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NE Code § 70-625.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-625.01 - Rural areas; legislative findings and declarations.

70-625.01.  Rural areas; legislative findings and declarations.The Legislature finds and declares that:(1) There are rural areas in the state which are experiencing declines in economic activity and the outmigration of rural residents which is eroding the tax base of those rural areas and undermining the ability of the state and local governments to provide essential public services;(2) Rural economic development efforts can increase the productivity of economic resources, create and enhance employment opportunities, increase the level of income and quality of life for rural residents, assist in slowing or reversing the outmigration of rural residents, and help maintain essential public services to the advantage not only of those rural areas but also of the state as a whole and the electric utilities serving those rural areas;(3) Funds may be available from the United States Department of Agriculture or other federal agencies to suppliers of electricity in rural areas to promote economic development and job creation projects;(4) It is the policy of this state to promote economic development and job creation projects in rural areas through the use of federal funds and other funds which may be available as authorized in subsection (3) of section 70-625;(5) Public power districts operating in rural areas of this state are uniquely situated through their boards of directors to know and understand the need to promote economic development and job creation projects in their service areas; and(6) Involvement by publicly owned electric utilities operating in rural areas in such economic development activities serves a public purpose and it is the public policy of this state to allow public power districts to promote economic development and job creation projects in rural areas as provided in subsection (3) of section 70-625.Source  Laws 1997, LB 658, § 7.
NE Code § 70-625.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-625.02 - Electric transmission facilities and interconnections, defined; policy of state.

70-625.02.  Electric transmission facilities and interconnections, defined; policy of state.It is declared to be the policy of the State of Nebraska that electric transmission facilities and interconnections which are defined as being electric lines having a rating of thirty-four thousand five hundred volts and higher will be provided and made available to all power agencies so as to result in the lowest possible cost for the transmission and delivery of electric energy over the transmission and interconnected facilities of any public power district, public power and irrigation district, individual municipality, group of municipalities registered with the Nebraska Power Review Board, governmental subdivision, or nonprofit electric cooperative corporation.Source   Laws 1967, c. 421, § 1, p. 1295;   Laws 1969, c. 550, § 1, p. 2206;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 16.
NE Code § 70-626.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-626.01 - Generating power agency; duty to sell electrical energy; when.

70-626.01.  Generating power agency; duty to sell electrical energy; when.A district, individual municipality, or group of municipalities registered with the Nebraska Power Review Board which is engaged in the generation and transmission of electrical energy, all of which are referred to in Chapter 70, article 6, by the term generating power agency, shall be required to sell electrical energy at wholesale under the terms and conditions of a fair and reasonable contract directly to any municipality, registered group of municipalities, district, political subdivision in the state, or any nonprofit electric cooperative corporation organized under Chapter 70, article 7, all of which are referred to in Chapter 70, article 6, by the term distribution power agency, when such distribution power agency makes application for the purchase of electrical energy, if such sale is not in violation of an agreement of the generating power agency approved by the Nebraska Power Review Board and such generating power agency has the requested amount of electrical energy available for sale, and the distribution power agency agrees to make or pay for the necessary physical connection with the electrical facilities of such generating power agency.Source   Laws 1943, c. 146, § 3(2), p. 522;   R.S.1943, § 70-626.01;   Laws 1967, c. 421, § 2, p. 1295;   Laws 1971, LB 349, § 3;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 18.  Cross References  Wholesale service to municipalities, when required, see section 19-708.Annotations  Formerly this section required public power districts to sell electrical energy at wholesale to municipalities. As amended in 1971, the proviso if such sale is not in violation of an agreement of the generating power agency approved by the Nebraska Power Review Board was added. City of Lincoln v. Nebraska P. P. Dist., 191 Neb. 556, 216 N.W.2d 722 (1974). Powers granted by this section are subject to limitations of petition for creation of district. Schroll v. City of Beatrice, 169 Neb. 162, 98 N.W.2d 790 (1959). Sale direct to municipalities, and not to association of municipalities, was contemplated. State ex rel. League of Municipalities v. Loup River Public Power Dist., 158 Neb. 160, 62 N.W.2d 682 (1954).
NE Code § 70-626.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-626.02 - Generating power agency; physical connections; establish; rates.

