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There was an article in the omaha paper today that said that the omaha public power district (or OPPD for short) had to renegotiate their coal prices. They had a 5 year contract that expires at the end of this year. However because of the increase in diesel prices, the cost of coal, and the increase in the ammount that it costs to get said coal out of the ground, their new contract cost will increase by 150% per year.
The article said that it will only be about $8 a month extra for all 300,000 customers. However I have a feeling that this will just be for a while and then it will jump alot more.
OPPD has a nuclear plant that is old but still puts out a good portion of the power for the district.
They also have one wind turbine that I think I read isn't super powerfull but it was primarily setup as a an experimental project to see if it would be a good option for the future.
Solar power is looking better and better every day.
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