Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations
70-1411 - Joint authority; annual audit.

Nebraska Revised Statutes

Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations

70-101 - Districts and corporations; furnish information; enforcement.

70-301 - Right-of-way; acquisition; procedure; approval.

70-303 - Right-of-way; abandonment, effect of.

70-304 - Right-of-way; acquisition; crop damage.

70-305 - Right-of-way; damage to private property; procedure.

70-306 - Placement of lines; procedure.

70-307 - Placement of lines; violation; penalty.

70-308 - Property within village or city; how treated.

70-309 - Electrical transmission lines; state or federal highways; regulation by Department of Transportation.

70-311 - Electric transmission or electric distribution lines; notice of road, road ditch improvement, or other projects; when given.

70-312 - Electric transmission or electric distribution lines; notice of widening of roads; contents.

70-313 - Electric transmission or electric distribution lines; liability; cost of removal.

70-407 - Terms, defined.

70-408 - Electric companies; rates; kilowatt-hour meter; demand meter; minimum charge authorized.

70-409 - Electric companies; rate regulations; violation; penalty.

70-501 - Extension authorized; electric energy; sale; contracts authorized; payments from net earnings and profits.

70-502 - Electric energy; sale or purchase; interconnections; contracts authorized.

70-503 - Acquisition, extension, and improvements; pledge of earnings or profits authorized.

70-504 - Sale, lease, or transfer; election and voter approval required; exceptions; procedure.

70-505 - Sale, lease, or transfer; documents; filing.

70-506 - Sale, lease, or transfer; statement and report; contents; filing.

70-507 - Sale, lease, or transfer; statement and report; certification; filing.

70-508 - Sale, lease, or transfer; false statement, report, or certificate; penalty.

70-509 - Sale, lease, or transfer; evidence of valuation.

70-510 - Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; limitation.

70-511 - Sale, lease, or transfer; excessive promotion expenditures; violation; penalty.

70-512 - Sale, lease, or transfer; excessive promotion expenditures; action to invalidate; procedure.

70-513 - Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; statement.

70-514 - Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; failure to file statement; penalty.

70-515 - Applicability of laws.

70-601 - Terms, defined.

70-601.01 - Ethanol production and distribution; hydrogen production and distribution; legislative findings.

70-602 - District; creation; general powers.

70-603 - District; organization; amendment of charter; petition.

70-604 - District; petition; contents.

70-604.01 - Chartered territory; boundaries.

70-604.02 - Operating area, defined.

70-604.03 - Operating area; boundary lines; establish; precinct division; request by retail customer to vote or hold office; certification procedure.

70-604.04 - Operating area; electric utility not included, when; wholesale supplier; duties.

70-604.05 - District; noncompliance; complaint; hearing; notice; order; failure to comply; penalty.

70-604.06 - Nebraska Power Review Board; final action; appeal; manner.

70-604.08 - District; reorganization, consolidation, or merger; directors; continue to serve term.

70-604.09 - District; conduct business in other states; limitations.

70-605 - District; original creation; petition; signatures; number required.

70-606 - District; petition requirements.

70-607 - District; petition; investigation; approval.

70-608 - District; certificate of approval; filing.

70-609 - District; board of directors; assumption of duties.

70-609.01 - Board of directors; statement of public policy.

70-610 - Board of directors; candidate qualifications; election; expenses.

70-611 - Board of directors; election; certified notice; publication.

70-612 - Board of directors; election; subdivisions; procedure.

70-615 - Board of directors; vacancy; how filled.

70-616 - Board of directors; oath.

70-619 - Board of directors; qualifications; eligibility to serve.

70-620 - Officers; appointment; treasurer's bond.

70-620.01 - Chief executive officer; terms of employment; powers; duties.

70-621 - Board of directors; rules and regulations.

70-622 - Books and records; where kept; open to inspection.

70-623 - Fiscal year; annual audit; filing.

