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Laura King-Homan is a contributor to the Storm & Outage Center and a communications specialist at Omaha Public Power District. She has nearly 20 years of print journalism and design experience, which lets her tell the stories of OPPD and its employees both graphically and through her writing. Laura and her husband have a teenage daughter and toddler-age son. When she’s not parenting two ends of the childhood spectrum, she’s juggling her DVR space and obsessively consuming TV and pop culture. She hopes that all of her pop culture knowledge will be useful someday, but she’s content just acing trivia quizzes for now.
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West Omaha outage affecting 1,200 customers

West Omaha outage affecting 1,200 customers caused by equipment failure.

Crews addressing outages following early morning storm

With this morning’s weather-related outages restored, OPPD crews continue to work ahead of more storms tonight

Overnight storms leave scattered outages affecting 1,500 customers

Crews make quick work of morning outages, numbers now down to 230 customers from high of 1,600.

At OPPD, safety extends beyond power lines

OPPD was recently awarded as one of Nebraska’s safest companies.

Take care when landscaping around padmount transformers

Don’t be to quick to camouflage that green metal box in your back yard. It’s an important part of your electric service. Here’s tips for where and what you should plant in these areas.

Spring showers can bring severe weather

Spring means severe weather can pop up at any time. Brush up on your severe weather safety with these tips.

OPPD continues to maintain safe, reliable service

OPPD continues to maintain safe, reliable service while assisting customers affected by flooding

Facts about your power service in a flood situation

If your home is in an evacuation area, there is a process in place to ensure the safe shut off and return of electricity service. Read on for more details.

Wind and ice have weighty effect on power lines

See how OPPD prepares for the damaging effects of snow and ice on transmission and distribution lines – and how wind alone can be just as dangerous.

Remember simple safety when using roof rakes

Raking your roof can prevent damage, but it can also be dangerous, especially around power lines.