Chapter 70 — POWER DISTRICTS AND CORPORATIONS
528 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1404 Public power district; joint project authorized; limitation; study.
1.0K chars
(1) A public power district may plan, finance, develop, acquire, purchase, construct, reconstruct, improve, enlarge, own, operate, and maintain an undivided interest as a tenant in common in a project situated within or without the state jointly with one or more public power dist…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1405 Creation of joint authority; procedure; resolution; membership; considerations; notice; challenge.
2.3K chars
(1) The governing body of two or more public power districts may by resolution determine that it is in the best interests of the respective public power districts and their electric customers to create a joint authority. Such resolution shall be approved by a majority of the memb…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1406 Proposed joint authority; members; application; Nebraska Power Review Board; duties; proof of authority's establishment.
3.3K chars
(1) Upon fulfilling the requirements set forth in section 70-1405, the governing body of each public power district which determines that its participation in the proposed joint authority is in its best interest shall by resolution appoint one representative to the proposed joint…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1407 Joint authority; board of directors; appointment; votes; oath; officers; quorum; expenses; additional districts; withdrawal; dissolution.
4.5K chars
(1) The management and control of a joint authority shall be vested in a board of directors. The governing body of each member public power district of a joint authority shall appoint a representative who shall be a director of the joint authority. The representative, at the disc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1408 Joint authority; executive committee; creation; exercise powers of board.
0.5K chars
The board of directors of a joint authority may create an executive committee the composition of which shall be set forth in the bylaws of the joint authority. The executive committee shall have and shall exercise the powers and authority of the board of directors during interval…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1409 Joint authority; rights and powers; enumerated.
6.1K chars
Each joint authority shall have all the rights and powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of the Joint Public Power Authority Act including, but not limited to, the right and power: (1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of the affa…
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1410 Joint authority; statutory restrictions applicable; when.
0.5K chars
Any joint authority created pursuant to sections 70-1401 to 70-1423 which is itself engaged in the generation, transmission, or sale of electrical energy, at wholesale or retail, or which is itself engaged in the construction, maintenance, expansion, improvement, or operation of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1411 Joint authority; annual audit.
0.2K chars
Any joint financing authority created pursuant to sections 70-1401 to 70-1423 shall be required to submit to an annual audit in the same manner as a public power district pursuant to sections 70-623 to 70-623.03.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1412 Joint authority member; power and energy contracts; conditions; payments; member; furnish authority money, property, and services; authority; lend member funds.
4.2K chars
(1) Any public power district which is a member of the joint authority may contract to buy from the joint authority power and energy required for its present or future requirements, including the capacity and output of one or more specified projects. As the creation of a joint au…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1413 Joint authority project; sale of excess capacity; limitations; applicability.
1.2K chars
Excess capacity or output of a project not then required by any of the members of a joint authority shall be first offered for sale or exchange pursuant to section 70-626.01. Any sale of available capacity and energy from the joint authority's project shall only be for the period…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1414 Joint authority; issue bonds; pledge revenue; restrictions.
0.5K chars
A joint authority may issue bonds and pledge the revenue, or any portion thereof, derived or to be derived from all or any of its projects, and any additions and improvements to or extensions of such projects, or contributions or advances from or loans to its members to pay for t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1415 Joint authority projects; bonds; issuance; proceeds; uses.
3.2K chars
(1) No joint authority shall undertake any project required to be financed, in whole or in part, with the proceeds of bonds without the approval of two-thirds of its members. A joint authority is hereby authorized to issue at one time or from time to time its bonds to pay all or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1416 Bonds; secured by trust agreement; covenants authorized.
3.0K chars
In the discretion of the board of directors of the joint authority, any bonds issued under the Joint Public Power Authority Act may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the joint authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1417 Directors; establish rates and fees; limitation; pledge; lien.
1.9K chars
A two-thirds majority vote of the directors of the joint authority present, with each member casting the number of votes to which he or she is entitled, is authorized to fix, charge, and collect rents, rates, fees, and charges for electric power and energy, hydrogen, ethanol, and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1418 Funds from bond issuance; investment authorized; conditions.
0.6K chars
The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds may provide that any of such money may be temporarily invested and reinvested pending disbursements of such money in such securities and other investments as shall be provided in such res…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1419 Bondholder; trustee; enforcement of rights.
1.0K chars
Any holder of bonds issued under sections 70-1401 to 70-1423 or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights pursuant to this section may be restricted by such trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the…
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1420 Refunding bonds; issuance; conditions.
