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WBPPD and NREA Host Informational Lineman Classes Free of Charge

The Nebraska Rural Electric Association and Wheat Belt Public Power District recently hosted their annual hotline school for roughly 100 linemen across the state and region. Instructors, foremen, journeymen, linemen, apprentices and supply organizations were present for the school. Power districts, rural electric cooperatives and municipals were training together, Tuesday-Thursday.

The supplier group hosted a vendor dinner and small trade show on Tuesday night.

According to the NREA. Nebraska is an "all public power state." Nebraska does not have any investor-owned utilities providing electric...

 

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