(1) In order to provide the citizens of the state with adequate and reliable electric service at as low overall cost as possible, consistent with sound business practices, it is the policy of this state to avoid and eliminate conflict and competition between public power districts, public power and irrigation districts, individual municipalities, registered groups of municipalities, electric membership associations, and cooperatives in furnishing electric energy to retail and wholesale customers, to avoid and eliminate the duplication of facilities and resources which result therefrom, and to facilitate the settlement of rate disputes between suppliers of electricity.
(2) It is also the policy of the state to prepare for an evolving retail electricity market if certain conditions are met which indicate that retail competition is in the best interests of the citizens of the state. The determination on the timing and form of competitive markets is a matter properly left to the states as each state must evaluate the costs and benefits of a competitive retail market based on its own unique conditions. Consequently, there is a need for the state to monitor whether the conditions necessary for its citizens to benefit from retail competition exist.
(3) It is also the policy of the state to encourage and allow opportunities for private developers to develop, own, and operate renewable energy facilities intended for sale at wholesale under a statutory framework which protects the ratepayers of consumer-owned utility systems operating in the state from subsidizing the costs of such export facilities through their rates.
Notes of Decisions
City of Lincoln v. Norris Pub. Power Dist., 500 N.W.2d 183 (Neb. 1993).
· cites it 4× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1001 (Reissue 1990) declares that in order to make adequate electric service available at as low an overall cost as possible, it is the policy of the State to avoid and eliminate conflict and competition among the various entities furnishing electric energy,…”
City of Auburn v. E. Nebraska Pub. Power Dist., 138 N.W.2d 629 (Neb. 1965).
· cites it 7× “that the statute creating the board and defining its jurisdiction, sections 70-1001 to 70-1020, R. S. Supp., 1963, cbnfers no powers in the board over the construction of transmission lines to- be used for the transmission of electrical energy for wholesale use.”
Nebraska Pub. Power Dist. v. City of York, 326 N.W.2d 22 (Neb. 1982).
· cites it 4× “Neither course would contribute to the public policy underlying Nebraska's encouragement of publicly owned utilities and of providing power to consumers at "as low overall cost as possible" and avoidance of "duplication of facilities.”
City of Lincoln v. Nebraska Pub. Power Dist., 216 N.W.2d 722 (Neb. 1974).
· cites it 12× “" Section 4 of the bill amended section 70-1001, R.R.S.1943, by extending the policy of the act to "wholesale" as well as retail sales of electrical energy.”
Omaha Pub. Power Dist. v. Nebraska Pub. Power Proj., 243 N.W.2d 770 (Neb. 1976).
“§ 70-1001, R. R. S. 1943. Before any electric generation facilities may be constructed, an application must be filed with the board; a hearing must be held, at which any interested party may appear; and the application must be approved by the board.”
Cornhusker Pub. Pow. Dist. v. Loup River Pub. P. Dist., 172 N.W.2d 235 (Neb. 1969).
· cites it 2× “This is a proceeding before the Nebraska Power Review Board brought by the Cornhusker Public Power District against the Loup River Public Power District and Consumers Public Power District under sections 70-1001 to 70-1020, R.R.S.1943, alleging that the latter were violating the…”
S. Neb. v. Neb. Elec. Generation, 546 N.W.2d 315 (Neb. 1996).
· cites it 12× “Section 70-1001 states: In order to provide the citizens of the state with adequate electric service at as low overall cost as possible, consistent with *320 sound business practices, it is the policy of this state to avoid and eliminate conflict and competition between public…”
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