70-623.02 - Audit; records accessible to auditor.

70-623.03 - Failure to file audit; effect.

70-624 - Officers; compensation; approval; publication; violation; penalty.

70-624.01 - District; agent; cost-plus contracts prohibited.

70-624.02 - Board of directors; expenses; compensation; prohibitions; exceptions.

70-624.03 - Board of directors; plan of insurance for benefit of employees and dependents; may establish.

70-624.04 - Directors and employees; hold other elective office; contract not void or voidable; when.

70-625 - Public power district; powers; restrictions.

70-625.01 - Rural areas; legislative findings and declarations.

70-625.02 - Electric transmission facilities and interconnections, defined; policy of state.

70-626 - Electric light and power, hydrogen, and ethanol systems authorized; construction; acquisition; contracts authorized; copy filed with Nebraska Power Review Board.

70-626.01 - Generating power agency; duty to sell electrical energy; when.

70-626.02 - Generating power agency; physical connections; establish; rates.

70-626.03 - Transmission facilities of other power agency; available for transmission of electric energy; rates.

70-626.04 - Disagreement between power agencies; file complaint with Nebraska Power Review Board; notice; hearing; order advisory provision; effect.

70-626.05 - Wheeling service; contract; dispute; exception; board; settlement.

70-627 - Irrigation works; construction; acquisition; contracts authorized.

70-627.02 - District; radioactive material and energy; powers; development; contracts; financing; indemnification; when.

70-628 - District; additional powers.

70-628.01 - Joint exercise of powers by districts; agreement; terms and conditions; agent; powers and duties; prudent utility practice, defined; liabilities; sale, lease, merger, or consolidation; procedure.

70-628.02 - Joint exercise of powers with municipalities and public agencies; authority.

70-628.03 - Joint exercise of powers with electric cooperatives or corporations; authority.

70-628.04 - Joint exercise of powers; agreement; terms and conditions; agent; powers and duties; liability of district.

70-629 - Power to tax denied; exception.

70-630 - Water storage or service; contract required; conditions.

70-631 - Power to borrow; repayment of indebtedness; source of funds; security for indebtedness.

70-632 - Indebtedness; pledge of revenue, how made.

70-633 - Pledge of revenue; terms; directors to prescribe; officer of district; powers authorized.

70-634 - Pledge of revenue; provision for refunding indebtedness.

70-635 - Pledge of revenue; special fund.

70-636 - District; rates; agreement with security holders.

70-637 - Construction, repairs, and improvements; contracts; sealed bids; exceptions; notice; when.

70-638 - Contracts; sealed bids; advertisement.

70-639 - Letting of contracts; considerations.

70-640 - Contracts; Nebraska workmen preferred.

70-641 - Contracts; bonds; laws applicable.

70-642 - Damage, injury, or impairment to district property; emergencies; procedure.

70-642.01 - Conditions created by war or national defense; contracting requirements inapplicable.

70-643 - District; funds; how expended; bond, when required.

70-644 - District facilities and property; mortgage authorized; when.

70-645 - Pledge of revenue; authorized; when.

70-646.01 - District property; alienation to private power producers prohibited; exceptions.

70-647 - Indebtedness; default; possession by creditors; agreement authorized; terms; property restored to district; when.

70-648 - Receivership; when authorized; discharge of receiver; when.

70-649 - Plant and system; sale to public agency; authorized; transfer of distribution facilities; restrictions; exception.

70-650 - Plant and system; sale to city or village; when required; valuation and severance damages; procedure.

70-650.01 - Electric distribution system; city or village; conveyed on request; when; notice required; referendum.

70-651.01 - Districts; payments in lieu of taxes.

70-651.02 - Districts; payments in lieu of taxes; distribution; use.

70-651.03 - Districts; gross revenue tax; how determined.

70-651.04 - Districts; gross revenue tax; distribution.

