Opinion ID: 4310573
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Text: This is our first opinion addressing an appeal from an arbitration board’s decision under Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 70-1301 to 70-1329 (Reissue 2009). After Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) provided a discount to wholesale customers - 239 - Nebraska Supreme Court A dvance Sheets 300 Nebraska R eports IN RE APPLICATION OF NORTHEAST NEB. PUB. POWER DIST. Cite as 300 Neb. 237 who renewed their contractual relationship, some nonrenewing customers initiated statutory arbitration. They alleged that the discount was discriminatory and an abuse of NPPD’s statutory rate-setting authority,1 but the arbitration board disagreed. Upon our de novo review, we conclude that the discount was reasonable and not arbitrary and that it did not breach the contract or the covenant of good faith. Accordingly, we affirm the arbitration board’s decision.