Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations
70-1422 - Sections, supplemental to other provisions.

70-1422. Sections, supplemental to other provisions.
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 regarded as in degradation of any powers not existing, except that insofar as provisions of sections 70-1401 to 70-1423 are inconsistent with the provisions of any other special or local law, the provisions of sections 70-1401 to 70-1423 shall be controlling. Nothing in sections 70-1401 to 70-1423 shall be construed to authorize the issuance of the bonds for the purpose of financing facilities to be owned wholly or in part by any private corporation.
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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.