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The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District (Central) and Lincoln Electric System (LES) have finalized a power purchase agreement for 20 megawatts of capacity and energy from Central’s Jeffrey Reservoir Hydroplant, located south of Brady, Neb.

LINCOLN — Nebraskans are no stranger to severe weather, as the last few weeks have shown. While the latest storm’s snow has already melted, Nebraska...

LINCOLN — Lincoln Electric System is calling on its customers to take a brief online survey to help inform the utility’s strategic planning process.

LINCOLN — Lincoln Electric System customers have reduced the community’s net annual energy consumption by 147,000 megawatt-hours, the equivalent of the annual energy consumption of...

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Safety tips

If the downed power lines have fallen on a motor vehicle, avoid contact with the vehicle — it has probably been electrified, and deadly shock could result if you touch the vehicle and the ground at the same time.

Transformer being worked on
Safety tips

Keeping plants and structures away from ground transformers will help our crews restore power to you and your neighbors more quickly during an outage.

Sustainability
LES passenger car fleet
80
%
HYBRIDS, PLUG-IN HYBRIDS AND ALL-ELECTRIC VEHICLES
2010-2023
46
%
Reduction in carbon emissions
Energy production from renewable resources is equivalent to
45
%
of retail sales (2023)

LES is selling the Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) associated with its applicable resources and the renewable attributes are transferred to the REC recipient.

Local people serving local people

Thanks so much to the people on the poles in the dark, late at night, and in terrible wind, too. I so appreciate their commitment to the people in Lincoln — and I really appreciate my electricity tonight.

Residential customer
Lincoln
Local people serving local people

A streetlight was installed almost at the end of my driveway and I love it. It lights up my front driveway, garage and house doors, car and all. I really sleep well now feeling secure from this light. I don’t know who was in charge to get this project done, but they did a great job. God bless.

Residential customer
Lincoln