70-626.02.  Generating power agency; physical connections; establish; rates.A generating power agency shall establish a physical connection of its transmission lines and associated facilities with the facilities of a distribution power agency or with the facilities of an intervening power agency when requested by the distribution power agency and shall make available any surplus capacity in its transmission lines and associated facilities and provide for the receipt, transmission, and delivery of power and energy for the account of the distribution power agency upon the payment of rates, tolls, and charges that are reasonable, fair, and nondiscriminatory for the use made of the transmission lines and associated facilities of the generating power agency.Source   Laws 1967, c. 421, § 3, p. 1296;   Laws 1969, c. 550, § 2, p. 2207.
NE Code § 70-626.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-626.03 - Transmission facilities of other power agency; available for transmission of electric energy; rates.

70-626.03.  Transmission facilities of other power agency; available for transmission of electric energy; rates.Surplus capacity in transmission facilities owned by any other power agency shall be made available for transmitting and delivering electric energy to any Nebraska power agency. Electrical energy shall be transmitted and delivered over the transmission facilities by any power agency subject to the terms of sections 70-625.02 and 70-626.01 to 70-626.04 but only upon payment of rates, tolls, and charges that are reasonable, fair, and nondiscriminatory for the use made of the transmission facilities of the power agency.Source   Laws 1967, c. 421, § 4, p. 1296;   Laws 1969, c. 550, § 3, p. 2207.
NE Code § 70-626.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-626.04 - Disagreement between power agencies; file complaint with Nebraska Power Review Board; notice; hearing; order advisory provision; effect.

70-626.04.  Disagreement between power agencies; file complaint with Nebraska Power Review Board; notice; hearing; order advisory provision; effect.In the event of any disagreement between the generating power agency and a distribution power agency or between any of the power agencies, whether wholesale or retail, regarding the provisions of sections 70-626.01 to 70-626.03 and the use of transmission lines and associated facilities and the establishment of the physical connection therewith, either party to the disagreement may file a written complaint with the Nebraska Power Review Board requesting the board to hear the complaint and issue an order for settlement of the disagreement. Upon the receipt of such a request, the board shall set the matter for hearing within thirty days after the request is made by the complaining party. The board shall provide notice to the other party to the disagreement at least fifteen days prior to the hearing. After the hearing is completed the board shall, within forty-five days, enter an order setting forth its decision on the issues in disagreement and the disposition of the dispute, taking into consideration whether the relief requested by the complaining party is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and will place no undue burden upon the parties affected thereby. Any provision in an order of the board regarding any rate to be charged by a public power district or public power and irrigation district which has agreed with the holders of its outstanding bonds that the district will fix such rates shall be advisory only and shall not be binding on the district.Source   Laws 1967, c. 421, § 5, p. 1296;   Laws 1969, c. 550, § 4, p. 2207.
NE Code § 70-626.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-626.05 - Wheeling service; contract; dispute; exception; board; settlement.

70-626.05.  Wheeling service; contract; dispute; exception; board; settlement.When a power agency has requested wheeling service under sections 70-626.01 to 70-626.03, the parties shall develop a contract for such wheeling service. Any provisions of the contract which cannot be resolved by the parties shall then be the subject of a dispute filed with the board for settlement. The provisions of this section shall not include the matter of rates to be paid for such wheeling service in the contract.Source  Laws 1969, c. 550, § 5, p. 2208.
NE Code § 70-627 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-627 - Irrigation works; construction; acquisition; contracts authorized.

