Sidney electric master plan closer to completion

After nearly a year of study and discussion, an electric master plan for Sidney is nearer to completion.

At the city council meeting this week, councilors heard possible options for expanding electrical capacity near Interstate 80 and the eastern part of the city, as well as increasing redundancy systemwide.

In an interview, City Manager Gary Person explained the need for a master plan.

“Anytime we do major utility upgrades, we try to master plan it to where we’re not making intermediary types of decisions that might adversely affect us long term,” he said. “It’s like building a roadmap: where...