70-651.05 - Public power districts; payment made in lieu of other taxes and fees; exceptions.

70-653.01 - Electric distribution system; purchase by city or village; payment in lieu of taxes.

70-653.02 - Cities and villages; payment in lieu of taxes; how paid.

70-655 - Reasonable rates required; negotiated rates authorized; conditions.

70-658 - Existing utility; lease, purchase, or acquisition by district; franchise and contracts; compliance required.

70-659 - Operation within city or village by district; franchise required.

70-660 - Franchise to operate utility; terms and conditions; rates prescribed.

70-661 - Contracts with city or village; terms and conditions.

70-662 - District; filings; amendments to petition for creation; amendments to charter; authorized; restriction.

70-663 - Amendment; approval procedure.

70-664 - Amendment; board approval; certificate; filing.

70-665 - Amendment; when effective.

70-666 - Dissolution; procedure.

70-667 - Plants, systems, and works; construction or operation; works of internal improvement; laws applicable; eminent domain; procedure; when available.

70-668 - Streams; water rights; priority.

70-669 - Streams; inferior rights; acquired by superior right; how compensated.

70-670 - Eminent domain; procedure; duties of Attorney General; costs; certain property not subject to eminent domain.

70-671 - District; breaks, overflow, and seepage; liability.

70-672 - Water rights; eminent domain; condemnation; procedure.

70-673 - Competitive or proprietary information; withheld; when; procedures applicable.

70-680 - Judicial proceedings; bond not required, when.

70-681 - Districts existing on August 30, 2009; director holding office when charter amended; how treated.

70-682 - Generating power agency; authority to engage in commodity futures financial hedging transactions; procedure; limitation.

70-701 - Act, how cited.

70-702 - Terms, defined.

70-703 - Purpose.

70-704 - Corporate powers.

70-705 - Who may organize.

70-706 - Articles of incorporation; contents.

70-707 - Electric cooperative; use of term restricted.

70-708 - Articles of incorporation; filing; certificate of incorporation; issuance.

70-709 - Certificate of incorporation; effect.

70-710 - Organizational meeting; bylaws; adoption; election of officers; notice; waiver.

70-711 - Bylaws; make, alter, amend, or repeal; contents.

70-712 - Membership; conditions.

70-713 - Meetings, where held; annual and special meetings.

70-714 - Meetings; notice; waiver.

70-715 - Members; voting rights.

70-716 - Membership certificate; issuance; transfer; conditions.

70-717 - Meetings; quorum.

70-718 - Board of directors; number; powers; qualifications.

70-719 - Directors; alternate directors; election; compensation; expenses.

70-720 - Directors; alternate directors; vacancy; how filled.

70-721 - Board of directors; quorum; how determined.

70-722 - Board meetings; notice; waiver.

70-723 - Officers; powers; duties; removal.

70-724 - Executive committee; powers.

70-725 - Rates for electric energy and other services; nonprofit operation.

70-726 - Revenue; use; surplus; return to consumer.

70-727 - Articles of incorporation; amendment; procedure.

70-728 - Consolidation of corporations; how effected.

70-729 - Articles of consolidation; filing.

70-730 - Dissolution; procedure.

70-731 - Dissolution; discharge of liabilities; distribution of assets.

70-732 - Defective corporations; dissolution; procedure.

70-733 - Filing fees.

70-734 - Securities Act of Nebraska; inapplicable; when.

70-735 - Defective incorporation; correction; effect.

70-736 - Existing associations; compliance with sections.

70-737 - Sections, how construed.

70-738 - Sections; exclusive; applicability of other law.

70-801 - District; how created.

70-802 - Terms, defined.

70-803 - Formation of district; petition; contents.

70-804 - Formation of district; petition; investigation; hearing; notice; expenses.

70-805 - Formation of district; petition; hearing; approval; procedure.

70-806 - Formation of district; petitioner; appeal; procedure.

