When OPPD holiday cookbooks were all the rage
Grandma may have found the recipe for her famous lime gelatin salad in one of these cookbooks, once a collectible giveaway.
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Energy news from Omaha Public Power District
Energy news from Omaha Public Power District
Tag: history
Powerful Life
Video: Legacy I3 intern blazes trail as first to be hired full-time
OPPD’s investment in the Legacy I3 program is paying off; former intern Neyda Zavala talks about her journey from program participant to full-time employee.
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General
Celebration marks decades of power at Nebraska City Station
Employees of the OPPD power plant, both past and present, celebrated the two units’ years of service to the utility and its customers.
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Flashback
OPPD was an early promoter of the “all-electric life”
60 years ago, OPPD employees did their best to modernize customer households with all-electric appliances, touting convenience.
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Flashback
OPPD line crews through the years
Just as the faces of OPPD line crews have changed, so have their equipment and vehicles. These photos show line crews from the 1920s and 50s. Present-day line crews, pictured below, are on the front lines of customer service for OPPD and are often the “face” of the district in the community. Their jobs are
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Flashback
OPPD rallied in response to underground fire
Employees from all around the district pitched in for the different aspects of the downtown restoration effort.
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