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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1101 (2026)

Declaration of policy

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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to provide for dependable electric service at the lowest practical cost to all of the citizens of the state, including the residents of cities and villages.

The maintenance of competing electric systems within such cities or villages results in duplication of facilities and personnel and the needless expenditure of public funds by both such competing systems; that such needless expenditure for duplicating service by publicly owned agencies is not in accord with sound public policy. Whenever such duplicating competition exists in any municipality between a public power district organized under the provisions of Chapter 70, article 6, and other public agencies, including municipalities, such competition should be eliminated in the public interest for economy of operation and lower rates to the consumer.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1982–1996 · leading case: S. Nebraska Rural Pub. Power Dist. v. Nebraska Elec. Generation & Transmission Coop., Inc., 546 N.W.2d 315 (Neb. 1996).
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S. Nebraska Rural Pub. Power Dist. v. Nebraska Elec. Generation & Transmission Coop., Inc., 546 N.W.2d 315 (Neb. 1996). · cites it 7× “Section 70-1101 states: It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to provide for dependable electric service at the lowest practical cost to all of the citizens of the state, including the residents of cities and villages.”
Nebraska Pub. Power Dist. v. City of York, 326 N.W.2d 22 (Neb. 1982). · cites it 2× “01 provides in part: "Except as provided in sections 70-1101 to 70-1106, whenever any public power district or public power and irrigation district shall have acquired, by purchase, lease or otherwise, any electric distribution system, or any part or parts thereof, situated…”
S. Neb. v. Neb. Elec. Generation, 546 N.W.2d 315 (Neb. 1996). · cites it 7× “Stated another way, the contracts at issue no more come within the language of § 70-1001 than they come within the language of Neb.Rev.Stat. § 70-1101 (Reissue 1990), a part of the act dealing with the retail distribution of electric service.”
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