Nebraska public power suppliers (OPPD, NPPD, LES, and other municipal/cooperative utilities) — Large Load Customer Regulation Act
Large-load tariff for data centers: what is on file, the terms the filings state, and where each fact comes from. Terms a filing does not state are marked, never guessed.
StatusLaw or process only Last reviewed 2026-04-14
Applies atLarge load customer: new/expanded interconnection request with total load at a single site exceeding 20 MW. Separately, a 'data center' for infrastructure-cost-recovery purposes is defined at 10 MW or more of peak electricity demand.
What the filing saysLB1010's Large Load Customer Regulation Act (Sections 1-4) requires every Nebraska public power supplier to set interconnection standards for large load customers (>20 MW at a site), including: a study fee of $50,000 or $1,000/MW (whichever is greater), completed within 1 year of fee receipt; a site-control demonstration method; financial commitment requirements for transmission/generation infrastructure; and disclosure of competing/duplicate service requests. Suppliers are separately authorized to negotiate rates/charges that fairly allocate system costs and mitigate stranded-asset risk, and to require demand response/curtailment during grid emergencies. A second, separately amended section (Neb. Rev. Stat. 70-1506) lets a public power supplier require a cryptocurrency-mining operation or a 10 MW+ data center to pay the full infrastructure-upgrade cost (direct payment or letter of credit) after a required load study, with requirements that must be 'fair, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory.' This is enabling/framework legislation — confirm the specific dollar terms with the analyst's actual Nebraska utility, which may not have finalized its own large-load tariff yet. SEPARATELY (read directly from governor.nebraska.gov): Gov. Pillen's Executive Order 26-17 (July 21, 2026) ends new data centers' eligibility for ImagiNE Nebraska Act tax incentives and requires DWEE (Dept. of Water, Energy and Environment), Economic Development, and Revenue to review project proposals collaboratively for whether they're in the state's best interest. Pillen stated explicitly this is 'not a moratorium on data centers.' A DWEE-led task force (coordinating with Natural Resources Districts and county officials) is also required, to recommend resource-protection measures to the Legislature.
Stated terms
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Source
Nebraska Legislature, LB1010 (109th Legislature, 2026), Slip Law text (read directly): https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB1010.pdf; Executive Order 26-17, governor.nebraska.gov/node/9916 (read directly). OPPD's published Rate 261M (transmission-level large power, market energy) sets a minimum billing demand of 20,000 kW or 200,000 kW depending on interconnection voltage (oppd.com business rates page, read 2026-10-14).
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