70-807 - Formation of district; petition granted; interested person; appeal; procedure.

70-808 - Sections, how construed.

70-809 - Audit.

70-901 - Expiration of act.

70-902 - Expiration of act.

70-903 - Expiration of act.

70-904 - Expiration of act.

70-905 - Expiration of act.

70-1001 - Declaration of policy.

70-1001.01 - Terms, defined.

70-1002 - Suppliers of electricity; agreements; specify service areas; submission to board; purpose of section.

70-1002.01 - Suppliers of electricity; agreements; wholesale electric energy; submission to board; considerations; investigation; approval; effect.

70-1002.02 - Suppliers of electricity; sale in violation of approved agreement; prohibited.

70-1002.03 - New transmission facilities or interconnection; agreement by affected parties; disputes submitted to board; insure prudent utility practice; rate determination; effect.

70-1002.04 - Municipalities; joint operation of electric systems; register with board; reports; action subject to review or approval.

70-1003 - Nebraska Power Review Board; establishment; composition; appointment; term; vacancy; qualifications; compensation; expenses; jurisdiction; officers; executive director; staff; reports.

70-1004 - Suppliers of electricity; filing of maps and service area statements; exception.

70-1005 - Suppliers of electricity; service area; application to establish; notice of hearing; exception.

70-1006 - Hearings; continuance; rules of procedure.

70-1007 - Establishment of service areas; board; orders; policy considerations.

70-1008 - Certified service areas; established; municipalities; newly annexed areas; acquisition of facilities and customers; procedure; waiver of right to acquire; joint planning.

70-1009 - Certified service areas; modification; application; transfer of facilities and customers; considerations; impairment of rights prohibited.

70-1010 - Modification of service areas; application; procedure; suppliers agreements; exception; transfer of customers and facilities; price; how computed; impairment of obligations prohibited.

70-1011 - Suppliers; service outside area; application for approval; when granted; applicability of section.

70-1012 - Electric generation facilities and transmission lines; construction or acquisition; application; approval; when not required.

70-1012.01 - Suppliers; electric generation and transmission facilities; terminate construction or acquisition; filing; reasons; hearing; effect; section, how construed.

70-1013 - Electric generation facilities and transmission lines; application; hearing; waiver; appearances; objections; amendments.

70-1014 - Electric generation facilities and transmission lines; approval or denial of application; findings required; regional line or facilities; additional consideration.

70-1014.01 - Special generation application; approval; findings required; eminent domain.

70-1014.02 - Legislative findings; privately developed renewable energy generation facility; owner; duties; certification; decommissioning plan; bond; joint transmission development agreement; contents; property not subject to eminent domain.

70-1015 - Suppliers; electric generation facilities and transmission lines; unauthorized construction, acquisition, or service; injunction; violation; actions authorized; private electric supplier; commencement of construction prior to providing noti...

70-1016 - Appeals; procedure.

70-1017 - Suppliers; duty to furnish service; disputes submitted to board.

70-1018 - Suppliers; disputes over rates; submission to board; hearing; recommendations.

70-1019 - Board; proceedings; compel attendance of witnesses and production of documents; contempt proceedings authorized.

70-1020 - Board; expenses; assessments levied against suppliers; apportionment; collection; interest; Nebraska Power Review Fund; created; investment.

70-1021 - Microwave communication facilities; authorization; procedure; protest; hearing; when.

70-1022 - Microwave facilities or system; authorization; when not required.

70-1023 - Transferred to section 70-1001.01.

70-1024 - Power supply plan; board; powers and duties; special assessment.

70-1025 - Power supply plan; contents; filing; annual report.

70-1026 - Power supply plan; research and conservation report; contents.

70-1027 - Power supply plan; research and conservation report; board; include data in biennial report; hearing.

70-1028 - Electric transmission line approved for construction in regional transmission organization transmission plan; notice to board; failure to provide notice; effect.

70-1029 - Legislative intent.