0.8K chars
A joint authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds of the joint authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding, in advance of their maturity or earlier redemption date, which shall have been issued under sections…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1421 Board of directors; grants-in-aid and loans; authorized; powers.
1.1K chars
The board of directors of a joint authority is hereby authorized to make application and to enter into contracts for and to accept grants-in-aid and loans from the federal and state governments and their agencies for planning, acquiring, constructing, expanding, maintaining, and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1422 Sections, supplemental to other provisions.
0.7K chars
Sections 70-1401 to 70-1421 shall be deemed to provide an additional, alternative, and complete method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be deemed and construed to be supplemental and additional to powers conferred by existing laws, and shall not be regarde…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1423 Sections, how construed.
0.2K chars
In order to effectuate the purposes and policies prescribed in sections 70-1401 to 70-1423, the provisions of sections 70-1401 to 70-1423 shall be liberally construed.
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1501 Statement of policy.
0.4K chars
It is the public policy of this state to provide its citizens with adequate electric service at as low an overall cost as possible, consistent with sound business practices, and in furtherance of such policy it is necessary to avoid and eliminate conflict and competition among an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1502 Suppliers; agreements authorized.
1.1K chars
In furtherance of the policy of this state as set forth in section 70-1501, suppliers of electric power and energy, including public power districts, nonprofit corporations, public power and irrigation districts, individual municipalities, registered groups of municipalities, pub…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1503 Agreement; Nebraska Power Review Board; approval required; procedure.
1.0K chars
Before any agreement made pursuant to section 70-1502 or amendment to such agreement shall become effective, it shall be submitted to and approved by the Nebraska Power Review Board. When requested to approve such agreement or amendment, the Nebraska Power Review Board shall dete…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1504 Agreement; dispute; hearing.
0.5K chars
In the event of any disagreement arising among the parties to an agreement authorized by sections 70-1501 to 70-1505 which cannot be settled by negotiations, the dispute may be submitted to the Nebraska Power Review Board. Upon the submission of any such disagreement to the board…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1505 Supplier; competition and antitrust provisions; exemption.
0.7K chars
In the exercise of the powers granted in sections 70-1501 to 70-1505 and in Chapter 70, article 10, to execute agreements authorized by sections 70-1501 to 70-1505 or other agreements authorized by Chapter 70, article 10, a supplier of electric power and energy shall be exempt fr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1506 Cryptocurrency mining operation; data center; regulation; report.
3.8K chars
(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Cryptocurrency mining means validating transactions for addition to a blockchain distributed ledger; (b) Cryptocurrency mining operation means any facility of one megawatt in size or greater that conducts cryptocurrency mining; (c) Data cente…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1507 Agricultural self-generation facility; electric service; regulation.
2.1K chars
(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Agricultural or horticultural purposes has the same meaning as in section 77-1359; (b) Agricultural self-generation facility means a facility for the production of electricity that: (i) Uses methane, wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, or geoth…
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1945, c. 154, § 1.
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1601 Applicant for service; denial prohibited, when.
0.3K chars
No applicant for the services of a public or private utility company furnishing water, natural gas, or electricity at retail in this state shall be denied service because of unpaid bills for similar service which are not collectible at law because of statutes of limitations or di…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1602 Domestic subscriber, defined.
0.3K chars
As used in sections 70-1603 to 70-1615, unless the context otherwise requires, domestic subscriber shall not include municipalities, cities, villages, political subdivisions, companies, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, or businesses of any nature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1603 Municipal utility; owned and operated by a village; discontinuance of service; notice; procedure.
0.4K chars
No municipal utility owned and operated by a village furnishing water, natural gas, or electricity at retail in this state shall discontinue service to any domestic subscriber for nonpayment of any past-due account unless such utility first gives written notice by mail to any sub…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1604 Municipal utility; owned and operated by a village; discontinuance of service; conference; notice; procedure.
0.7K chars
Prior to the discontinuance of service to any domestic subscriber by a municipal utility owned and operated by a village, the domestic subscriber, upon request, shall be provided a conference with the board of trustees of the village. A municipal utility owned and operated by a v…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1605 Discontinuance of service; notice; procedure; limitation on fees.
1.1K chars
No public or private utility company, other than a municipal utility owned and operated by a village, furnishing water, natural gas, or electricity at retail in this state shall discontinue service to any domestic subscriber for nonpayment of any past-due account unless the utili…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1606 Discontinuance of service; notice; contents; accessible to public.
2.6K chars
(1) The notice required by section 70-1605 shall contain the following information: (a) The reason for the proposed disconnection; (b) A statement of intention to disconnect unless the domestic subscriber either pays the bill or reaches an agreement with the utility regarding pay…