70-627.  Irrigation works; construction; acquisition; contracts authorized.Subject to the limitations of the petition for its creation and all amendments thereto, a public power district may own, construct, reconstruct, improve, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, extend, manage, use or operate any irrigation works, as defined in section 70-601, either within or beyond, or partly within and partly beyond, the boundaries of the district, and any and every kind of property, personal or real, necessary, useful or incident to such acquisition, extension, management, use and operation, whether the same be independent of or in connection or conjunction with an electric light and power business, in whole or in part. In connection with the aforesaid powers, such district shall have the right and power to enter into any contract, lease, agreement or arrangement with any state, county, city, village, governmental or public corporation or association, or with any person, firm or corporation, public or private, or with the government of the United States, the Rural Electrification Administration, the Public Works Administration, or with any officer, department, bureau or agency thereof, or with any corporation organized under federal law, including the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or any successor thereof, for the purpose of exercising or utilizing any one or more of the above enumerated powers, or for the sale, leasing, or otherwise furnishing or establishing, water rights, water supply, water service or water storage, for irrigation or flood control, or for the financing or payment of the cost and expenses incident to the construction, acquisition or operation of such irrigation works, or incident to any obligation or liability entered into or incurred by such district.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 6, p. 346;   Laws 1937, c. 152, § 5, p. 583;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-706;   Laws 1943, c. 146, § 3(3), p. 522;   R.S.1943, § 70-627. Annotations  Powers granted by this section are subject to limitations of petition for creation of district. Schroll v. City of Beatrice, 169 Neb. 162, 98 N.W.2d 790 (1959). District may acquire fee title to reservoir site. Burnett v. Central Neb. P. P. & I. Dist., 147 Neb. 458, 23 N.W.2d 661 (1946).
NE Code § 70-627.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-627.02 - District; radioactive material and energy; powers; development; contracts; financing; indemnification; when.

70-627.02.  District; radioactive material and energy; powers; development; contracts; financing; indemnification; when.In addition to all other rights and powers which may be possessed by a public power district or public power and irrigation district under the petition for its creation and all amendments thereto and other statutes, any such district which has radioactive material available to it in association with facilities constructed in connection with the production of electrical energy shall have the power to: (1) Use, sell, lease, transport, dispose of, furnish, or make available, under contract or otherwise, to any person, firm, corporation, state, county, city, village, governmental subdivision or agency, the government of the United States or any officer, department, bureau or agency thereof, any corporation organized by federal law, or any body politic or corporate, any such radioactive material or the energy therefrom; (2) own, operate, construct, reconstruct, purchase, remove, lease, or otherwise acquire, improve, extend, manage, use, or operate such facilities or property, real or personal; or (3) engage in or transact business or enter into any kind of contract or arrangement with anyone for or incident to the exercise of any one or more of the powers of the district for any and every service involving, employing, or in any manner pertaining to the use of radioactive material or the energy therefrom or for the financing or payment of the cost and expense incident to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, or operation of such facilities or property, real or personal, or incident to any obligation or indebtedness entered or incurred by any such district.A public power district or public power and irrigation district may indemnify a public or private entity for such entity's own negligence, notwithstanding section 25-21,187, if the district enters into a contract with the public or private entity for the management or operation of a nuclear power plant that provides for compensation on an at-cost basis. This section does not authorize indemnification for any direct damages from the misconduct of such public or private entity engaged in management or operation of a nuclear power plant. The same limitations of liability and other protections available to a public power district or a public power and irrigation district under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act shall apply to any public or private entity acting as an agent for a public power district or a public power and irrigation district pursuant to a contract for the management or operation of a nuclear power plant.Source   Laws 1959, c. 316, § 2, p. 1159;  Laws 2003, LB 165, § 12.  Cross References  Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act, see section 13-901.
NE Code § 70-628 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-628 - District; additional powers.

70-628.  District; additional powers.In addition to the rights and powers enumerated in Chapter 70, article 6, and in no manner limiting or restricting the same, each district shall be deemed to be and shall have and exercise each and all of the rights and powers of a public electric light and power district or public power district within the meaning of sections 70-501 to 70-503.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 6, p. 346;   Laws 1937, c. 152, § 5, p. 583;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-706;   Laws 1943, c. 146, § 3(4), p. 523;   R.S.1943, § 70-628;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 19.  Annotations This section relates to means by which a district may exercise the powers recited in the petition for creation of the district. Schroll v. City of Beatrice, 169 Neb. 162, 98 N.W.2d 790 (1959).
NE Code § 70-628.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-628.02 - Joint exercise of powers with municipalities and public agencies; authority.

