renewable energy facilities intended primarily for export from the state in a manner that protects the ratepayers of consumer-owned utility systems operating in the state from subsidizing the costs of such export facilities through their rates and that results in economic development and employment opportunities for residents and communities of the state.Source Laws 2014, LB1115, § 2.
NE Code § 70-1031 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-1031 - Purposes of study.

70-1031.  Purposes of study.The purposes of the study provided for under sections 70-1029 to 70-1033 shall include, but not be limited to, identification of electric transmission and generation constraints and opportunities, federal and state legal and regulatory requirements and practices, national and regional transmission operation, national and regional transmission plans and policies, national and regional markets for electricity export and opportunities for and barriers to exporting electricity to such markets, and economic development benefits of expanded state, regional, and national transmission connections.Source Laws 2014, LB1115, § 3.