There are MANY people, including my own family, who don’t understand the difference between Dawson Public Power District (DPPD) and Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD). We work closely with NPPD on many projects with the most recent one being a joint application for stimulus grant money for smart grid services.
Dawson Public Power District serves 23,283 electric meters and maintains 5,720 miles of power lines in south central Nebraska, along the Platte River Valley. Dawson PPD was organized on February 26, 1937.
With nearly 80 employees (in 1943, we had 15), Dawson is one of the largest rural systems in the state of Nebraska. We are members of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and the Nebraska Rural Electric Association (NREA). The District is guided by an elected eleven-person board of directors representing the people we serve. By the way, Dawson PPD is a not-for-profit organization.
Dawson's service territory includes all of the rural areas in Dawson and Buffalo Counties, approximately two-thirds of Gosper County, a third of Lincoln County and parts of Custer, Sherman and Frontier Counties. The district also serves several villages: Hershey, Maxwell, Brady, Farnam, Eustis, Elwood, Eddyville, Smithfield, Overton, Sumner, Miller, Riverdale, Amherst, Odessa, and Pleasanton.
Dawson Public Power District (DPPD) purchases electricity from Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) and then sells it to you. More than 70 percent of NPPD’s revenues are derived through wholesale power supply agreements like the one they have with us.
So if you hear a “PPD” in the news, check that first letter to see if its “D”PPD or “N”PPD – even “C”PPD (Custer Public Power District). Back in the good old days, many of the rural electric companies were simply called “the REA”. We love those acronyms…until they confuse people.
Gwen Kautz, Customer Service Manager
Dawson Public Power District
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