70-628.02.  Joint exercise of powers with municipalities and public agencies; authority.The Legislature declares that it is in the public interest of the State of Nebraska that public power districts and public power and irrigation districts be empowered to participate jointly or in cooperation with municipalities and other public agencies in the establishment and operation of facilities for the generation or transmission of electric power and energy located within or outside this state, for the production, storage, and distribution of hydrogen located within this state, or for the production and distribution of ethanol located within this state in order to achieve economies and efficiencies in meeting the future energy needs of the people of the State of Nebraska. In furtherance of such need and in addition to but not in substitution for any other powers granted such districts, each such district shall have and may exercise its power and authority to plan, finance, acquire, construct, own, operate, maintain, and improve electric generation or transmission facilities located within or outside this state, hydrogen production, storage, or distribution facilities located within this state, or ethanol production or distribution facilities within this state jointly and in cooperation with one or more other such districts, cities, or villages of this state which own or operate electrical facilities or municipal corporations or other governmental entities of other states which own or operate electrical facilities. The powers granted under this section may be exercised with respect to any electric generation or transmission facility, hydrogen production, storage, or distribution facility, or ethanol production or distribution facility jointly with the powers granted under any other provision of sections 18-412.07 to 18-412.09 and 70-628.02 to 70-628.04.Source   Laws 1975, LB 104, § 1;   Laws 1986, LB 1230, § 39;   Laws 1997, LB 658, § 9;  Laws 2005, LB 139, § 8.
NE Code § 70-628.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-628.03 - Joint exercise of powers with electric cooperatives or corporations; authority.

70-628.03.  Joint exercise of powers with electric cooperatives or corporations; authority.The Legislature declares that it is in the public interest of the State of Nebraska that public power districts and public power and irrigation districts be empowered to participate jointly or in cooperation with one or more electric cooperatives or electric membership corporations organized under the laws of this state or any other state in the establishment and operation of facilities for the generation or transmission of electric power and energy located within or outside this state, for the production, storage, and distribution of hydrogen located within this state, or for the production and distribution of ethanol located within this state in order to achieve economies and efficiencies in meeting the future energy needs of the people of the State of Nebraska. In furtherance of such end and in addition to but not in substitution for any other powers granted such districts, each such district shall have and may exercise its power and authority to plan, finance, acquire, construct, own, operate, maintain, and improve electric generation or transmission facilities, hydrogen production, storage, or distribution facilities, or ethanol production or distribution facilities located in this state jointly and in cooperation with one or more electric cooperatives or electric membership corporations organized under the laws of this state or any other state, and each district shall have and may exercise such power and authority with respect to electric generation or transmission facilities located outside of this state jointly or in cooperation with one or more electric cooperatives or electric membership corporations organized under the laws of this state or any other state. The power granted under this section may be exercised with respect to any electric generation or transmission facilities, hydrogen production, storage, or distribution facilities, or ethanol production or distribution facilities jointly with the powers granted under any other provision of sections 18-412.07 to 18-412.09 and 70-628.02 to 70-628.04.Source   Laws 1975, LB 104, § 2;   Laws 1986, LB 1230, § 40;   Laws 1997, LB 658, § 10;  Laws 2005, LB 139, § 9.
NE Code § 70-629 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-629 - Power to tax denied; exception.

70-629.  Power to tax denied; exception.Except for the authority to make assessments granted by section 70-667 to districts organized under or subject to Chapter 70, article 6, the district shall have no power of taxation, and no governmental authority shall have the power to levy or collect taxes for the purpose of paying, in whole or in part, any indebtedness or obligation of or incurred by the district or upon which the district may be or become in any manner liable.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 8, p. 350;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-708;   R.S.1943, § 70-629;   Laws 1971, LB 626, § 1;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 20.  Annotations Power of taxation is denied to public power districts. Platte Valley P. P. & I. Dist. v. County of Lincoln, 144 Neb. 584, 14 N.W.2d 202 (1944).
NE Code § 70-630 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-630 - Water storage or service; contract required; conditions.

70-630.  Water storage or service; contract required; conditions.No person, irrigation district or irrigation company shall be liable for the payment of any rent or charge for water storage or service unless a contract therefor has been entered into between such person, irrigation district or irrigation company, and the power and irrigation district furnishing such water storage or such water service. No contract for water service shall be made or continued if the rates, tolls, rents, or charges for such service do not provide the person, irrigation district or irrigation company, or the power and irrigation district with the benefits of an overall profitable and successful operation as provided for in section 70-655, and each contract shall contain such a provision; Provided, that if such a provision shall be omitted from any contract, the contract shall be subject to the provisions of this section regardless of the price or prices stated in such contract.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 8, p. 350;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-708;   R.S.1943, § 70-630;   Laws 1974, LB 822, § 1.