About the North Douglas County Transmission Project

Electrical infrastructure improvements are needed in north Douglas County to accommodate the growing demand for electricity across all customer categories. OPPD must increase transmission capacity to support additional sources of power generation, future enhancements and to maintain reliability. The new infrastructure supports the long-range planning of OPPD’s balanced portfolio of energy-generation resources.

OPPD is constructing, expanding and rebuilding its transmission network in north Douglas County in three segments:

Segment 1

Building a new, 2.3-mile, double-circuit transmission line between 114th and 140th & State streets.

Segment 2

Rebuilding an existing, double-circuit transmission line between 101st & State and 60th & Garvin streets.

Segment 3

Rebuilding an existing, double-circuit transmission line along Interstate 680 from 108th & Blondo to 101st & State streets.

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Open House and Online Project Presentation

As part of our public power promise, Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) is committed to informing, educating and engaging customers on projects and key business decisions. OPPD held an open house on Oct. 24, 2024, about this upcoming transmission work.

Online Project Presentation

Thor those who could not attend in-person Open House event, OPPD hosted an online project presentation Monday, October 28 at 6 p.m. Missed the presentation? You can view it here.

Following this initial project meeting and open house, land management agents will contact all directly impacted landowners.

Infrastructure

To meet modern standards, the older, lattice-style towers will be replaced with steel monopoles. More monopoles may be added to rebuilt segments, ranging in height from 160 to 190 feet.

Example of older, lattice-style towers

Example of modern steel monopoles

Transmission projects of this scale take years of planning and design. Keeping that in mind, OPPD has a target date of 2027 for completion.