70-2101 – Act, how cited.
70-2101. Act, how cited. Sections 70-2101 to 70-2105 shall be known and may be cited as the Public Power Infrastructure Protection Act. Source Laws 2009, LB238, § 3.
70-2102 – Legislative findings.
70-2102. Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that the public has an interest in the uninterrupted generation and transmission of electricity by public power suppliers in this state. The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to protect facilities and infrastructure used in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity from damage as a […]
70-2103 – Public power supplier, defined.
70-2103. Public power supplier, defined. For purposes of the Public Power Infrastructure Protection Act, public power supplier means a public power district organized under Chapter 70, article 6, a public power and irrigation district, a municipality, a registered group of municipalities, an electric cooperative, an electric membership association, a joint entity formed under the Interlocal […]
70-2104 – Prohibited acts; penalty.
70-2104. Prohibited acts; penalty. A person shall be guilty of a Class IV felony if he or she willfully and maliciously: (1) Damages, injures, or destroys or attempts to damage, injure, or destroy: (a) Any machine, appliance, facility, or apparatus owned by a public power supplier that is used for generating electricity; or (b) Any […]
70-2105 – Nuclear electrical generating facility; nuclear fuel; prohibited acts; penalty.
70-2105. Nuclear electrical generating facility; nuclear fuel; prohibited acts; penalty. (1) A person shall be guilty of a Class II felony if he or she willfully and maliciously (a) destroys or causes or attempts to cause damage or loss to a nuclear electrical generating facility or its components, including the electrical transmission lines or switching […]
70-1904 – C-BED project developer; electric supplier; negotiation; power purchase agreement; development of project; restriction on transfer; eligibility for net energy billing; approval or certification; notice of change in ownership.
70-1904. C-BED project developer; electric supplier; negotiation; power purchase agreement; development of project; restriction on transfer; eligibility for net energy billing; approval or certification; notice of change in ownership. (1) A C-BED project developer and an electric supplier are authorized to negotiate in good faith mutually agreeable power purchase agreement terms. (2) A qualified owner […]
70-1905 – Electric supplier; duties.
70-1905. Electric supplier; duties. An electric supplier shall: (1) Consider mechanisms to encourage the aggregation of C-BED projects located in the same general geographical area; and (2) Require any qualified owner to provide sufficient security to assure performance under the power purchase agreement. Source Laws 2007, LB629, § 5; Laws 2008, LB916, § 3; Laws […]
70-1906 – Construction of new renewable generation facilities; electric supplier; governing body; duties.
70-1906. Construction of new renewable generation facilities; electric supplier; governing body; duties. The governing body of an electric supplier that has determined a need to construct new renewable generation facilities shall take reasonable steps to determine if one or more C-BED projects are available and are technically, economically, and operationally feasible to provide some or […]
70-1907 – C-BED project developer; provide notices.
70-1907. C-BED project developer; provide notices. To the extent feasible, a C-BED project developer shall provide, in writing, notice of incentives pursuant to the Rural Community-Based Energy Development Act for local ownership and local participation in a C-BED project to each property owner on whose property a turbine will be located and to the elected […]
70-1908 – Sections; how construed.
70-1908. Sections; how construed. Nothing in sections 70-1901 to 70-1907 shall be construed to obligate an electric supplier to enter into a power purchase agreement under a C-BED project. Source Laws 2007, LB629, § 8; Laws 2016, LB736, § 5.