70-1030 - Policy of state.

70-1031 - Purposes of study.

70-1032 - Working group; members.

70-1033 - Nebraska Power Review Board; duties.

70-1101 - Declaration of policy.

70-1102 - Public power districts; agreements with municipalities; operation until January 1, 1972.

70-1103 - Public power districts; no impairment of obligation to bondholders; municipal operation; books and records; revenue.

70-1104 - Public power districts; municipal operation; employees' rights respected.

70-1105 - Obligation of public power district to convey to municipality; no election necessary; when.

70-1106 - Sections, how construed.

70-1301 - Statement of policy.

70-1302 - Electric rate disputes; legislative determination.

70-1303 - Wholesale purchaser; payment to supplier; when.

70-1304 - Wholesale purchaser; billing; dispute; notice; contents.

70-1305 - Wholesale purchaser; dispute; supplier establish escrow account.

70-1306 - Unresolved dispute; submitted to arbitration; rules applicable.

70-1307 - Arbitration board; membership.

70-1308 - Arbitrators; disqualifications.

70-1309 - Arbitration board; appointed; when; manner.

70-1310 - Arbitration costs and expenses; how assessed.

70-1311 - Arbitration board; personnel; hire.

70-1312 - Arbitration board; meetings; chairperson; disputed issues.

70-1313 - Failure to appoint an arbitrator; effect.

70-1314 - Arbitration board; proceedings; duties.

70-1315 - Supplier; notice to other wholesale purchasers; when.

70-1316 - Arbitration board; preliminary written statements; hearing; notice.

70-1317 - Dispute; production of documents and records; depositions.

70-1318 - Arbitration board; hearing; testimony; evidence; witnesses.

70-1319 - Arbitration board; hearing; duration.

70-1320 - Arbitration board; decision; findings.

70-1321 - Arbitration board; decision; findings; provided to parties; filed with Nebraska Power Review Board.

70-1322 - Escrow account; distribution.

70-1323 - Escrow account; deficiency; effect; interest.

70-1324 - Arbitration; time limits; extension.

70-1325 - Arbitration board; final decision; appeal.

70-1326 - Arbitration board; decision; reversal, modification, or vacation; procedure.

70-1327 - Appellate court; trial; de novo on the record.

70-1328 - Record on appeal.

70-1329 - Wholesale purchaser; failure or refusal to make payment; supplier; remedies.

70-1401 - Act, how cited.

70-1402 - Terms, defined.

70-1403 - Legislative findings.

70-1404 - Public power district; joint project authorized; limitation; study.

70-1405 - Creation of joint authority; procedure; resolution; membership; considerations; notice; challenge.

70-1406 - Proposed joint authority; members; application; Nebraska Power Review Board; duties; proof of authority's establishment.

70-1407 - Joint authority; board of directors; appointment; votes; oath; officers; quorum; expenses; additional districts; withdrawal; dissolution.

70-1408 - Joint authority; executive committee; creation; exercise powers of board.

70-1409 - Joint authority; rights and powers; enumerated.

70-1410 - Joint authority; statutory restrictions applicable; when.

70-1411 - Joint authority; annual audit.

70-1412 - Joint authority member; power and energy contracts; conditions; payments; member; furnish authority money, property, and services; authority; lend member funds.

70-1413 - Joint authority project; sale of excess capacity; limitations; applicability.

70-1414 - Joint authority; issue bonds; pledge revenue; restrictions.

70-1415 - Joint authority projects; bonds; issuance; proceeds; uses.

70-1416 - Bonds; secured by trust agreement; covenants authorized.

70-1417 - Directors; establish rates and fees; limitation; pledge; lien.

70-1418 - Funds from bond issuance; investment authorized; conditions.

70-1419 - Bondholder; trustee; enforcement of rights.

70-1420 - Refunding bonds; issuance; conditions.

