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Nebraska Public Power District approves net-zero carbon goal for 2050 [1]

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Date: 2023-10 

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) voters approved net-zero carbon goals by 2050 with a 9-2 vote on Thursday.



The Nebraska Conservation Voters (NCV), a statewide advocacy group working to protect the environment, applauded today's decision.



“NPPD’s vote is pro-growth, pro-economic development, pro-jobs, pro-opportunity, and pro-clean air and water. Setting a decarbonization goal signals commitment to all of these principles, so it makes sense that the NPPD Board adopted this policy and that Nebraskans are behind them," said Chelsea Johnson, NCV’s Deputy Director.



NPPD joins two of the state's major electric utilities, Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) and Lincoln Electric System (LES), in committing to decarbonization.

According to officials, nearly every Nebraskan now receives electricity from a utility committed to carbon neutrality.

With the adoption of this policy, NPPD joins Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) and Lincoln Electric System (LES), Nebraska’s other two major electric utilities, who have already committed to decarbonization.

Nearly every Nebraskan now receives electricity from a utility committed to carbon neutrality. Compared to where the state was six years ago, this is a remarkable shift. Officials said in 2015, the U.S. Energy Information Administration found that Nebraska’s carbon emissions had increased more than any other state’s during the period 2000-2015. Now, Nebraska’s electricity sector is committed to decarbonization.

“Clean energy is already a major economic engine for rural Nebraska,” Johnson said.

“We have talked to voters across the state and poll after poll confirms what we have heard again and again, that there is broad public support for clean energy and reducing pollution. This is a historic day for Nebraska, and we are excited about the path forward,” she said.

The resolution said in part: “NPPD adopts the goal of achieving “net-zero” carbon emissions from NPPD’s generation resources by 2050.”

Courtesy: Nebraska Public Power District





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