Nebraska’s has 161 publicly owned electric utilities, each governed by community-elected boards: 121 municipals, 30 public power districts, 10 electric cooperatives.
Historical Perspective: History of Public Power in Nebraska, Chapter 2, Nebraska Power Review Board Orientation Manual
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
- National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- Nebraska Rural Electric Association
- Rural Electric Magazine, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
NRECA’s SUNDA Project: Solar Utility Network Deployment Acceleration Project
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s innovative SUNDA Project helps rural electric cooperatives nationwide to accelerate utility solar. SUNDA Project
NATIONAL/REGIONAL LINKS
- American Association of Blacks in Energy
- American Clean Power Association
- American Council on Renewable Energy
- American Solar Energy Society
- Asians in Energy
- Association of Women in Energy
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby
- Clean Energy Buyers Association
- Clean Power for America
- Coalition For Community Solar Access
- Distributed Wind Energy Association
- Energy News Network
- Environment America
- EPA’s Clean Energy Programs
- Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition
- GreenBiz
- Grid Alternatives
- Hispanics in Energy
- Interstate Renewable Energy Council
- PACENation
- PV Magazine USA
- RE100
- Residential Energy Services Network
- Sierra Club’s Ready for 100
- Smart Electric Power Alliance
- Solar Energy Industries Association
- Southwest Power Pool
- The Nature Conservancy
- Utility Dive
- Vote Solar
- We Own It
- Wind & Solar Alliance
- Women in Cleantech & Sustainability
- Women in Energy
- Women in Solar Energy
- Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy
- Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment
NEBRASKA LINKS
- Bold Alliance
- Center for Rural Affairs
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby – Nebraska Chapters
- Clean Energy Nebraska
- Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency – Nebraska
- Dollar and Energy Saving Loans
- Green Bellevue
- Green Omaha Coalition
- Live Green – Sustainability at UNMC & Nebraska Medicine
- Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN)
- Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research-UNL
- Nebraska Community Energy Alliance
- Nebraska Conservation Voters
- Nebraska Farmers Union
- Nebraska Interfaith Power & Light
- Nebraska Power Association
- Nebraska Public Power District – Solar Power
- Nebraska Sierra Club
- Nebraska Solar Schools
- Nebraska Wildlife Federation
- Nebraska Wind & Solar Conference & Exhibition
- Nebraska Wind for Schools Program
- Nebraskans for Peace
- Omaha Biofuels Coop
- Omaha Public Power District – Customer Generation
- Omaha Together One Community – Environmental Sustainability Action Team
- Regenerate Nebraska
- Rural Energy for America Program – Nebraska
- The Nature Conservancy – Nebraska
- UNL’s Energy Science Program
ENERGY CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY: NATIONAL & LOCAL
- Alliance to Save Energy
- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
- DOE’s Zero Energy Ready Home or ZERTH Program
- DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Requirements for Builders
- Energy Saver – U.S. Department of Energy
- Home Energy Assessments – U.S Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Energy – Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Learn more about electric vehicles at the links below. If your local utility is not on this list but provides information on its website about EVs, please let us know by sending an email to: nebraskansforsolar@gmail.com.
- OPPD: Guide To Electric Vehicles
- NPPD: Electric Vehicles
- LES: Electric Vehicles
- Southern Public Power District: Electric Vehicle (EV) Incentives
Additional Links – Local & National
- Alternative Fuels Data Center, Department of Energy
- Charged Electric Vehicles Magazine
- Charge Up Midwest
- Clean Cities Coalition Network
Starting a Clean Cities Coalition - Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance
- Drive Electric.Gov
- Electric Vehicle Association
- Electric Vehicle Association of Nebraska
Contact Albert Lierz at albert.lierz@gmail.com. - Electric Drive Transportation Association
- Electrify America
- EV World
- Fully Charged Show YouTube Videos
- Green Car Reports
- National Drive Electric Week
- Nebraska Community Energy Alliance
- Plug In America
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