70-1421 - Board of directors; grants-in-aid and loans; authorized; powers.

70-1422 - Sections, supplemental to other provisions.

70-1423 - Sections, how construed.

70-1501 - Statement of policy.

70-1502 - Suppliers; agreements authorized.

70-1503 - Agreement; Nebraska Power Review Board; approval required; procedure.

70-1504 - Agreement; dispute; hearing.

70-1505 - Supplier; competition and antitrust provisions; exemption.

70-1601 - Applicant for service; denial prohibited, when.

70-1602 - Domestic subscriber, defined.

70-1603 - Municipal utility; owned and operated by a village; discontinuance of service; notice; procedure.

70-1604 - Municipal utility; owned and operated by a village; discontinuance of service; conference; notice; procedure.

70-1605 - Discontinuance of service; notice; procedure; limitation on fees.

70-1606 - Discontinuance of service; notice; contents; accessible to public.

70-1607 - Discontinuance of service; third-party notice procedure.

70-1608 - Discontinuance of service; dispute; conference.

70-1609 - Discontinuance of service; dispute; statement; effect.

70-1610 - Conference; employee; duties.

70-1611 - Conference; employee; decision to terminate service; when.

70-1612 - Appeal; hearing; procedure.

70-1613 - Appeal; hearing; domestic subscriber; rights.

70-1614 - Appeal; hearing; management office; duties.

70-1615 - Sections; not applicable; when.

70-1701 - Terms, defined.

70-1702 - Purchase agreement; contents.

70-1703 - Agreement; other provisions applicable.

70-1704 - Ownership agreement; terms and conditions.

70-1705 - Sections; how construed.

70-1801 - Act, how cited.

70-1802 - Definitions, where found.

70-1803 - Financing costs, defined.

70-1804 - Mandate, defined.

70-1805 - Mandated project, defined.

70-1805.01 - Mandated project bond issuer, defined.

70-1806 - Mandated project bonds, defined.

70-1807 - Mandated project charge, defined.

70-1808 - Mandated project costs, defined.

70-1809 - Public entity, defined.

70-1810 - Related operating expenses, defined.

70-1811 - Special revenue, defined.

70-1812 - Mandated project charges authorized; resolution of governing body; payment by customers; records required; judicial review authorized; procedure.

70-1813 - Issuance of mandated project bonds; authorized; proceeds; use.

70-1814 - Mandated project charges; use.

70-1815 - Public entity; discretionary actions.

70-1816 - Public entity collecting mandated project charges; billing explanation required.

70-1817 - Act and grants of power; how construed.

70-1818 - Creation of mandated project bond issuer; procedure; board of directors.

70-1819 - Mandated project bond issuer; bond issuance; procedure; use of proceeds; issuer powers; restriction on business activities; powers.

70-1901 - Act, how cited.

70-1902 - Legislative intent.

70-1903 - Terms, defined.

70-1904 - C-BED project developer; electric supplier; negotiation; power purchase agreement; development of project; restriction on transfer; eligibility for net energy billing; approval or certification; notice of change in ownership.

70-1905 - Electric supplier; duties.

70-1906 - Construction of new renewable generation facilities; electric supplier; governing body; duties.

70-1907 - C-BED project developer; provide notices.

70-1908 - Sections; how construed.

70-1909 - Electric supplier; limit on eminent domain.

70-2001 - Legislative findings.

70-2002 - Terms, defined.

70-2003 - Local distribution utility; interconnect qualified facility of customer-generator; interconnection agreement; requirements; powers and duties.

70-2004 - Customer-generator; inspection required; notice to local distribution utility; ownership of credits.

70-2005 - Annual net metering report; contents.

70-2101 - Act, how cited.

70-2102 - Legislative findings.

70-2103 - Public power supplier, defined.

70-2104 - Prohibited acts; penalty.

70-2105 - Nuclear electrical generating facility; nuclear fuel; prohibited acts; penalty.