Nebraska Public Power District strives to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

COLUMBUS, Neb. (KLKN) – Nebraska Public Power District’s Board of Directors has approved a goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from generation resources by 2050.

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) has been discussing decarbonization for years, making efforts to work with their wholesale customers and communities they serve to carefully develop a policy.  The policy will allow NPPD to head towards net-zero carbon in a timeframe that allows for technology to enable the change while maintaining affordability, reliability, and system resiliency.

The goal was approved by the board by a 9-2 vote.

“We believe it will take a variety of actions to reach this goal, from alternative fuels, energy efficiency projects, lower or zero carbon emission generation resources, carbon capture, carbon-offsets, beneficial electrification, energy storage, and other new emerging technologies that may not yet be commercially available or have yet to be developed,” states NPPD President and CEO, Tom Kent.

NPPD Currently serves Nebraska customers with about 65 percent carbon-free energy resources.  Decisions on the new goal were made possible from five public information forums where NPPD heard customer concerns, wants, and needs.